oldmanxfella Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 How can St Marks be a bit of a race track? It's about 100m long. It's a classic area for dickheads who stick to the same speed regardless of the limit / surroundings. The amount of times you follow someone doing 45mph coming from Ballasalla only for them to disappear in the distance as you slow down for the speed limit at St. Marks and they carry on at the same speed is crazy. I'd get pissed off if I lived there. That said, this is an absolutely woeful solution. Great - next time I go through I'll be going through at about 50 mph sideways. Its a village that's about 50 metres long. Are you all conveying children and trays of canapés between each another's houses for 8 hours a day that road crossing becomes an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 It's a non issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 It's a non issue. Agree. Put them in the town square in Douglas. It can't look any worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Raekwon Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 How can St Marks be a bit of a race track? It's about 100m long. It's a classic area for dickheads who stick to the same speed regardless of the limit / surroundings. The amount of times you follow someone doing 45mph coming from Ballasalla only for them to disappear in the distance as you slow down for the speed limit at St. Marks and they carry on at the same speed is crazy. I'd get pissed off if I lived there. That said, this is an absolutely woeful solution. Great - next time I go through I'll be going through at about 50 mph sideways. Its a village that's about 50 metres long. Are you all conveying children and trays of canapés between each another's houses for 8 hours a day that road crossing becomes an issue? As I said I don't live there, and as I also said what they've done there is ridiculous. You're still a dickhead if you go through there at 50mph though. Nothing to do with kids or any other silly straw man, and everything to do with the crossroads which has extremely limited visibility when pulling out from the Ballamodha side and has seen several accidents over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanxfella Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 How can St Marks be a bit of a race track? It's about 100m long. It's a classic area for dickheads who stick to the same speed regardless of the limit / surroundings. The amount of times you follow someone doing 45mph coming from Ballasalla only for them to disappear in the distance as you slow down for the speed limit at St. Marks and they carry on at the same speed is crazy. I'd get pissed off if I lived there. That said, this is an absolutely woeful solution. Great - next time I go through I'll be going through at about 50 mph sideways. Its a village that's about 50 metres long. Are you all conveying children and trays of canapés between each another's houses for 8 hours a day that road crossing becomes an issue? As I said I don't live there, and as I also said what they've done there is ridiculous. You're still a dickhead if you go through there at 50mph though. Nothing to do with kids or any other silly straw man, and everything to do with the crossroads which has extremely limited visibility when pulling out from the Ballamodha side and has seen several accidents over the years. That's your butler taken out next time he takes a silver tray of sausage rolls over to the neighbours across the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Raekwon Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 This is hilarious stuff OMF, really good banter mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Be interesting to see what an insurance company makes of planters causing obstruction on the highway, of course if there is legislation in place to support their presence thats a different matter, but as we all know, lots of double yellow lines were painted without the legislation and much egg was on faces when tickets were unenforceable. As traffic calming measures go its a cabbage of an idea ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EORH Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 looks like new tarmac too. no doubt the pots were made at the forestry board for 10 quid and sold to doi for 500 Yes that does look like new tarmac, they have been doing the Sloc as well, yet the town of Douglas is pothole city, the main roads in Douglas are a falling apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 looks like new tarmac too. no doubt the pots were made at the forestry board for 10 quid and sold to doi for 500 Yes that does look like new tarmac, they have been doing the Sloc as well, yet the town of Douglas is pothole city, the main roads in Douglas are a falling apart. Come on, you know why the Sloc is being done. The firestarter lives up there, and that road is too bumpy for him and his new hoi polloy who will be buying up the new houses up there. Also that is some signage he has up there on the road, dont suppose there is any problem with them!??!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 You'd never get planning permission for new houses up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 if they were serious about traffic calming, why didn't they put pavements in whilst they were surfacing it, and make it single track with passing places (like they plan for the Prom !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 if they were serious about traffic calming, why didn't they put pavements in whilst they were surfacing it, and make it single track with passing places (like they plan for the Prom !) Would be a great place for horse trams. Cregeen could end up being a saint if he did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 You'd never get planning permission for new houses up there New houses up the top of ballakillowey, to service his roundabout at the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 You gotta read Cregeen's response on IoMToday fuck me it's funny http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/district-news/st-mark-s-traffic-calming-planters-branded-ridiculous-1-7733989 It was my idea (not really) It's the residents fault (to be fair they didn't want this solution) I thought reflectors were needed (silly DOI for putting them on And best of all... It's just a trial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 If he asked me to vote for him to be a postie, I would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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