denomis Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 The new moronic road layout of the stannington bus terminus has claimed its first victim, the island jutting out halfway into the road has wrote off its first car after being finished less than two weeks. Which idiot thought it would be a good idea? That junction is bad enough with idiot drivers as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 It's not too bad, but buses are longer than they used to be. It might have been a better idea to improve the junction of School Lane and Oldfield Road so buses can turn left and loop the bus back via Church Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdog Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 There will be a big accident before long at the new junction due to there being no ballard signposts at the top protrusion into the road.Strangely at the bottom protrusion there are two ballard posts in position.Coming down Oldfield road yesterday,a car suddenly swung out without warning to avoid the new pavement area and nearly drove into the front of me.This is a very serious situation and I would not like to think I was responsible for the lack of warning. Buses have already been tried and stopped on Church street due to the obvious danger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindylou53 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 The new moronic road layout of the stannington bus terminus has claimed its first victim, the island jutting out halfway into the road has wrote off its first car after being finished less than two weeks. Which idiot thought it would be a good idea? That junction is bad enough with idiot drivers as it is. Totally agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I drove there recently for the first time since the layout has changed and very nearly collided with the new kerb and that was in broad daylight and good visibility. A bollard or even painting the kerb bright yellow would be helpful - this would take one council worker with a pot of yellow paint two minutes just as a temporary measure. Anyone hitting that kerb at speed could be seriously injured. P.s., - does anyone living nearby have a pot of brightly coloured paint ? - not joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buble Fan Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I can't for the life of me understand what on earth the idiot Traffic Engineers at the Council were trying to achieve here. At the very least there ought to be some proper give-way markings on the uphill side of the road, to warn drivers that they need to stop when there is oncoming traffic coming down the hill. They really have not thought this one through in any way. In any case it's not as if the buses needed any additional space or protection with the layout as it was before. It seems like yet another "campaign against he private car driver". "Let's make it more difficult for private motorists and give more road space to buses". What a bunch of clowns they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATHFINDER Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I drove there recently for the first time since the layout has changed and very nearly collided with the new kerb and that was in broad daylight and good visibility. A bollard or even painting the kerb bright yellow would be helpful - this would take one council worker with a pot of yellow paint two minutes just as a temporary measure. Anyone hitting that kerb at speed could be seriously injured. P.s., - does anyone living nearby have a pot of brightly coloured paint ? - not joking. Totally agree with the above - as you are leaving Stannington heading towards Bingley Lane, the bit on Oldfield Road that sticks right out is almost invisible at night - it needs AT LEAST a lit bollard although to be fair I think it was better left as it was. What exactly was the problem that made some bright traffic planning spark think that this was a good idea ? Did anyone die before at this junction ? Now it has been made incredibly dangerous and the really really stupid thing is that where the bit juts out - no-one has had the intelligence to make it double yellow lines (outside nos 304/302/300 Oldfield Rd) opposite so people actually park there to make it just that little bit more exciting. Of all the traffic engineer decisions I've seen in recent years, this has to be the most stupid and I believe highly dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Why not be proactive and contact one of the Stannington councillors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdog Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Why not be proactive and contact one of the Stannington councillors?But why do we have to go through third parties for stupid dangerous planning decisions before certain accidents that most certainly will happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 But why do we have to go through third parties for stupid dangerous planning decisions before certain accidents that most certainly will happen? Because you can't change the road layout yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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