Just seen on the news about the two lads 6 & 7 years old, being killed
whilst crossing the M56 near Preston, a tragedy for the boys, parents
and the motorists who hit them all of whom will have to live with it for
the rest of their life.

"People are risking their lives to pay tribute to two boys killed on the M56
in Cheshire by placing flowers at the carriageway where they died. " source
BBC
Why do people now feel compelled to do this - surely a cemetery or

Isn't it annoying when you aim your car to a give-way line - over to the
centre-line in anticipation of making a right turn - only to nearly be hit
by someone turning right into your road but had set up their car to cut the
corner as when they 'aimed' there was no car there.

Shame they forgot about the exhaust pipe!
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h62/drew_eden/pipe.jpg

Speed, Greed and the M25, 10.30-11.00am
James May uncovers the secret history of the M25 Road Race and looks
back at the
greed of the late 1980s as Porsche-driving city traders indulged in

There is an important truth to transport that many people ignore:
Transport is all about urban planning. In fact, urban planning is more
crucial for a well-functioning transport system than the choice of
transport modes themselves.

As our motorways become more and more congested, ways to increase capacity
are being considered. The trial of using the hard shoulder on the M42 seems
to have been a success.
However, a huge amount of capacity is being lost due to drivers hogging the

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7060423.stm
Funny isn't it, for years the police have been telling us on TV programs
such as Road Wars how dangerous it is to drive on the hard shoulder, now,
all of a sudden it's the safe thing to do.

Southbound on the M5 yesterday afternoon, I was doing a steady 75, and
pulled out from lane 2 into lane 3 to pass a slower moving car, which
was doing about 70.  There was traffic in lane 1, and lane 3 was clear
at that time.  As I got about a car length ahead, the car in lane two

This is an interesting one...
Apparently some mildly famous woman left her car parked blocking some
building works when she shouldn't have.
An impatient forklift driver moved it for her.

I noticed that the Severn Bridge crossing is £5:10 for a car.
Compare with this:
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is the world's longest cable-stayed concrete
bridge, with a length of 29,040 feet (exactly 5.5 miles or approximately

Winterbourne Stoke is the first village you go through on the A303 heading
westbound from Stonehenge.   You go down a hill (NSL) into the village at
the bottom (40 mph) then up the other side to NSL and eventually dual
carriageway.   As one might expect there is a safety camera ...

I remember many years ago you could get this little electronic gizmo and it
had a few buttons for gun fire, missle, bombs etc and the idea was you get
behind somepone and press it.
Sad as it might sound I'm afterone er for the kids of course!

...quiet.
Shhhhhh.
McK.

What is your purpose in life? What is the rationale behind our life?
Why do we live in this life? These questions frequently intrigue
people who try to find accurate answers.
People provide different answers to these questions. Some people