9:30 My best gues is that it is expected that many people will be turning right at that roundabout, and these traffic lights are there to give motorists from the opposite direction a chance to get onto the roundabout.
I’m very familiar with the A256 and find the dual carriageway stretch (x 2) particularly calming, I’m guessing that most of the idiot drivers have relocated to the A2 😏 The driver that overtook you just after 7mins. remained in lane 2 instead of returning to lane 1. One of my pet hates among many others 😂. You mentioned the traffic lights on the approach to the roundabouts. They were hastily installed at the time of the covid pandemic when we had 4,000 HGV’s parked up on Manston airport runway (the runway was out of use at the time 🤣🤣). Trucks were diverted off the M20 and M2 down the Thanet Way A299 to Manston. The trucks were released in batches, can’t remember how many now. They used the A256 to reach Dover for their ferry crossing. You may have noticed ‘KEEP CLEAR’ markings at every road junction, enabling locals to go about their business without hinderance from the truckers.
Ah yes those folk who stay in the outside lane! He may have been turning off towards Whitfield but he travelled the whole length from the roundabout when he could have moved back in! Thanks for the info on the traffic lights. It all makes sense now!
Episode V: The Squeak strikes back.
Ha ha. Wait for the return of the squeak! It’s a blinding episode!
9:30 My best gues is that it is expected that many people will be turning right at that roundabout, and these traffic lights are there to give motorists from the opposite direction a chance to get onto the roundabout.
Yep my guess too!
9:30 Twelve traffic light heads is also a bit of an overkill. 😅
Tell me about it!
I’m very familiar with the A256 and find the dual carriageway stretch (x 2) particularly calming, I’m guessing that most of the idiot drivers have relocated to the A2 😏
The driver that overtook you just after 7mins. remained in lane 2 instead of returning to lane 1. One of my pet hates among many others 😂.
You mentioned the traffic lights on the approach to the roundabouts. They were hastily installed at the time of the covid pandemic when we had 4,000 HGV’s parked up on Manston airport runway (the runway was out of use at the time 🤣🤣). Trucks were diverted off the M20 and M2 down the Thanet Way A299 to Manston. The trucks were released in batches, can’t remember how many now. They used the A256 to reach Dover for their ferry crossing. You may have noticed ‘KEEP CLEAR’ markings at every road junction, enabling locals to go about their business without hinderance from the truckers.
Ah yes those folk who stay in the outside lane! He may have been turning off towards Whitfield but he travelled the whole length from the roundabout when he could have moved back in!
Thanks for the info on the traffic lights. It all makes sense now!