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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

836.0. "Are the roads going to seize up?" by SHAPES::GALVINS (Steven GALVIN @UCG, DTN:781-4393 :-)) Tue Nov 07 1989 13:19

    I have lived in the Thames Valley for 4 years now, and over that time I
    have noticed a gradual but alarming increase in the volumes of traffic
    using our roads.  Besides the volumes:

        
    1.  rush hours have grown longer in time,

    2.  gaps between cars have grown shorter, 
    
    3.  there seems to be more accidents,
    
    4.  there is more agression,
    
    5.  there are more queues,
    
    6.  people are more inconsiderate,
    
    7.  etc
    
    
    Yes, I know I am making gross generalisations ( I hate people who
    make gross generalisations ;^)  ), but I think I am getting my point
    across.
    
    What do other noters think?

    
    Regards
    
    Steven
        
    P.S.  And this is not just confined to this area, the normal speed of
          the M6 on a Friday night is 30 mph.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
836.49	More traffic for the roads .....	VOGON::KAPPLER		`Wed Dec 19 1990 19:23`	25
	Thought some of you might like to comment on the attached from the Railways_UK Conference...... (Speedlink is the service that allows freight to be transported by the wagonload, as opposed to the block or company train concept. Many companies have started with wagonload and then grown to trainload with the growth of their business) <<< VOGON::DISK$JB:[NOTES$LIBRARY]RAILWAYS_UK.NOTE;1 >>> -< Railways in the British Isles >- ================================================================================ Note 18.27 Railfreight Sector 27 of 27 BAHTAT::BLYTHE "Ee bah gum th's trouble at t'mill" 9 lines 18-DEC-1990 09:17 -< BR axes Speedlink >- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I see from the press that BR are axeing the Speedlink Service and putting an extra 1 million tons of goods on the road. Well done BR, how more short sighted can you get ? The cost ok keeping this service going for 3 years will cost the same as 2 miles of Motorway. jb.
836.50	Book your Xmas seats early	BRUMMY::BELL	Martin Bell, EIS Birmingham, UK	`Wed Dec 19 1990 19:44`	8
	Good old BR! Wasn't it the Post Office who have gone back to transporting their mail via road rather than rail because the railways were not reliable enough? It is about time someone taught them how to run a business properly! mb
836.51		JANUS::BARKER	Jeremy Barker - T&N/CBN Diag. Eng. - Reading, UK	`Wed Jan 02 1991 04:03`	6
	Re: .50 I believe that mail is still conveyed by rail Mondays-Fridays. They took it away at the weekends because the extra speed wasn't cost-justified. jb