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Post by Northy on Jul 18, 2023 14:51:14 GMT
I have to take fairly regular trips to Manchester at the moment for work and my experiences haven't been too bad of late. Getting into Manchester itself is hateful and seems worse than 10 years ago but the M6 has been ok. However, the traffic in Alsager generally is awful these days and I suspect it might be an increase in problems on the motorway. The solution is right in the palm of our hands yet would never happen under this government. The Tory answer to congestion is something as dangerous as smart motorways. Fuck safety... Take the safety lane away and turn it into another 60-70mph crash zone. The solid long term solution is to incentivize working from home, where the role is compatible. If staff can work from home, make it a requirement a certain number of days a week and provide some form of relief to make it worth everyone's while. Naturally, there's a trust issue/stigma with working from home that continues to follow it around, but there's a simple answer to that as well. Judge people on their output rather than an arbitrary integer of prescribed hours that they are contracted to work. You can't police people going and jerking off in their bedrooms, but if their output is just as good as when they are in the office, do you actually care? Should you? I'm not suggesting that we sack off the minimum expectations altogether when it comes to contracted hours but the fact we continue to use 'hours worked' as a measuring bar for performance is fucking mental. It should be bottom of the pile behind a whole host of other factors. The solution is to get people to actually use the motorways property. How we do this, I have no idea. Maybe, when people pass their tests, they need to clock etc amount of hours / miles on a motorway with a driving instructor before they are allowed on it. It's what I did when I passed my driving test and before I ventured out on the motorway but their would be loads of loopholes to enforce this like how do we enforce this on people that have been driving for many years or how does this get enforced with the foreign driver that visits our shores. 4 lane motorways are the biggest pain in the arse. Why do most people, these days, just sit in the 3rd & 4th lanes and are not even bothered about getting out of those particular lanes. Between Stoke and Manchester is the prime example and a hotspot for accidents where hardly anybody uses the first two lanes. I tell you what though, I use the first two lanes of that stretch of motorway to undertake the people not coming out of lanes 3 & 4. Maybe one solution is that you can use any lane to get past a vehicle just like they do in the states. Should have 2 part test, one for A roads and below, another for motorways, if you get caught using the motorway without passing your test, instant ban, a super computer with number plate recognition should do it. I was like you, passed my test then booked extra lessons on the motorway straight after. We also put our kids through pass plus to do it. The M1 is also a right twat for wankers that cant use a motorway properly
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Post by alsagerstokie on Feb 12, 2024 17:54:50 GMT
6 people taken to hospital. Hope they are ok.
M6 strikes again.
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Post by felonious on Feb 12, 2024 18:52:39 GMT
6 people taken to hospital. Hope they are ok. M6 strikes again. Two accidents on opposite sides of the carriageway between 15 and 16 within 15 minutes of each other. Presumably the second one a result of the first.
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Post by Northy on Feb 13, 2024 16:27:31 GMT
6 people taken to hospital. Hope they are ok. M6 strikes again. Two accidents on opposite sides of the carriageway between 15 and 16 within 15 minutes of each other. Presumably the second one a result of the first. Yes, a guy I know turned up at the gym last night saying he was stuck in it, caused by others slowing down to look. Happened to me a couple of weeks ago, we'd been down to 60mph from Jct 14 north because of a 'report of pedestrians' then almost at 15 we saw people climbing up the bank on the south side, 4 cars decided to pile into the back of each other, probably as the 1st one had to brake hard for someone slowing down to look.
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Post by Rose City Potter on Feb 13, 2024 20:57:19 GMT
It’s as if decades of under development and funding of public transport isn’t actually a good idea after all. 🤔
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Post by alsagerstokie on Feb 23, 2024 18:39:31 GMT
The M6 is fucked the m6 is fucked do du do do du do the M6 is fucked.
Did i tell you the M6 is fucked again chaps and its always at bastard Stoke.
