The A50 by the Britannia Stadium is dangerous
A50 DANGER: I am writing to you about the danger of the A50 running down by the side of the Britannia Stadium.
I take my wife and her friends to work each morning at the hospital. Judging by the state of the traffic I might just end up inside it. There ought to be at least three speed cameras situated, one at the brow of the hill, one by the stadium, and one at the roundabout going towards Stoke. The wagons and articulated lorries travelling down that strech are going at breakneck speed. I have clocked them doing 60-plus going down the bank. Once they get their speed up they won't ease up, and their weight carries them forward. No wonder they often turn over.
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DANGER ROAD: The A50 close to the Britannia Stadium.
They get in the fast lane because of the adjoining slip roads, and more often than not don't come back over until the bottom by the roundabout, often just pulling in front of the cars in the inside lane. Just look at the tyre marks. There have been a lot of accidents on that stretch of road, but do we have to have carnage before this council does anything about it?
JOHN DEGG Fenpark
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3 Comments
by David, Stoke
Tuesday, November 18 2008, 11:55AM
“Mr Degg says he has "clocked them doing 60-plus going down the bank".
Well unless he has GATSO himself the only way he can "clock" them, is by doing that speed himself and looking at his dash, in which case he's speeding as well.
Either that or he's guessing.”
by Shaun Bennett, Blurton
Tuesday, November 18 2008, 9:59AM
“What a load of rubbish! I also use that road regularly and I have never encountered a problem. Mr Degg seems to beleive that speed cameras are a magic wand solution to all our traffic problems.
In fact, they are little more than a cash cow for the government. We should follow the example of Swindon and GET RID of the vast majority of our existing speed cameras, not create more of them to please the safety gestapo!
I agree with Julie that there should be other more liberal ways of controlling potential traffic problems in the area.”
by Julie, Trentham
Tuesday, November 18 2008, 9:54AM
“I agree it is dangerous but I don't think speed cameras would make much difference. A lot is down to the lane markings which, at the roundabout, cross over dangerously, forcing drivers into either the wrong lane or pushing their way in at the last minute once they realise - confusing for locals, let alone visitors. Drivers often pay more attention to which lane they need to be in than the cars around them.”