The Weekly Gripe

Jump traffic lights to sit in yellow box junction - idiots on the road!

Chaos at yellow box junctions

What does a yellow box junction mean?

I find myself stuck in my car, inventing new descriptive words for the latest idiot who thought 'Yep, I'll beat these traffic lights - no bother..'



Why do yellow box junctions attract the most clueless drivers in the country? The nip through the traffic lights with no thought for anyone and end up stranded there blocking the path of everyone else!

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24-3-2008You can sit in the yellow box if you're waiting to turn right (assuming the exit road is clear). Not a lot of people know that.zog
16-3-2008Thank you "Boxed In". You have just confirmed my own comments posted 29-Jan-2008,:please see below. It's another form of tax revenue and nothing to do with sorting out gridlocked roads or the like.LogicalReasons
05-3-2008Driving into a Yellow Box junction is like a game of musical chairs. Suddenly all exits are taken and you're left without the chair, and are out. But just remember this game costs a lot of money if you lose. I am presently allowing £450 per annum for parking fines, bus lane contraventions a...moreBoxed In
27-2-2008A perfectly valid gripe, but the root of the problem is the traffic control system, based on the fatal flaw of priority. Priority makes roads dangerous. It produces unbroken traffic streams and a "need" for lights. Without priority, and without lights, we would do what comes naturally - fi...moreMartin Cassini
29-1-2008Excuse me but I never ever intentionally block a yellow box junction. There are however instances when it still happens for example in slow moving, heavily congested traffic. Acting in good faith, you see there is space for you behind the vehicle in front where the back of your vehicle will stop j...moreLogicalReasons
26-1-2008Trinity, I fully agree with you, I would love to see a few of our 'safety officers' watching these box junctions with their 'safety camera's'(not revenue camera's as some of you non believers would suggest) I am sure they would soon reach their daily quota's (not that the...moreTom
26-1-2008lack of control at Box junctions, shows the same regard as those cyclists, riding on the pavements, wrong way in a one way street, shooting red lights and generally having an arrogant holier than thou attitude to other road users. Keep persevering the box junction will ease when they start getting ...moreCar Driver and proud Rock on Nuclea
26-1-2008Trinity, eh? well there's an orthodox name, especially if you are a heretical Unitarian like that which is so fashionable nowadays since it was discovered Shakespeare was a closet Catholic and Newton nothing more than a alchemical quack. I am afraid you you must be considered the "heretic&q...moreThe Other Party



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