Royal Stoke University Hospital
M6 and A500 motorists are enduring a nightmare rush-hour commute home tonight - after a six-car pile-up. The southbound carriageway of the M6 - between junctions 16 and 15 for Stoke-on-Trent north and south - was fully reopened at 5.15pm after two lanes had been closed for most of the afternoon.
But the collision has left delays of 90 minutes on the M6 and an hour on the A500. Northbound traffic flow has been affected by 'ONLOOKERS' assessing the crash scene. (people causing more problems having a good luck)
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Post by felonious on Feb 23, 2024 20:03:33 GMT
The M6 is fucked the m6 is fucked do du do do du do the M6 is fucked. Did i tell you the M6 is fucked again chaps and its always at bastard Stoke. Royal Stoke University Hospital M6 and A500 motorists are enduring a nightmare rush-hour commute home tonight - after a six-car pile-up. The southbound carriageway of the M6 - between junctions 16 and 15 for Stoke-on-Trent north and south - was fully reopened at 5.15pm after two lanes had been closed for most of the afternoon. But the collision has left delays of 90 minutes on the M6 and an hour on the A500. Northbound traffic flow has been affected by 'ONLOOKERS' assessing the crash scene. (people causing more problems having a good luck) I tried to get from the bottom of College Road to Audley at around 5:30 after a walk on the Salt Line. College Road is closed for maintenance works forcing all traffic including the extra M6 traffic on to Pikemere. After 30 minutes I'd reached Station Road so I abandoned the route and headed off via Barthomley and the back lanes to Audley. Another bad day for 16 to 15.
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Post by Northy on Feb 25, 2024 17:49:40 GMT
The M6 is fucked the m6 is fucked do du do do du do the M6 is fucked. Did i tell you the M6 is fucked again chaps and its always at bastard Stoke. Royal Stoke University Hospital M6 and A500 motorists are enduring a nightmare rush-hour commute home tonight - after a six-car pile-up. The southbound carriageway of the M6 - between junctions 16 and 15 for Stoke-on-Trent north and south - was fully reopened at 5.15pm after two lanes had been closed for most of the afternoon. But the collision has left delays of 90 minutes on the M6 and an hour on the A500. Northbound traffic flow has been affected by 'ONLOOKERS' assessing the crash scene. (people causing more problems having a good luck) Glad I left for down South in the morning
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Post by alsagerstokie on Feb 25, 2024 20:18:20 GMT
The M6 is fucked the m6 is fucked do du do do du do the M6 is fucked. Did i tell you the M6 is fucked again chaps and its always at bastard Stoke. Royal Stoke University Hospital M6 and A500 motorists are enduring a nightmare rush-hour commute home tonight - after a six-car pile-up. The southbound carriageway of the M6 - between junctions 16 and 15 for Stoke-on-Trent north and south - was fully reopened at 5.15pm after two lanes had been closed for most of the afternoon. But the collision has left delays of 90 minutes on the M6 and an hour on the A500. Northbound traffic flow has been affected by 'ONLOOKERS' assessing the crash scene. (people causing more problems having a good luck) Glad I left for down South in the morning As you stated in a previous post.People having a good old gawp at the incidents dont help things.
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Post by werrington on Mar 6, 2024 18:08:34 GMT
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Post by felonious on Mar 7, 2024 9:08:51 GMT
It wasn't good yesterday I had to be in Stoke for 5:30 I got on the D road at J16 but got off for the A34 because the queues were starting before Talke. I got off the A34 to go through Bradwell/ Wolstanton around Newcastle to head through Hartshill. I queued through Sandy Lane to the traffic lights and gave up going across into Albert Street which was also rammed. Plain sailing once I turned right though all the way into Stoke. On the way back at around 7:30 the D Road was fine going North but there were two accidents southbound causing chaos. The A500 is just not built for that amount of motorway traffic.
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Mar 12, 2024 15:05:08 GMT
Closed earlier southbound between 14 & 13.
