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Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- . In general cars are > in a greater number, therefore they should have > priority in terms of road use. No no no! You?re saying that someone driving to a drive in McDonalds journey is more important than say a person walking or cycling to work. It is such 1960?s mentality where car was king and everyone else was dirt. And exactly why we ended up with roads like the A3 severing communities. The Elephant and Castle subway rapist and muggers paradise hell-hole. Also you?ll find that cars have a disproportionate level of road space and resources dedicated for them.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Another point about VAT - from a consumer and a > retailer perspective - is that I recall the drop > to 15% from 17.5% being met with derision from all > quarters - "What good is a few pennies off to me" > or "Biggest impact to me will be changing all my > menu prices" type thing. And now we have VAT going > up to 20% it's going to be the ruin of us all? I > think not.. My mother runs a pub; she found the VAT drop was a life line to her small business. She said last night the rise to 20% in January will ruin them and it couldn?t happen at a worse time of year for a pub.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm in favour of the VAT increase, rather than an > income tax increase. It seems to be a fair tax > rise, which should have a very small impact on the > poorest. VAT is largely applied to luxury > products, essentials tend to be exempt. I think you'll find some of the poorest would class Sky TV as an essential these days

I?m single again. That will teach me to be shallow and go for the girl with the best pair of first impressions.

Are you ?middle class? if you rely on the State for your children?s education and your families health care? I would say no, I don?t think you can class yourself as ?middle class; just as you can afford the most expensive rug in Ikea, I would say you are a ?middle earner? working class. I always thought that if you could comfortably afford to sends your kids to private school and have bells and whistles Buba cover and not using the state then you were real ?middle class?.

SMBJones Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dear all > > Yesterday between 1417 and 1542 the heart of our > Network was closed due to a Major Signalling > Equipment failure. The failure meant that Three > Bridges Signalling centre lost all visibility of > our trains. This also had an impact on our depots > as no services were able to leave for the evening > peak. This meant all services to London having to > terminate at Gatwick or short of Croydon and no > services from London were able to pass through > Croydon. This resulted in Major disruption for the > rest of the day. > > On behalf of Southern I would like to apologise > for any inconvenience caused to your journeys > yesterday > > Barry Ah so that was why. Was the PA system broken at London Bridge last night between 5.20 and 6pm also? I didn't hear one announcement except for a couple of automated ones giving the wrong information about the next train leaving, it was deadly silent apart from all the huffs and puffs of the hundreds of people guessing what the problem was.

If you let them sleep in your bedroom it doesn't take long untill you come to bed to find this....

I saw this on Sunday. The forecourt outside the shop is private but didn?t notice any drop kerbs. Is there any? If not the car is illegally crossing the public footway, the owner should apply and pay for a drop crossing as others have to, they would probably get refused. London Borough of Barking and Dagenham have this problem but they have taken to installing bollards and guard rails to try and stop it?.it hasn?t worked. People were even driving up the drop crossings at the signals. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Lordship+Lane,+Camberwell&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.070755,39.331055&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Lordship+Ln,+Camberwell,+Greater+London,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.556502,0.114155&spn=0,0.019205&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.551881,0.114357&panoid=B7yeIPopXN8MeFMS3IMXAw&cbp=12,101.59,,0,19.38

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well since that corner of Peckham Rye used to be a > car park area I would not vote against its reuse > to widen the road so a right hand filter light and > turn space could be put in place. The pavement > there is also quite wide so there is space. > Incidentally ... I?ve posted some suggestions for your argument on the other thread. My opinion is that your argument is centred around car drivers only forgetting cyclists and pedestrians.

kford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Removing the traffic lights altogether and > replacing the junction with a mini roundabout > would solve all the problems - there's room too. A mini roundabout would be a poor replacement as it would remove the pedestrian crossings. Bus priority operates at the junction; if buses 63 or 12 approaches the junction it shortens the green time on East Dulwich Road and Nunhead Lane to the minimum of 5 seconds. Removing this would go along way to stop people jumping red lights on the east and west arms. The junctions would benefit from some remodelling and the only way to do this is to take some land from Peckham Rye? Edit: Also a right turn filter would reduce green time at the junction which would mean longer queues of traffic.

?Leafy village? nearly as annoying as describing a Victorian terrace house as a ?cottage?

Just from checking out google street view. Double yellows are marked from Peckham Rye for the first few metres of Straker?s Road to the access gate. My first question would be to Southwark is to ask them where the highway boundary ends; I would hazard a guess that it is at the end of the double yellows. If it is not public highway it would not be possible to have a sealed Traffic Order to issue the PCN against. I would appeal the ticket on the grounds that it was issued incorrectly owing to no traffic order being in place. I would think that Straker?s Road is private and comes under the remit of Southwark Parks and not the Highways department. If the road is private you are sort of into the private wheel clampers territory and there should be signs up warning you of fines etc.

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Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Having a look at the Warrington site... this > picture made me laugh. Now this is a crap cycle > lane. > East Dulwich Sainsburys has made it on there. See April 2008

Here is the TfL web page. Look at the first picture in the artists impressions section and then look at the photo I attached again. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/11901.aspx?lid=switcher The artist impression shows the lanes being advisory meaning traffic can legally enter the cycle lane. The nearside lane (nearest the kerb) in the photo is now not wide enough for even the smallest vehicle meaning that they sill straddle the cycle lane while using this lane. So much for safe, fast direct routes! *off to buy shares in blue surfacing company*

Super? What do you think?

