South Tyneside cash cow.

[yamar1]

Means I can get out of my drive after 8 am though

it was horrendous at rush hour like. a permit system or pass for residents is all that was needed imo

 

[Tonysafc]

it was horrendous at rush hour like. a permit system or pass for residents is all that was needed imo

Agreed

 

[yamar1]

A gate for buses to go through.....

dont see a gate like.... its a bus lane, bus gate wording is purely there to confuse people and generate income.

Agreed

trying to get onto the john reid road at the bottom to go to shields is scary mind, accident waiting to happen for sure.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news...e-bus-lane-fines-in-same-day-s-post-1-8955110

 

[Deleted member 6694]

he is expecting a few more though. mind from the stock photo it looks as though he is knacked, but he needs to establish exactly what he can see and when, from a driving position.

However the blue rectangle sign on a normal road are information signs and are not a mandatory instruction.

so there should be a sign at the junction with a mandatory instruction

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa..._data/file/519129/know-your-traffic-signs.pdf

The rectangle sign is the 1st sign warning of the route and does show the blue circle on it. You can see the actual 2 blue circle signs either side just after the right turn. So basically it's a case of drivers ignoring the blue circle mandatory signs rather than owt else.

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[Patch Lafayette]

Hebburn is going to be a bloody nightmare shortly, every square inch of land has been bought up and is being built upon. School places are scarce enough as it is and traffic is getting worse, just wait til the estate on Victoria Road West is finished, it's going to be carnage.

The council don’t care though do they. All the more council tax to rake in but no plans to support the huge growth in population

 

[Sir Lancelot]

that's what I put

He changed his post from hexagonal to octagonal!

 

[redgauntlet]

Really.

 

[Twisted]

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Looks pretty clear to me.

probably the dark glasses that done it

 

[heston]

That fella looks like he's been chased from his wedding by Dark Justice. WTF is he dressed as?

I know him, he has the Red Hackle pub on the Scotch estate and is a local councillor. Canny bloke actually.

 

[ravydavygravy]

Why isn’t the sign a big red no entry (except buses)?

That blue thing is shit.

 

[Brexit]

Keep the fuck away from South Tyneside!

I'd rather not if it is all the same to you as I have quite an attachment to the area what with me being born here, raised here, schooled here, live here and all of my family are here.

 

[The Resource]

Why isn’t the sign a big red no entry (except buses)?

That blue thing is shit.

Not enforceable signage apparently.

 

[ravydavygravy]

Not enforceable signage apparently.

Hmmm.

Begs the question..Do they want to stop people driving through or raise revenue?

A no entry sign would be 99% more efficient.

Or would people take the piss and drive through?

 

[yamar1]

Hmmm.

Begs the question..Do they want to stop people driving through or raise revenue?

A no entry sign would be 99% more efficient.

Or would people take the piss and drive through?

I think we all know the answer to this one.

 

[The Resource]

Hmmm.

Begs the question..Do they want to stop people driving through or raise revenue?

A no entry sign would be 99% more efficient.

Or would people take the piss and drive through?

Both I'd say, if someone knows there is no penalty for doing it then people will just go that way anyway. Of they want to store traffic going that way then they have to be able to back it up with a deterrent. Or just install a rising bollard and give a remote or whatever to the bus company.

 

[Brexit]

People on here know better though. https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news...ction-1-8969645/amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

[Some Random Guy]

People on here know better though. https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news...ction-1-8969645/amp?__twitter_impression=true

I think you should read the full article marra...

 

[yamar1]

Seen a police car drive through it at the weekend. Just casually driving no blue lights or anything. The "safety" issues must not apply to them.

 

[Brexit]

I think you should read the full article marra...

I have read the article. If the only difference is you're fine at 20 and not 40 it shows it's clearly been done to meet the lowest of requirements. And that's my gripe. It is purposefully done not to make things safer or improve things but to catch as many out as possible.