Feb 162011
 
Forecourt stupidity: pay at the pump

LOVE THEM or hate them, the multinational mega-supermarkets are here to stay. Multiplying like a retail bacteria, each promises the lowest prices, the best quality and the best service. One development in the last few years at many supermarkets is the introduction of “pay at the pump” systems on their petrol station forecourts, where customers [...continue]

Feb 092011
 
Highways Agency plays magic roundabouts at Norcross

ON THE Fylde Coast, we are used to traffic schemes that create congestion and prohibit traffic flow rather than alleviate and assist them. Usually the masterminds behind these shite traffic management schemes are sat in Blackpool Council offices, but Highways Agency traffic boffins have taken the biscuit with their proposals for the Norcross Roundabout on [...continue]

Feb 072011
 
Revoe road closures 14th Feb 2011-25th March 2011

NONE OF us like the dull thud and resultant jolt as our vehicles traverse the nasty cancer of speed humps coursing through Blackpool’s road infrastructure, and our motoring experience is about to get a whole lot more turbulent as several roads in the Revoe area are set to be closed intermittently to install even more [...continue]

Feb 022011
 
"Crossing of Death" claims first casualty

THE BLOODY-MINDED, ivory tower approach of Blackpool council in relation to the roads has struck once again after a pensioner was smashed into by a vehicle whilst walking on a controversial pedestrian crossing on Lytham Road. It’s not very often that pedestrians call for pedestrian crossings to be removed, but like the crossing at St. [...continue]