Green waves :)

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Whereas try going along the Bath Road in Slough. Red light, wait,
green, move on to next light which just goes red as you
approach...repeat ad infinitum.

 

^^^^^^

That's the problem, avoid it's generally shite.

 

The A4 through Slug used to be a good example of where if you hit 'em
right, you hit ALL of 'em right.

 

Not for the last three years at least.

It was bloody gridlocked last night. I specifically avoided the A4 but
what with the roadworks near the hight street, roadworks near the McD's
on the way out to Windsor and a broken down van, it was absolutely
chaotic.

 

I've been lucky over the last few years, and not had to inflict the damn
place on myself much.

 

Adrian wrote:
[Slough]

I worked there for a couple of years, until just over a year ago when
the company relocated to sunny Maidenhead.

John Betjeman had the right of it. A bloody nuke would be better
though, imo.

 

So did I. Early-mid '90s. And lived there.

Overly kind, I thought.

 

I recall, going back to when I was a yoof, that road having signs up
telling you that the lights were timed for someone doing a steady
38mph (or was it 28mph). Mind you that was 30 or so years ago and I've
never been back since.

 

Bit daft what with it having a 40 limit.

 

How so? If you travelled at just under the speed limit you didn't get
held up. Seems sensible to me.

 

Because in a 40 limit everybody's doing more like 50 so they're never
going to high the lights in the manner intended.

 

Well, yes. Leaving aside whether or not you obey a 40 limit, if
there's a sign saying "Travel at just under the limit and you'll get
through the lights" it would seem that the people who don't take that
advice are daft.

 

You're forgetting the group of people who read it and think travel at
twice the limit, and you'll arive at the next set of lights just as
the previous batch of cars are going thru.

 

The harmonic frequency of green waves. I like it.

 

There was a mildly interesting item on the Today programme this
morning concerning green waves. The chap who was in charge of the
computer system controlling the lights in London was carefully
explaining that it was "impossible" for someone to hack into the
system and cause gridlock. Now there's a challenge that someone should
throw a hacker's way.

 

They did it in the Italian Job. I know that was in Turin, but the
principle must still apply. All we need to do is to switch the tape
reels...