What made you UNHAPPY today!

[ChrisJ]

This is what our wonderful lot decided to do last year - add a cycle lane to both sides of one of the roads into the town centre, just appeared during lockdown 1.

Never seen any cyclist in it, and if you follow the road over the railway, you get this shot

You can no longer enter the car park from this entrance, and yes, that is a cyclist - on the pavement.

 

 

 

[mg4lotus]

photographic evidence of a cyclist having used the cycle lane  and yes there is a directional arrow and dropped kerb directing cyclists onto the pavement.😀

[C8RKH]

3 minutes ago, mg4lotus said:

photographic evidence of a cyclist having used the cycle lane  and yes there is a directional arrow and dropped kerb directing cyclists onto the pavement.😀

Interesting, so if said cyclist followed the directions and hit a pedestrian who would be liable? The cyclist or the council?

[ChrisJ]

It is very common in WGC for the cycle lanes to be on the pavement.

[C8RKH]

1 minute ago, ChrisJ said:

It is very common in WGC for the cycle lanes to be on the pavement.

And yet the law says it is unlawful and an offence for cyclists to ride on the pavement!  Not that many cyclists give a shit about the law. They just make it up to suit themselves as they go usually.

[mg4lotus]

Same here. Shared usage of pavements all around the city, sometimes de-lineated, sometimes not.

[ChrisJ]

The pavement outside my house is one of the rare ones that isn't a shared cycle/footpath, but that doesn't seem to stop them - mostly children who will have been taught to ride on the pavement.

We have a 7/8 ft high hedge and are on a the inside of a bend - so impossible to see what is coming. I am always very wary of coming out of my drive as they cyclists do come at quite a pace across the entrance. Luckily, I am able to use part of the the next door neighbours drive to reverse into before sticking my nose out, so the cyclists "should" be able to see the car before I pull out.

 

 

[Bibs]

This is from a while back where I used to live. At the end of a cul de sac. Can you imagine how much the council would have been charged for it too! 

[ChrisJ]

Should start a new topic - stupid cycle lanes

Not WGC (I think)

 

[mdw]

They did this in King street Maidstone a year ago, ripped it out a couple of months back , total cost £70k down the toilet.   Nobody ever used it.   Wasting public money like that on an ego trip should be a sackable offence.   Nobody thought repeated speed humps on a cycle lane might mean cyclists use the road like normal.   

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/unpopular-cycle-lane-to-go-240607/

[windymiller]

truble is ring fenced budgets !!! spend it or loose it by the year end !! councils should be incentavised to save money not spend it or loose it !!! 😒

[Colin P]

I wasn’t going to post, but seeing as we are still moaning about councils. After 2 phone calls and an email today she got the message I wasn’t going to be quiet. Responded with the reason. 1) new roof would be further forward than the old flat roof. It won’t, the fascia will be in exactly the same place. 2) it will be further forward than the main roof. Given my comments about point 1 the following picture pretty much dispels point 2).

She also says she is confident that planning permission would be viewed favourably. Told her I will submit but will appeal anyway. Let’s see if she changes her mind. 
 

 

[Barrykearley]

Is it this you are wanting to do?

if so - seriously I’d just crack on

[Bibs]

Need a plaster or two?

[Sparky]

If it's still in the key, be happy.

And anyway...

 

[Sparky]

Loosen it slightly.  Slightly.  Then very gently tap it around with a long screwdriver and the heel of your (unbandaged) hand.

[Sparky]

Ah, in that case start by removing the gearbox.

[Bibs]

I think the glovebox is also causing an issue in this situation

[Sparky]

On the advice of @JNW3, glovebox replacement is now a required C service operation.

[910Esprit]

Just remove the Plenum!   Dont use gasket cement on the gasket, just a smear of grease.   Makes it a painless 5 minute job.

[Colin P]

3 hours ago, Barrykearley said:

Is it this you are wanting to do?

if so - seriously I’d just crack on

Bit more to it than that. It’s 12metres along the front. 
 

[mg4lotus]

Now I see what your problem is. It's not printed square on the paper, I think I would probably reject that. 😄

[andydclements]

3 hours ago, Buddsy said:

You knows it!

Seriously whos idea was that? Jeremy beadle? 

Ive not got the biggest hands in the world.

Old spanner hands - @andydclements must have to get someone into do it for him!

 

buddsy

It's simple, have a G-body car but an SE engine, or and Excel where access is easier.

[C8RKH]

48 minutes ago, Colin P said:

Bit more to it than that. It’s 12metres along the front. 
 

FFS!  Really @Colin P. Your proposed new design/solution just looks a million times better, even when wonky on the page!  It really is people like this woman in the Council who just gives Councils in general such a poor reputation. I mean anyone can see that her "objections" were just plain incorrect, incompetent even!  

[windymiller]

seeing LOT17S go instantly over my limit as soon as bidding started 🙄