Rant 293 19/10/12 Subject: Stupid road systems

Rant number 293

Sorry guys - we're on the roads again!

I've done quite a lot of miles over the last week - 2 fill ups have now been used (roughly the same distance as I drove to Somerset and back!)

Today, we had to pop to a nearby town to pick something up - so I though that this would be an easier drive than the last few days.

How wrong I was of course.

West Yorkshire - you see, loves its roads - and its road systems to keep things flowing.

Despite all of the efforts to make roads better- road systems do seem to make things worse and worse every year.

I get some types of road systems - and really think they work well. Roundabouts for instance are far superior to 4 way junctions and keep things flowing well.

Others just annoy me though - and are bloody useless:

1. One way systems - pointless, confusing and guaranteed to get you lost with minimum effort. Want to go left do you? Well you bloody well can't - you will have to go 5 miles in a circle to eventually get back to where you wanted to go.
2. Roundabouts with traffic lights - which remove the flow aspect of roundabouts and make them work just as uselessly as anything else. Not likely to get you lost - but will delay your journey.
3. Single to dual to single to dual to... - whereby a road consistently turns from single to dual carriageway. Prone to cause issues wherever the lanes merge - causing much in the way of delays
4. Traffic lights with different directions - which can be plain confusing. Especially considering that no-one is ever properly in the right lane
5. Slip roads that aren't big enough - meaning that you can't get past the people turning off
6. Bears and turnings - a final really irritating road system - particularly irritating when you have a sat-nav. By this I mean that some lanes need to be turned off of and some just turn into the turning. It can be really bloody confusing when you don't know the area and a sign just points to the left.

I just don't get who designs these things. Is it some kind of conspiracy to fuck up my (and everyone else's) day?

Bloody council idiots.

Rant over.