The Weekly Gripe

Motorway information boards could be more useful
Information boards and traffic officers

The control room don't update them

Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been spent on motorway information boards and a similar amount is being spent on the Traffic Officers and their new Land Rovers. But how has this helped us road users?



Any information we receive on the road depends on the person in the control room. To make a route change we need information a junction or two before the incident and we need to know what has happened.

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07-2-2008Whether someone from the Highways Agency has read this I do not know. For the past week The M25 Boards have been like Pathe News. Advising in advance of an accidentproblems on other roads. This is what the boards are for Information. Lane Hogger has gone quiet or has he started the Information e...morePeter
05-2-2008Well I think the information boards ought to be updated more often with better traffic information. Some of the messages they display are plain stupid and a waste of time. How about telling us about the accident and where it is???Jon
03-2-2008Well lane hogger how did you pass the entrance exam with the poor grammar and spelling as you constructed your reply. You missed the whole point of the gripe and assumed I was a bad driver. I was pointing out the inadequacies of some of the Traffic Officers, and also qualified the statement that t...morePeter
31-1-2008Fair UK please, you mentioned to train UK Police Officers like the US, Why? If anything the training will teach them how to sit there drinking tea and eating doughnuts, I want to be a Police Officer and I think the only thing the Americans can teach us is what gun we should choose when siging-up.Lee
30-1-2008Why don’t you spend a day or two out with them to actually see what goes on? I am a traffic officer I have spent the last 11 years working on the motorways ensure they are maintained and safe for the road user to use. Road user that includes motor cyclist who don’t have the same level...morelane hogger
30-1-2008Sounds like another fine example of leadership from the British Police (sarcastic if you can't tell) The UK is only a few days away from everyone turning into an Amoeba in a display of reverse evolution. How this nation ever got to rule 1/4 of the world I will never know. We need a Govt t...moreFair UK please!

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