Surrounding routes gridlocked
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Post by cdf on Mar 12, 2024 16:23:57 GMT
I live in Cheshire and when I'm coming back home from Stoke, I can either get off at the Jct18 or if the traffic is good, I will get off at Jct 20.
I always joke that the quickest way back home from Jct 16 is the first 2 lanes of the M6 where not a single person uses them.
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Post by raythesailor on Mar 13, 2024 8:53:21 GMT
Following the accident yesterday Stafford was gridlocked all day causing complete havoc. NotHelped by diversions leading to roads closed for extensive roadworks.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Mar 13, 2024 9:06:19 GMT
Junction 16 coming from the D Road and if you want to go north on the M6 is the absolute worst.
The lanes just don’t work. They don’t flow into each other and the markings are so faint you don’t have a clue where you’re meant to be anyway.
It turns into the start of the Grand National.
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Post by AlliG on Mar 13, 2024 17:01:05 GMT
Following the accident yesterday Stafford was gridlocked all day causing complete havoc. NotHelped by diversions leading to roads closed for extensive roadworks. I had the misfortune of having to take my mother for an appointment at Stafford hospital yesterday afternoon. I regularly travel from Stone to Wolverhampton (don't ask) and it is blindingly obvious that the current schedule of roadworks in Stafford has been arranged by so that Stafford is always one accident short of being chaos. There are major roadworks (including road closures) on the A34 (both sides of Stafford), the A518/A513 around the M6 link roundabout, the A51 and the A449 out of Stafford. What could possibly go wrong? A bloke with a dartboard could have made a better job of planning the roadworks.
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Post by dirtygary69 on Mar 14, 2024 10:30:00 GMT
Another one at 4.30am this morning which took 2.5 hours to start moving again. What a great bit of road.
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Post by Etain Tur-Mukan on Mar 14, 2024 21:40:13 GMT
Following the accident yesterday Stafford was gridlocked all day causing complete havoc. NotHelped by diversions leading to roads closed for extensive roadworks. I had the misfortune of having to take my mother for an appointment at Stafford hospital yesterday afternoon. I regularly travel from Stone to Wolverhampton (don't ask) and it is blindingly obvious that the current schedule of roadworks in Stafford has been arranged by so that Stafford is always one accident short of being chaos. There are major roadworks (including road closures) on the A34 (both sides of Stafford), the A518/A513 around the M6 link roundabout, the A51 and the A449 out of Stafford. What could possibly go wrong? ::) A bloke with a dartboard could have made a better job of planning the roadworks. It's bloody ridiculous around Stafford:(
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Post by cdf on Mar 20, 2024 10:57:57 GMT
The piece of shit that is the M6. Been stuck southbound about 250 yards from Sandbach services for the past hour. I have a meeting in Bath at 1pm What is the issue with this section of the M6 when this is a daily occurrence
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Post by Scouse on Mar 20, 2024 11:56:24 GMT
The piece of shit that is the M6. Been stuck southbound about 250 yards from Sandbach services for the past hour. I have a meeting in Bath at 1pm What is the issue with this section of the M6 when this is a daily occurrence Other than the sheer volume of vehicles ..the likely cause is either due to very poor local drivers in the Holmes Chapel- Stafford stretch or more likely drivers from further north , Scotland and the lakes having not taken a break since they joined the M6 and becoming overly tired when they hit this busy stretch
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Post by alsagerstokie on Mar 20, 2024 17:28:45 GMT
The piece of shit that is the M6. Been stuck southbound about 250 yards from Sandbach services for the past hour. I have a meeting in Bath at 1pm What is the issue with this section of the M6 when this is a daily occurrence Other than the sheer volume of vehicles ..the likely cause is either due to very poor local drivers in the Holmes Chapel- Stafford stretch or more likely drivers from further north , Scotland and the lakes having not taken a break since they joined the M6 and becoming overly tired when they hit this busy stretch Would i be right in saying anything from jct 15 to 19 is the worst stretch of motorway in the country.