Photographic record of ill thought out cycle lanes http://www.warringtoncyclecampaign.co.uk/facility-of-the-month/ I have seen some of Boris?s Cycle Super Highways going down on Clapham Road. Not exactly ?super? just the usual advisory cycle lanes but in blue. I?ve got a picture somewhere. As about as ill thought through as his replacement to the bendy bus, replacing it with a bus that has less room and seats downstairs than a typical double decker. I know the bendy bus is not the most well loved vehicle especially for cyclist but given its dues it is the most accessible bus for the disabled, elderly and people with buggies. Sorry that was off topic.

Really can?t see the point of cyclists having 3rd party insurance. If a cyclist has a crash with a vehicle they usually end up dead with the vehicle having nothing more than a scratch or a broken wing mirror or a nasty stain on the tyre. The damage probably wouldn?t exceed the excess on the policy.

He antagonises the lads by saying something on the lines of ?what you been robbing?

This is the thread you need to post your questions to http://nunheadforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?2,824

This was posted on the Nunhead forum over the weekend Hello Nunhead! I'm Charlie, I have taken over The Ivy House. The rumours are true - most of them. My brothers and I have come from The Alma in Crystal Palace, and our aim is to restore The Ivy House to its former glory as a prestigious live music and events venue. Apologies for the silence so far - there's been a lot to do, but it is certainly not our intention to neglect the indigenous Nunheadites ( or is it Nunheadians? Nunheadonists?). The Pull The Other One comedy night is safe - it's the best comedy and cabaret night in South London and we'd be mad to scrap it. Stewart Lee is appearing at the next one on Friday 28th May about which I'm very excited. We have scheduled a programme of events which is intended to offer something for most. Highlights include Sunday Best signed, spoken word young starlet Kate Tempest's new band The Sound of Rum. Also booked is an 18 piece traditional big band - King Groovy and the Hornstars with support from two 15 person choirs. Anarchic Brixton band Alabama 3 (of The Sopranos theme tune fame) are also booked for the end of May. I tried to attach our listings poster for May here but it's a little too big for the forum. Our new website is going live any day now www.ivyhouselondon.com and will have up to date listings and news, or there'll be a poster on the outside of the pub. Initially it is our intention to open only for events. The thinking behind this is that we want to have a definite break from what went before. We went to several events before we took over and decided that the pub had a slightly conflicted personality. It had an amazing stage and function room but anyone brave enough to attempt to do something interesting with it had to brave the front bar where people were there for a traditional pub and didn't always welcome the distraction. If the pub was working, and there were enough regulars to sustain it, then I wouldn't be writing this now and The Ivy House would work as a local's pub. As we see it though, the special thing about The Ivy House is the stage and space in the live room. This is why, for the first month at least, we will only open for events. When it is understood that the unique space at The Ivy House is its reason for being and not just a back room stuck on the front bar, then we will open daily to regulars who are sympathetic to events. In the meantime there's an amazing space available during the week for local community events / rehearsals / meetings. If anyone's interested in using it, please get in touch. And if any local promoters want to put on a night, we're very receptive to ideas. Lastly but most importantly, I'd like to apologise to any near neighbours who were disturbed by the music from our launch night yesterday. We are part way through a sound insulation project to contain noise break out. We are acutely aware that if this venture is to be a success, then we need the support of the local community and upsetting anyone on our first proper night is the last thing we wanted to do. We've already put a lobby on the back fire escape to contain the noise. We are also going to secondary glaze all the windows on the front and back of the pub. We are going to build a smoking shelter specifically designed to contain the sound from smokers and limit their congregation by not allowing them to take drinks out after a certain time. For any events that take place before the sound insulating is complete, I will personally do a walk around the entire building at regular intervals to ensure noise breakout is at a minimum. I intend to check this forum regularly, and if the moderators don't object, post listings information. Bye for now, Charlie

Loz I think you?re missing one important point. As the speed increases the severity of an accident increases. You rightly say that motorways are relatively safe owing to the low levels of accidents per kilometre travelled but when there is a crash on the motorway it is usually more severe than a road with a lower speed limit. The statement you quote saying that speed was the contributory factor in a low percentage of accidents I think you?re using out of context. The contributory section of the Stats19 form allows the reporting officer to give their opinion on what caused the accident and in my experience the reporting officer only ticks the excessive speed box in single vehicle collisions. If you take the example of a car pulling out of a t-junction into the path of another car, it is more likely that the officer will say the cause of the accident was the failure of the driver to look properly, they will not recorded that the accident was made worse and more severe by the fact the other vehicle was speeding. A speed camera at this imaginary location may reduce the speed of approaching vehicle giving drivers more time to make their turning manoeuvre and if accident does occur it may only be slight in severity or even the unrecorded ?damage only? type accident. The contributory factor section of the accident reporting system has been jumped upon by anti-speed camera lobby. Speed cameras will reduce the speed of vehicles which will in turn reduce the severity of an accident if they occur.

There have been lots of threads started and comments posted recently concerned about the speed of vehicles in ?their? residential street, with posters advocating all kinds of restrictions and enforcement strategies. This seems the perfect system for this but it seems when someone else comes up with a system in ?someone else?s? street there is a problem.

Posing.

Widening the pavements a touch and resurfacing the roads would go a long way, plus flushing out the gully pots regularly to remove that Peckham Rye stink coming up from the road drains we?re all used to.