Noggin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:55 am
mangocrazy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:43 am
Road Ahead Closed signs.
I've seen two sets at repeated intervals, both on major A roads, cones and all, in the past couple of days and in both cases the roads in question were completely open. I was obviously pleased that the roads were open and I didn't need to make a diversion, but when road works are completed these signs should be removed. You have to be able to believe the road signs you see or it just becomes a lottery.
Major pet hate of mine too. On the M4 there was an overhead sign saying "queue on slip road" - there wasn't a queue on the next slip road, so I believed that, as usual, someone hadn't cancelled the sign
Last year I had to do a short hop of motorway on the Bonnie, literally 1 junction / 2-3 miles. Given that I've happily done long stretches of dual carriageway on it before I didn't think much of it.
Course, sod's law being what it is, that was one time she started playing up. Back firing and generally refusing to run at high power and revs (battery terminal shook loose turns out).
Unfortunately this was an all lane running bit of motorway, no hard shoulder. So I'm doing my best in the left hand lane, maybe 35-45mph and generally crapping myself.
Matrix signs start flashing up "Warning, Slow Moving Vehicle". So now to add to my woes I'm looking out for the idiot driving a slow vehicle on the M1.
Of course, dear reader, that idiot.....was me.
Took me far too long to realise.