been to london

LONDON

its a while since i have been into London proper and i wasn't looking forward to it

i was right its still bad

the style of driving is like no where else i know

i guess i am too much of a country bumpkin for the aggression and sheer cheek of the way they drive down there but i refuse to lower my standards down to theirs so i don't enjoy driving there at all

changes since i was last there are lots more road works and even more pointless street furniture

there seems to be a lot of very large bollards on each corner at junctions to stop wagons from cutting over the corners with their trailers

great idea that - totally agree with the idea but they have made the problem worse because they did not look into why the trailers were cutting the corners in the first place the roads/junctions are too small for today's traffic so putting bollards up has actually made it worse so slowing the traffic flow even more as wagons struggle to negotiate them

another thing was the suicidal motorbikes and cyclists that totally ignore all traffic signal and lane signs - i would have thought that being the most vulnerable of roadusers they would be more carefull

i saw a few of those mopeds with the map holder on the front - you know the ones
the ones trainee taxi drivers run around on to learn all the roads (i have seen it on tv)and that way they can do 'the knowledge' and gain their black cab licence

now that gave me a thought - they should do something like that for new wagon drivers as too many of them seem to rely on the sat nav for directions nowadays and blindly follow them with all the disasters that creates

i am old school on this idea and still have loads of maps and can quite happily find my way from one end of the country to the other without a map and only need street maps for the last bit

i know this all comes with years of practice of course but i think that a basic knowledge should be gained before you are let loose so to speak

have fun and drive safe nick...