The strange phenomena of grid lock at junction 1 of the M3 has happened
again tonight.

It happens very rarely, but in the past 2 years since I've been using it,
it's happened 6 or 7 times, yet I can't work out why? One time I didn't move
for about 20 minutes!

If it's just too many vehicles surely the traffic lights should be phased to
stop them getting on to the roundabout.

The main problem I think is ignorant drivers coming on to the roundabout and
blocking people trying to get off at the next exit (eg. M3 exit and A308 to
Staines).

Any thoughts?

Steve.

"Steve" wrote in message
...
The strange phenomena of grid lock at junction 1 of the M3 has happened
again tonight.

It happens very rarely, but in the past 2 years since I've been using it,
it's happened 6 or 7 times, yet I can't work out why? One time I didn't
move
for about 20 minutes!

If it's just too many vehicles surely the traffic lights should be phased
to
stop them getting on to the roundabout.

The main problem I think is ignorant drivers coming on to the roundabout
and
blocking people trying to get off at the next exit (eg. M3 exit and A308
to
Staines).

Any thoughts?

Steve.

Is there racing at Kempton?

I decided to take the bus from Staines to Sunbury cross a few weeks back.
Chose the wrong day. Hampton Court Flower Show *AND* racing at Kempton.

"Steve" wrote in message
...
On 6/8/03 7:20 pm, in article , "Bondee"
wrote:

Is there racing at Kempton?


Hmmm... Yes, there is. Its Irish Night tonight. I suppose that could be
partly to blame.

But I'm pretty sure other grid locks have occurred when there was no
racing
at Kempton.

"Sheer volume of traffic" is one phrase that I've heard. I walked faster
than the 290 toward Sunbury X one Friday evening. Passed the previous (20
mins earlier) service after about 3 minutes of walking.

In article , Steve
writes
The strange phenomena of grid lock at junction 1 of the M3 has happened
again tonight.

It happens very rarely, but in the past 2 years since I've been using it,
it's happened 6 or 7 times, yet I can't work out why? One time I didn't move
for about 20 minutes!

If it's just too many vehicles surely the traffic lights should be phased to
stop them getting on to the roundabout.

The main problem I think is ignorant drivers coming on to the roundabout and
blocking people trying to get off at the next exit (eg. M3 exit and A308 to
Staines).

Any thoughts?

Steve.

Try the following site
http://vwisb7.vkw.tu-dresden.de/~tre.../simFrame.html
This gives a simulation of what happens to traffic by a relatively
simple incident.

It's amazing the results it can have and how it affects traffic which
was running smoothly. The overall number of vehicles passing is
significantly reduced for quite some time after the incident has been
removed.

It really opened my eyes about what happens to traffic.

Mike

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