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Post by felonious on Mar 20, 2024 18:46:00 GMT
The piece of shit that is the M6. Been stuck southbound about 250 yards from Sandbach services for the past hour. I have a meeting in Bath at 1pm What is the issue with this section of the M6 when this is a daily occurrence I've heard that some poor soul chose today and the M6 to end their lives.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 20, 2024 18:48:37 GMT
The piece of shit that is the M6. Been stuck southbound about 250 yards from Sandbach services for the past hour. I have a meeting in Bath at 1pm What is the issue with this section of the M6 when this is a daily occurrence I've heard that some poor soul chose today and the M6 to end their lives. I don’t know the stats but I imagine suicide levels have gone through the roof in the last 4 years. So sad
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Post by felonious on Mar 20, 2024 18:53:33 GMT
I've heard that some poor soul chose today and the M6 to end their lives. I don’t know the stats but I imagine suicide levels have gone through the roof in the last 4 years. So sad Must be well beyond four years the number of times my daughter was stuck on trains......
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 20, 2024 18:55:16 GMT
I don’t know the stats but I imagine suicide levels have gone through the roof in the last 4 years. So sad Must be well beyond four years the number of times my daughter was stuck on trains...... Yeh I mean in general, train tracks have always been a favourite. I’d say I get delayed about once a fortnight by it and that’s just one short route
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Post by Olgrligm on Mar 20, 2024 20:38:49 GMT
Smart motorways should be really easy to follow in theory, but the signage can be very ambiguous.
I might be being old fashioned, but I was taught the speed limit on a road doesn't change until you get to the road sign with the new speed on it. For example, there are a few places I can think of in the county where a 30 becomes a 40, with a speed camera just before the sign - speed up too soon and you get a speeding ticket.
Two things that consequently bother me on smart motorways are to do with the speed limit changes. Yesterday, I was on the M6 and a few of the overhead gantries said the limit had dropped to 50. The next gantry was then blank, as were subsequent gantries. Normally, they show the national limit sign when the speed returns to normal. You then end up with mayhem as a quarter of the cars stayed at 50, a quarter sped up to their usual speed and the rest hedged their bets and bumbled along at 60ish, slamming the brakes on at the gantries in case of speed cameras.
Similarly, when they do use the gantries properly and advertise that it's now national limit, I'd say a comfortable majority of cars spot the sign from, say, half a mile away and speed right up, going at 70+ long before the speed limit actually changes. I'm probably being pedantic but it bugs me. Likewise when you go past an accident and most cars assume that the rules immediately revert.
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Post by dirtygary69 on Mar 20, 2024 20:54:37 GMT
The piece of shit that is the M6. Been stuck southbound about 250 yards from Sandbach services for the past hour. I have a meeting in Bath at 1pm What is the issue with this section of the M6 when this is a daily occurrence I've heard that some poor soul chose today and the M6 to end their lives. Fortunately it looks like they were talked down from doing it, but they were on the other side of the railings causing the closure. Makes you realise that being stuck in that traffic pales into insignificance.
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Post by cdf on Mar 20, 2024 21:33:38 GMT
The piece of shit that is the M6. Been stuck southbound about 250 yards from Sandbach services for the past hour. I have a meeting in Bath at 1pm What is the issue with this section of the M6 when this is a daily occurrence I've heard that some poor soul chose today and the M6 to end their lives. I did not know that until this second reading what you have put. Looking further down this thread, thankfully, it looks like the person got talked around from doing it.
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Post by Northy on Mar 26, 2024 11:26:34 GMT
Eerily quiet on it today, I didn't think the schools were off yet. My journey this morning to the age of Steven, from the wich of the North, was very quick and easy, going past Coventry at about 08.00 and MK about 45 minutes later, no queues at all anywhere.
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Post by werrington on Mar 27, 2024 7:06:34 GMT
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