[OT] Mwa ha ha stupid cagers

[Mark Thompson]

Riding home down Oxford Street/Wilmslow Road in Manchester I
came across a load of cones blocking half the road and big
****-off signs saying 'ROAD CLOSED' and 'DIVERSION' with an
arrow pointing down a side street. I also saw a load of cars
attempting to drive on the wrong side of the road against
the oncoming traffic. They travelled about, ooh, 50metres
before they all got stuck. The best bit was that they
couldn't get out again 'cos there was no-where to turn and
the car at the back couldn't see that the one at the front
was stuck.

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[Mark]

Mark Thompson wrote:
> Riding home down Oxford Street/Wilmslow Road in Manchester
> I came across a load of cones blocking half the road and
> big ****-off signs saying 'ROAD CLOSED' and 'DIVERSION'
> with an arrow pointing down a side street. I also saw a
> load of cars attempting to drive on the wrong side of the
> road against the oncoming traffic. They travelled about,
> ooh, 50metres before they all got stuck. The best bit was
> that they couldn't get out again 'cos there was no-where
> to turn and the car at the back couldn't see that the one
> at the front was stuck.
>

Just proves what I've always thought - a lot of drivers are
just sheep. They don't think they, just follow the one in
front, usually too close.
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Mark

After thinking long about a signature I've decided not to bother.

 

[Dave Larrington]

Once upon a time roadworks restricted one of the London
bridges - I forget which - to one lane northbound. The other
lane is coned off, but Captain Clueless decides he and his
supersonic Golf GTi will use it anyway. Zoom zoom he Goes,
until brought to a sudden and permanent halt by the four
foot deep hole someone had thoughtlessly left lying around
just where the road reached terra firma once more. Passing
cyclists - including my mate Ian - point and laugh.

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[Mark McN]

My fave, from a couple of years ago:

So we're all driving along the A6, a day after a heavy
snowfall: the road's been cleared, but we're Proceeding With
Caution. The road widens into a dual carriageway; and the
Big German Car, who's presumably bored with travelling at a
mere 35mph, instantly pulls out to overtake the queue. What
he hasn't observed is that the right-hand lane hasn't been
cleared, and still has a foot of virgin snow in it.
Deceleration from 60-0 in a few yards, and a slow dwindling
to nothing in everybody else's rear view mirror.

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your ration.

 

[Doug Steel]

One I spotted a couple of years ago around Pinner:
- dustbin truck collecting dustbins - hazards on
- car approaching goes to overtake it
- dustbin truck moves on (hazards still flashing, not
indicators)
- van coming the other way
- driver realises he's not going to make it, with
nowhere left to go he totals the keep left sign in the
central refuge

I saw the start of it as I cycled by in the other direction,
heard the end of it, luckily the only casualties were the
keep left sign and the driver's pride.

Doug

 

[Dave Larrington]

Doug Steel wrote:

> One I spotted a couple of years ago around Pinner:
> - dustbin truck collecting dustbins - hazards on
> - car approaching goes to overtake it
> - dustbin truck moves on (hazards still flashing, not
> indicators)
> - van coming the other way
> - driver realises he's not going to make it, with nowhere
> left to go he totals the keep left sign in the central
> refuge
>
> I saw the start of it as I cycled by in the other
> direction, heard the end of it, luckily the only
> casualties were the keep left sign and the driver's pride.

Someone tried a similar thing near Larrington Towers a few
years ago, but as well as the pride and the Keep Left side,
he also murdered a lamp post. His motorcar ended up lying on
its back as if to have its axles tickled...

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[David Waters]

Mark Thompson wrote:
> Riding home down Oxford Street/Wilmslow Road in Manchester
> I came across a load of cones blocking half the road and
> big ****-off signs saying 'ROAD CLOSED' and 'DIVERSION'
> with an arrow pointing down a side street. I also saw a
> load of cars attempting to drive on the wrong side of the
> road against the oncoming traffic. They travelled about,
> ooh, 50metres before they all got stuck. The best bit was
> that they couldn't get out again 'cos there was no-where
> to turn and the car at the back couldn't see that the one
> at the front was stuck.
>
>
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ah yes the repairs to the road outside Hathersage road. (I
live in wilmslow park which is the block of flats) My room
faces out onto hathersage road, but is very close to the
corner with oxford road. Every night i sleep with my window
open and at about 11pm the men come and start digging. Its
been driving me nuts. I thibk they have finished tho

 

[Steph Peters]

"Mark Thompson" <[email protected] (change warm for hot)> of
wrote:
>Riding home down Oxford Street/Wilmslow Road in Manchester
>I came across a load of cones blocking half the road and
>big ****-off signs saying 'ROAD CLOSED' and 'DIVERSION'
>with an arrow pointing down a side street. I also saw a
>load of cars attempting to drive on the wrong side of the
>road against the oncoming traffic. They travelled about,
>ooh, 50metres before they all got stuck. The best bit was
>that they couldn't get out again 'cos there was no-where to
>turn and the car at the back couldn't see that the one at
>the front was stuck.

A couple of days after Mark posted this I was riding in the
opposite direction (north) along the same road in the early
evening. I nearly fell off my bike laughing when I saw
there were two cycle cops going along this line of idiots
booking them.
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