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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 6:46:34 GMT
Smallthorne roundabouts are a disgrace. Going from High Lane to Hanley Road, you need to be in the left hand lane over all 3, on the 2nd one you have to drive quite far left to leave space for the cars in the right lane, so it looks like you're going down Ford Green Road (Smallthorne bank) and the cars waiting there pull out on you 9 times out of 10. I've started indicating right while I'm doing it, and people still pull out. Must be responsible for the most small crashes in the country. You want try the magic roundabout in Swindon, if memory serves me right that is around 5 roundabouts surrounding one big one. Stoke drivers must be some of the most skilled in the country. All the potholes we have to dodge enhances the driving skills in my experience.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Mar 14, 2020 7:37:37 GMT
Smallthorne roundabouts are a disgrace. Going from High Lane to Hanley Road, you need to be in the left hand lane over all 3, on the 2nd one you have to drive quite far left to leave space for the cars in the right lane, so it looks like you're going down Ford Green Road (Smallthorne bank) and the cars waiting there pull out on you 9 times out of 10. I've started indicating right while I'm doing it, and people still pull out. Must be responsible for the most small crashes in the country. You want try the magic roundabout in Swindon, if memory serves me right that is around 5 roundabouts surrounding one big one. Stoke drivers must be some of the most skilled in the country. All the potholes we have to dodge enhances the driving skills in my experience. Magic roundabout in Hemel Hempstead has six satellite roundabouts to negotiate,in a bizarre way it manages to work most of the time. First time I tackled it though things didn't quite work out and I seem to get spat out in the wrong place or just going the 'wrong' way round which seems weird at best.
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Post by Club1863 on Mar 14, 2020 12:34:59 GMT
I drive for a local skip hire company and do about 170 miles a day around stoke,Stafford,Crewe the biggest issue I notice is people don’t understand who’s right of way it is on roads for example parked cars on the right if I’m driving in the left hand land people still come at you down the right hand even if there is no room. If there is an obstruction on your side it’s not your right of way! Also I I imagine it happens everywhere but the school run is chaos double parking, parking on corners, double yellows the lot try getting a truck around a narrow side street with cars double parked on corners. I was driving through the outskirts of Nantwich the other day, cars all parked on a kerb giving traffic little room to get through then some genius woman decided to park on the other side of the road. Was a truck and believe it or not a bus trying to get through but she still got out of her car to go to pick her kid (s) up leaving them stuck, was barely room before she parked. People parking outside take-aways with their blinkers on also an busy roads are a nuisance. Daily occurrence on the school runs worst one is on Liverpool road don stoke double parked for half a mile on a main road. I piss drivers off time to time blocking the road but I try to be courteous and always acknowledge the wait if I’m dropping / picking a skip up. I’ve just been in work this morning and asking customers neighbours to move their cars so I can get down the street is another one they take offence to
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