Thread 25 Starmer - Cheers for a falling out among thieves

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I wouldn’t blame anyone who did that. I’m so grateful I’ll probably never have to go to Hemel again.

I am always so very thankful for UK's gun laws and our measured, decisive and swift response at the time of the Dunblane shootings.

That roundabout in Hemel Hempstead is legend and if you get through it unscathed then it's a bucket list tick. (Crying is allowed as are all the fecking curses). Been there done it.

I am sure that last week you were surprised by the weather and crossings.

Clearly the media aren't going to say that no one crossed recently.

But the Conservative party were very quick to dismiss the weather as a factor.

Different rules eh...

I'm sure I've seen that in one of my Chemistry books.

Just reading the description of that roundabout gives me palpitations 😬

It makes the Dutch one look perfectly meek.

We had to use that roundabout a few months ago. Dh got off at the earliest opportunity and we found an alternative route!

But can they cope with the magic roundabout ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwynm4wl1j7o

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Surely they're a long way off being legal on public roads. DH rear ended someone in our EV in January and he reacted before the sensors alerted him. They were no better than him at making allowances for a damp, muddy road. If the situation arose again, even he would remember that he needs way, way more than a 2 second gap (I'm one of those vilified non drivers but considered the highway code essential reading at 6) but the so called intelligent systems in the car won't have learned to account for Co Durham hills and mud running off the fields

That doesn’t mean you are safe. There’s one in Swindon too.

I doubt I’ll ever drive in Swindon. I’ve never even been there.

I'm not getting the point of 2 o'clock on that one.

No. And I’m not volunteering to go and drive round it to find out.

Oh go on, take one for the team 😂

I have a friend who used to work in Swindon. Maybe she’d be willing to…

If there is one thing we have up here in't north it's common sense roads....

Only problem is the A1(M) in the Northeast forgot common sense and has whole sections where you think you're being that righteous driver in the left hand lane because you don't need to be in the middle lane and suddenly find yourself filtered off into streets of terraced houses that all look the same with no idea how to escape.

Why? Why has someone done this?

Oh dear, you haven't seen anything yet...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-58356140

That's...just wrong. And I speak as someone eho has navigated Coventry ring-road, Spaghetti Junction and the fake traffic light roundabout at Greenwich.

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Mind blown. I sort of don’t get the point of all of it. Why?? Ynysforgan roundabout is probably the worst we have to offer down this way.

We have an excellent bad roundabout near King's Lynn, mostly due to the way the lanes are laid out. You have to cross two lanes as you pass every exit. It's terrifying and I avoid it.

Good stuff. Given our rather standing start it’s probably not enough but overall pleased with this.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/10/rachel-reeves-to-unveil-39bn-housing-boost-in-spending-review-shake-up