What on the roads has annoyed you today?

[Buce]

9 hours ago, Vardinio'sCat said:

 

My car has a rock hard suspension, so I'm finding the pot-holes a real pain.

 

I bet some private contractor is making a mint off of it all, bleeding us dry.

 

51 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said:

That would imply that councils have an underspend to sort out the pot holes this year... I’m guessing not.

 

I had a conversation with a guy from the council a few weeks ago regarding potholes. He said that they have no problem repairing them but they rely on road users reporting them. It’s a fairly easy process - they have an interactive map that allows you to mark where they are. I’ve since reported a dozen or so that are local to me and all were filled within a couple of days. 

[Nick]

38 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

 

I had a conversation with a guy from the council a few weeks ago regarding potholes. He said that they have no problem repairing them but they rely on road users reporting them. It’s a fairly easy process - they have an interactive map that allows you to mark where they are. I’ve since reported a dozen or so that are local to me and all were filled within a couple of days. 

Give that a shot in Northamptonshire and see how you get on!

[Buce]

4 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said:

Give that a shot in Northamptonshire and see how you get on!

 

Yeah, but they haven't a pot (hole) to piss in.

[Nick]

9 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Yeah, but they haven't a pot (hole) to piss in.

?

 

I think their budgets are frozen and they are the worst performing council in the country. Apart from that....

[Vardinio'sCat]

7 hours ago, Buce said:

 

 

I had a conversation with a guy from the council a few weeks ago regarding potholes. He said that they have no problem repairing them but they rely on road users reporting them. It’s a fairly easy process - they have an interactive map that allows you to mark where they are. I’ve since reported a dozen or so that are local to me and all were filled within a couple of days. 

 

Really, I had no idea. I might be getting on their case then. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Of course, having a car with a proper suspension would help

[Buce]

1 hour ago, Vardinio'sCat said:

 

Really, I had no idea. I might be getting on their case then. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Of course, having a car with a proper suspension would help

 

City Council:

https://www.leicester.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/roads-and-pavements/

 

County Council:

https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/report-a-road-problem

 

How to get compensation for damage to your vehicle caused by potholes:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/motoring/pothole-car-damage-compensation-1024889

[Countryfox]

19 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

City Council:

https://www.leicester.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/roads-and-pavements/

 

County Council:

https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/report-a-road-problem

 

How to get compensation for damage to your vehicle caused by potholes:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/motoring/pothole-car-damage-compensation-1024889

 

Nice one Bucey ! ...    

[The Doctor]

Driving in the outside lane of a national speed limit dual carriageway at 50 should face life in jail tbh. Had to undertake three doing that today.

[FoxesDeb]

People doing 30 down Soar Valley Way. I swear some people go out in rush hour with nowhere to go really, just to hold everyone up who has somewhere to be. 

[Otis]

19 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

People doing 30 down Soar Valley Way. I swear some people go out in rush hour with nowhere to go really, just to hold everyone up who has somewhere to be. 

Women drivers ehh?

[MC Prussian]

People who fail to indicate when going either left or right. Annoys me no end.

[Parafox]

14 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

People who fail to indicate when going either left or right. Annoys me no end.

This. Plus the knobheads who don't indicate on roundabouts.

[Wymsey]

Those who don't stop at zebra crossings when they have the time and good distance to see a pedestrian waiting for them to stop to allow them to cross.

Edited 17 March 2018 by Wymeswold fox

[foxy boxing]

3 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Those who don't stop at zebra crossings when they have the time and good distance to see a pedestrian waiting for them to stop to allow them to cross.

Also cyclists who think they can just peddle through zebra crossings and red lights as if the laws of the road do not apply to them ( saw a cyclist yesterday just peddle through a zebra crossing even though people were walking on it.

[simFox]

On 3/16/2018 at 00:46, Vardinio'sCat said:

 

Really, I had no idea. I might be getting on their case then. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Of course, having a car with a proper suspension would help

What car is it?

 

[MC Prussian]

7 hours ago, foxy boxing said:

Also cyclists who think they can just peddle through zebra crossings and red lights as if the laws of the road do not apply to them ( saw a cyclist yesterday just peddle through a zebra crossing even though people were walking on it.

City cyclists are the pest. Rules simply don't apply to them, and when you tell them off, they lose their marbles.

 

Dislike them with a passion, careless plonkers.

[SpacedX]

7 hours ago, foxy boxing said:

Also cyclists who think they can just peddle through zebra crossings and red lights as if the laws of the road do not apply to them ( saw a cyclist yesterday just peddle through a zebra crossing even though people were walking on it.

I was in a hurry

[Vardinio'sCat]

5 hours ago, simFox said:

What car is it?

 

 

Erm, ok, I'll say it quick so I don't get the girls car stuff...

 

 

Ford Puma 

[Carl the Llama]

6 minutes ago, Vardinio'sCat said:

 

Erm, ok, I'll say it quick so I don't get the girls car stuff...

 

 

Ford Puma 

Pretty sure our Gary used to drive one of those so you're not alone pal.

[Vardinio'sCat]

6 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

Pretty sure our Gary used to drive one of those so you're not alone pal.

 

Stock reply...

 

Top Gear Car of the Year (cough19hack98cough). 

[potter3]

52 minutes ago, Vardinio'sCat said:

 

Erm, ok, I'll say it quick so I don't get the girls car stuff...

 

 

Ford Puma 

It's allowed so long as it's the 1.7

[Arkie Bennett]

8 hours ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Those who don't stop at zebra crossings when they have the time and good distance to see a pedestrian waiting for them to stop to allow them to cross.

I walk to and from work in the city centre and have to run the daily gauntlet of drivers who don't think red lights on pedestrian crossings apply to them.

Edited 17 March 2018 by Arkie Bennett

[Vardinio'sCat]

15 minutes ago, potter3 said:

It's allowed so long as it's the 1.7

 

Of course, such an amazing drivers car, although passengers kill the performance. Top gear only sold off theirs a couple of years ago. They were used to teach the stars the track, they are so forgiving through the corners, a bit like an old mini (or so I am told), you barely need the brakes.

[potter3]

3 hours ago, Vardinio'sCat said:

 

Of course, such an amazing drivers car, although passengers kill the performance. Top gear only sold off theirs a couple of years ago. They were used to teach the stars the track, they are so forgiving through the corners, a bit like an old mini (or so I am told), you barely need the brakes.

 

Yeah I used to have mk5 Fiesta ZS which shares the same chassis, really fun car. Dropping a 1.7 Puma lump in was a common mod, more power as standard and responded better to further upgrades.

[Guest Col city fan]

The roads round us (Glen Parva) really are a fookin disgrace. Pot-holes everywhere. They try to do a temporary fix on them, but it lasts no more than weeks.

It’s a nightmare to vehicles. You pay a fortune on your nice cars and bikes, only to get them wrecked by pot holes, speed bumps and the like.

Disgraceful.