Rumble strips- WTF, man, WTF!?
neil_sheehan2000
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So there I am haring though Drumchapel this evening (which is the only way to go through Drumchapel) when I spy a stretch of red tarmac that's maybe 20 feet long. A bit odd, I think, but no obvious cavernous potholes (which is unusual in this part of the world) so I don't bother slowing down.
Big mistake.
Turns out this stretch of tarmac is corrugated, which damn near shakes my hands off the bars. My bike's making horrible noises like a machine in agony and every contact point I have with the bike feels like it's about to snap off.
Now, I know the roads weren't built for the likes of us, but there was no get-out at all here, this piece of sh*t tarmac covers the whole width of the road. It's enough to make you want to ride on the pavement...
Big mistake.
Turns out this stretch of tarmac is corrugated, which damn near shakes my hands off the bars. My bike's making horrible noises like a machine in agony and every contact point I have with the bike feels like it's about to snap off.
Now, I know the roads weren't built for the likes of us, but there was no get-out at all here, this piece of sh*t tarmac covers the whole width of the road. It's enough to make you want to ride on the pavement...
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There is a bit of road like that in bonnyrigg, nearly shook the bike to bits going over that at 30 miles an hour, I wont be going that way again!0
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I don't understand why they put them across both sides of the road - traffic heading from a 30mph limit to 60mph doesn't need slowing down!0
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They've got some on Edenfield Rd as it goes down a dip on the way into Edenfield - went over it at near 40mph & thought my fillings were going to fall out. It's horrible, isn't it?
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I wish the road authorities spent as much time & money filling holes, rather than creating extra obstacles. :evil:
:idea: maybe that's why there's so many potholes - they sneak out under the cover of darkness to nick a few hundredweight of tarmac here & there...
...then build sleeping policemen out of it!
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Nice ones at Scone outside Perth, instead of 1 long strip they have about 6 at 20m intervals. I've discovered that they're fractionally smoother right on the edge of the cycle lane, so you can have death by shaking or by 40 ton tattie lorry, take your pick.0
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I think it's all part of a new scheme to brighten up Britain's roads.
Around here we are seeing an increase in the use of coloured road surfaces.
Predominantly dark grey tarmac surfaces are now adorned with red cycle 'lanes', sometimes green cycle 'lanes' (for variety?), red sections embazoned with speed limit advice or the word slow, and creamy yellow high friction surfaces on the approach to or on junctions, roundabouts or random bends.
I believe the theory is, at least for the colour changes, to draw road users' (principally motorists') attention to specific situations.
It's a shame that some of the money spent on redecorating the roads couldn't be redirected to repairing the defective roads, as stated by Skyd0g above, of which I'm certain we all encounter regularly.There's no such thing as too old.0 -
Poor road surfaces and potholes slow cars down, hence the apathy from the council...
Or does that sound too cynical?0 -
It does NapD.0
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The regeneration of Drumchapel is complete then!
Me struggling up Mont Ventoux for the first time! Done it 3 times since (each way up) without stopping. This seems like a lifetime ago! http://img208.imageshack.us/i/snapshot2 ... 45552.tif/0 -
iain_j wrote:I don't understand why they put them across both sides of the road - traffic heading from a 30mph limit to 60mph doesn't need slowing down!
Because if there was no traffic coming the other way then you could just drive round it by changing lanes.0 -
