These new traffic lights at the P&R are badly designed and old folks it seems are struggling to understand the 2 lights system.
At the A59 4 way traffic lights just outside York, at the junction with Poppleton and Wyevale Garden Centre.
This driver decided to ignore the red light and all the other cars waiting at it because the second set of lights had a green arrow showing. His tactic was to use the filter lane to the left of the queue, which is the entry to the Park & Ride and the Wyevale Garden Centre. So as I came out of the Poppleton turning to his right he cut across the front of me, causing me to break sharply, I don`t think he even realised or saw me at all. I was travelling very steadily because I didn`t know how long my right turn filter arrow was going to stay on but if I had been rushing to get through it, I think we would have collided.
What annoys me the most is that he is so unaware of the road space he doesn`t even know he made a bad error and went through a red light! Silly old fool.
Sorry but photo (not very good) is few minutes later as he blissfully continues his journey towards Harrogate.
Overtook me in a 30 when I was doing 33 to then cut in front of me, school morning so lots of traffic, he advanced one place and nearly caught the front of my car, not that I was particularly bothered as seen as he'd been right up my backside for at least 5 minutes, what is it with some people?
Sat in traffic for a good 5 minutes next to this driver. He had two young children in the back of his Range Rover but despite this, was browsing a website on his phone whilst negotiating the traffic jam.
From what I saw, he was looking down at his phone more often then looking forward at the road.
Then, as the flow started and his phone was put down, sped off at a speed of 50 of above past Gorton Tesco before braking for the next lot of traffic.
Taxi driver driving like an idiot with the speed he was going and ducking and diving around cars in traffic. Very poor!
Location: Bradley Road Huddersfield. Time: Approx 12:00 Road conditions: Damp.
At the traffic lights he was asked why he was driving like an idiot he said ' have you never speeded to over take!'
I said I was going to report him to the police and he said he had a camers fitted to his car and he was going to report me for being drunk.
I said a camera hey?...that's great, that will provide evidence of exactly the manner he was driving.
The lights changed and we both drove off. I was behind him, he then indicated right and spun round in the road making the car that was just about to pass us both in the next lane brake.
To sum it up...A terrible bit of driving sir!
These new traffic lights at the P&R are badly designed and old folks it seems are struggling to understand the 2 lights system.
At the A59 4 way traffic lights just outside York, at the junction with Poppleton and Wyevale Garden Centre.
This driver decided to ignore the red light and all the other cars waiting at it because the second set of lights had a green arrow showing. His tactic was to use the filter lane to the left of the queue, which is the entry to the Park & Ride and the Wyevale Garden Centre. So as I came out of the Poppleton turning to his right he cut across the front of me, causing me to break sharply, I don`t think he even realised or saw me at all. I was travelling very steadily because I didn`t know how long my right turn filter arrow was going to stay on but if I had been rushing to get through it, I think we would have collided.
What annoys me the most is that he is so unaware of the road space he doesn`t even know he made a bad error and went through a red light! Silly old fool.
Sorry but photo (not very good) is few minutes later as he blissfully continues his journey towards Harrogate.