On Tuesday morning there was a fatal crash on the M23 at 5:00am which closed the motorway for hours. By the time I left for work at 7:30 the traffic was already building up as commuters came off at Pease Pottage looking for alternative routes and it took nearly 15 minutes to get to work. […]
Entries Tagged as 'Traffic'
Speed
September 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life
On Sunday we went over to the playing fields at Creasys Drive to play. “We” means a group of more than 20, including babies, children and teenagers. Everyone had a good time throwing frisbees around, kicking footballs, playing catch, racing, and picnicking. Well… everyone else did. I have some sort of sprain in my right […]
Tags: Broadfield·Traffic
On the road again
August 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on On the road again · Life, Work
I have been doing a lot of driving in the last couple of weeks, at least by my standards. Under normal circumstances I can often go a week without getting behind the wheel, but with trips to visit the old man in Herts and visits to Raynes Park and Basingstoke for work, and a family […]
Just another manic Thursday
August 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Just another manic Thursday · Life
The second week of my holiday is not turning out to be the restful time I was expecting. Yesterday I found out that Dad went into hospital, so I decided to go visiting. Since he lives 100 miles away this would normally be difficult to do during the week, but as I am not at […]
Deathless prose
June 19th, 2007 · 26 Comments · Politics
Back in May, at the Broadfield Forum, a letter was read out to general hilarity. The letter was from somebody at the Highways Agency in response to questions about the phasing of the traffic lights outside the K2 leisure centre. I now have a copy of the text of that letter and it seems a […]
Woodmans Hill
June 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
What is going on with Woodmans Hill in Broadfield? At the last Broadfield Neighbourhood forum it was one of the roads mentioned as being a safety concern due to the speed of traffic going down it, but there was supposed to be some traffic calming there at least a year ago. The story so far […]
Road safety
April 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Road safety · Life
On Monday night at 10:30pm one the town’s few speed cameras was set on fire and destroyed. It is at a location where plenty of children cross to get to school. Nine-and-a-quarter hours later, on Tuesday morning, a 14-year-old girl was run over crossing the road on the way to school. The two events are […]
Double Yellow
April 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Double Yellow · Life
As the Crawley Observer enjoyed the tiny cycle lane photo the other week I thought I would follow it up with this picture of what must be a contender for the shortest double yellow lines in the country, let alone the town. No tricky camera angles this time: this set of double yellows really is […]
Road pricing petitions
February 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics, Technology
Now there are two petitions: you can either petish against it or petish in favour of it. Either way it won't make a lot of difference but go ahead if it makes you feel better. Personally, although I drive a car (well.. own one anyway. Jayne won't let me drive very often) I can't get […]
(S)no(w) rubbish collection
February 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
Thursday’s light dusting of snow merely made me get to work about 2 minutes later than normal. Traffic was very light and it was only the need to drive a bit slower than normal which held us up. Everyone else seemed to be able to get in OK as well. Even Chrystal’s school was open […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Traffic·Weather
