Minding the gaps

9:39am Friday 4th January 2013 in Letters By Reader's letter

FURTHER to spending a quarter of my life sitting in traffic jams in and around York, it has occurred to me that there is nothing wrong with the layout of the roads that retraining drivers to not leave a 50-yard gap between them and the car in front wouldn’t solve.

Beth Dale, Lilbourne Drive, Hawthorn Meadows, Clifton Moor, York.

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pedalling paul says...
10:57am Fri 4 Jan 13

If you are able bodied, perhaps it will also occur to you that there are other travel choices for some of your car journeys around the City from the far flung reaches of Clifton Moor. Visit itravelyork.info to learn more.

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Mulgrave says...
5:38pm Fri 4 Jan 13

I recently wondered why the A59 roundabout on the bypass was completely choked until I eventually joined the A1237 heading towards Clifton Moor and found the culprit who had left a 250 yard gap in crawling traffic. Is this a record?

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inthesticks says...
5:55pm Fri 4 Jan 13

pedalling paul wrote:
If you are able bodied, perhaps it will also occur to you that there are other travel choices for some of your car journeys around the City from the far flung reaches of Clifton Moor. Visit itravelyork.info to learn more.
The King of smug.

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akaroa says...
12:14am Sat 5 Jan 13

if drivers drastically reduced the distance to the car in front when parked at lights/in traffic etc, if instead of crawling along in bottom gear, drivers drove their vehicle towards lights, etc, between changes, then congestion would be greatly reduced. Among other things, the school run etc, crawling traffic, excessive space between vehicles creates congestion

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Magicman! says...
4:16am Sat 5 Jan 13

Mulgrave wrote:
I recently wondered why the A59 roundabout on the bypass was completely choked until I eventually joined the A1237 heading towards Clifton Moor and found the culprit who had left a 250 yard gap in crawling traffic. Is this a record?
They're among the same group of drivers who wait for an inordinately huge space to open up before they'll dare to get close to entering the roundabout, and then put the brakes on at the last second because there's a car half a mile away that might come on to the roundabout!

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Sensetalker says...
11:18pm Mon 7 Jan 13

Actually peddaling Paul....yes it does occur to me that there are other modes of transport ...I pay road fund to choose how I travel ..do you ? however not being able bodied limits them somewhat...however you may find that being a cyclist gets you to see an anger management consultant quicker and maybe even help your chronic rudeness....though I doubt that.Dont you realise that you are not helping the pro cyclist cause you are merely reinforcing what we car drivers think about your rude egotistical views

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