The Weekly Gripe

My village is a rat run in the morning

So your village is a rat run

A rat run nightmare

Well so what? If you didn't want cars to drive past your house, why the hell did you choose to live on a road. Until the congestion problem is solved you will always have rat runs!



So your village has become a rat run for commuters trying to avoid the congestion on the motorway? What would you have us do, sit in the jams like good little clones and not have the temerity to consider an alternative route?

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21-2-2008If the villagers think it is bad now then imagine what it would be like if the governments charging per mile came in to effect. Everyone would be using the back roads and rat runs to keep the cost down. Towns and main routes would be empty. Another example of our politicians moving a problem instead...moreFreddie
21-2-2008Sod off cutting through the villages, use the main roads which were built for the traffic! I live close to a village and it is a very pretty area, yet it is spoilt by these idiots driving excessive speeds and cutting through the village using its narrow lanes! It's dangerous, noisy and pollutes ...moredan
25-10-2007Similar sort of situation, is when people buy houses next to railways and then complain about the train horns and maintenance work. There's a nearby village with traffic calming measures, probably the worst i've seen they literally stuck a jutting out kerb in the middle of the road! And ge...moreMatthew
16-10-2006You miss the point - traffic calming is designed not to reduce traffic but to calm it. It doesn't prevent people travelling through a village, merely attempt to enforce the speed limit.... mind you with a name like angry git I doubt you'll ever be satisfied.ano
23-8-2006I wish all the townies would sod off and leave us villagers alone - pollute your own neighbourhood, not ours.lozza
11-5-2006I dont see how a wife could be 'snotty' if her husband owns a 'mondeo' , she may be 'embaressed' she may be wondering what her life has come to, but 'snotty' she wont be.michael caine
09-5-2006Don't worry, the mother nature / petrol companies / taxman are dealing with this issue. Soon the sweaty man in his mondeo and housewife snob going to school avec brats in the 4x4 will be a bizarre posting in history. Just sit it out, it will end within the next 10 years.Nadcrunch
04-5-2006WHO the HELL is JOE. I post under my name and nobody elseWilly
02-5-2006Get a grip, there is nothing wrong with Rats, they are nice people, and friendly as well.Roland
30-4-2006Joe: this thread is not about horses, it is about rat runs in villages. Do try to stick to the point. I know when you are a bear of very little brain, it is easy to become confused and stray off track, but take a deep breath and you might just be able to focus.Nikki
30-4-2006Uh oh, it wont be long before WillyAKA Joe AKA Hans has the intestinal fortitude to post comments in just one name!Michael caine
30-4-2006OH OH, It won't be long before Nikki is on about her bloody horses AGAIN,and the M/bikers doing 100MPH on corners,and etc.etc.etc zzzzzzzzzzzzz.Willy



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