Minor M4 rant

[captainzep]

Not a South Wales local but I've been up and down the M4 to West Wales from Kent a couple of times in the last couple of weeks.

I just wanted to sound off about the current sign overkill between Magor-Newport-Cardiff in the current 50 limits.

Last Friday...it was quite late, 9:30pm 'ish and had been a difficult journey with over an hour's delay through Reading.

Get over the bridge and soon I'm immersed in a sort of road works Las Vegas. Matrix boards flashing, overhead lit signs on gantrys, and several hundred temporary signs relecting my headlights back at me.

I counted several occasions where there were over 10 large signs immediately visible in front of me, in some cases giving false or outdated information. Sometimes they have thrown in a "Diawl! slow down -for the love of the plant bach. Duw duw..." sign -just to reinforce the overall 'road safety' message.

Various matrix signs also warned me of queues which never materialised and also reduced advisory speed limits contradicting the additional statutory temporary speed limits as posted.

In addition, the locals were hustling along at 70+ where they knew the GATSOs weren't, thus creating sizable speed differentials in the midst of all this mess.

Fecking (Highways Agency?/Council?) bongleheads.

[griffter]

Although the matrix signs display the usual out of date useless/obvious/stupid/ambiguous unhelpful nonsense, the 50 limits are there because there is no central reservation in parts - just road cones while the barriers are replaced. When you're pummelling along and reailse that all that separates you from the traffic on the other side is a line of plastic party hats - it's makes you realise what it's all for.

Or maybe it's just Newport Christmas lights?...

[AR]

griffter said:

Although the matrix signs display the usual out of date useless/obvious/stupid/ambiguous unhelpful nonsense, the 50 limits are there because there is no central reservation in parts - just road cones while the barriers are replaced. When you're pummelling along and reailse that all that separates you from the traffic on the other side is a line of plastic party hats - it's makes you realise what it's all for.

Or maybe it's just Newport Christmas lights?...

The road in front of my house is a Natinal Speed Limit two lanes and there are no cones.

If it was 60 MPH on the M4 traffic will flow better.

JMHO and all that etc.

Cheers,

AR

[S2]

AR said:

The road in front of my house is a Natinal Speed Limit

Ahhh, that's why you have such a fast car Ari - for pulling out of your drive

[AR]

S2 said:

AR said:

The road in front of my house is a Natinal Speed Limit

Ahhh, that's why you have such a fast car Ari - for pulling out of your drive

Speed is not the problem, is the constant struggle to keep the grass short enough that I it does not affect visibility and long enough to discourage fly tipping.