As A Driver, How Good Is Your
Thurrock Observation?

Take the test below to find out

Email

Keep Thurrock
&
Great Britain Tidy

Click The Guest Book

Stour Road & Thames Drive
(Cross Roads)
Serious Motor Vehicle Accident

June 2010

The Missing Warning Sign. Did the lack of information result in the recent serious accident in Chadwell St Mary in June 2010 Click the images to enlarge Driving instructors and local residents have had constant near misses at the Thames Drive and Stour road cross road everyday due to Thurrock's road safety shortfalls at this dodgy chadwell location.

Thurrock Councils
Confusing Traffic Warning Signs

Confusion Causes Road Rage & Accidents

Giveway To Who? I am getting a lot of people getting in touch regarding the confusing Giveway Signs that Thurrock Highways have unnecessarily put in place at several Mini roundabouts in Thurrock, In the picture above you will note that there is no road on the left at this junction! and the road on the right is One-way traffic. Click The Mini sign above and see the confusing double giveway lines!! and the giveway signs that are wasting our money and causing unnecessary problems for Motorist in Thurrock and all over the Country!! Highway Code Licence No C02***03649 Please click the image to read clearly (Highway Code Crown Copyright) Thurrock Council MUST Stick To The Highway Code Rules. Although the Highway Code does say that double warning lines could be used at some mini roundabouts, I think somebody at Thurrock Council Highways have lost their way and forgotten the Highway Code Rules that are quite clear for ALL road users approaching a mini roundabout!

I'm Sticking To The Official Rules Below

Highway Code Licence
No C02***03649

Highway Code Rule.188 (Highway Code Crown Copyright) Click the pic above Mini-roundabouts. Approach these in the same way as normal roundabouts. All vehicles MUST pass round the central markings except large vehicles which are physically incapable of doing so. Remember, there is less space to manoeuvre and less time to signal. Avoid making U-turns at mini-roundabouts. Beware of others doing this.

The Official Rules Are Legal Requirements

Highway Code (Crown Copyright)
Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may be sent to prison.

Such rules are identified by the use of the words ‘MUST/MUST NOT’. In addition, the rule includes an abbreviated reference to the legislation which creates the offence.

Why don't you read the rest of the (Highway Code) Introduction legal requirements and the rules?

DSA Driving Manual.
The manual that we are advised to teach with is also clear regarding who to giveway to when approaching a mini roundabout.

Quote:
When approaching a mini roundabout, giveway to traffic on your right, and also giveway to traffic that maybe turning right in front of you.

Why Is So Much Money Wasted And So Many Incorrect Road Signs?
All over the Country drivers can not fail to see incorrect or non existent road signs, and road users are at a higher risk in getting involved in road rage or being involved in an accidents at these locations.

Would somebody at Thurrock Council Highways Department like to comment why they have introduced these costly unnecessary giveway signs at mini roundabouts in Thurrock?

Thurrock's Road Safety
Shortfalls

A Recent 2008 Survey

Thurrock roads have been condemned

As among the most dangerous in the country.
(The Confusing Signs Above Don't help)



We Must All Participate To Improve
Road Safety In Thurrock.

New Road Sign's And New Cycle Path's Are A Great Improvement.
It has been noted that Thurrock Council's Road safety Committee and the Highway's Department have been very busy over the last couple of year's installing new road sign's and the much needed cycle Path's, however, Thurrock Council must all not get complacent as there is still along way to go due to our Thurrock roads being condemned in this year 2008 as the most dangerous in the country.

The Recent Survey.
The recent 2007 / 2008 accident survey figures for Thurrock are very disappointing and embarrassing to all concerned, and Thurrock Council must pull out all of the stops to reveres these appalling road safety figures

With The Winter Dark Nights Ahead The Risk Is Higher!
The survey reports that Thurrock road users are more likely to be seriously or fatally injured in road traffic accident's than anywhere else in the east of England.

Read the recent (accident road survey) facts in the Thurrock Gazette

Professional Driving Instructor's Want To Play A Part In Road Safety.
As Professional driving instructors working all over Thurrock we have noticed some incorrect or misleading road sign's and road marking's that will eventually lead to a RTA (road traffic accident)

Thurrock's Incorrect Road Sign's & Marking's Must Be Amended.
We find it is our Professional duty to bring these misinforming road sign's and road marking's to Thurrock Council's attention to get them amended.

To Follow Are A Few Example's.

Danehole's Roundabout
Dangerous Road Markings

Danehole's Roundabout's Misaligned & Confusing Road Marking's
The newly painted hatched road marking's on the Danehole's round about are confusing have resulted in many a near rear end shunt.

The Roundabout Kerb's Need To Be Repositioned.
The kerb's at Danehole's roundabout need to be repositioned or permanent traffic cone's need to be in place to give a better roundabout road layout.

Hesitation Is One Of The Main Causes Of Accident Rear End Shunt's.
At present when a driver is waiting at the roundabout giveaway line, the new white hatch road marking's incorrectly positioned are keeping traffic coming from the right in a position to far to the left, this is giving a driver waiting at the giveaway line an anticipated impression that the vehicle coming from the right is about to turning left, resulting in hesitation

An Ideal Solution Would Be To Reposition The Near Side Kerb's

Our Local New's Paper.
The local Thurrock Gazette has a lot of angry residents letter's on this subject.

Getting The Hump

Thurrock Driver's Are Getting The Hump.
The many road hazards and badly maintained roads in Thurrock is properly the reason a lot of people buying and driving 4 x 4 off road vehicles?

Will Your Vehicle Fail Its MOT?.
Humps and bumps and man made hazards that have sprung up on many of our roads and streets that are going to cause sever damage to your vehicle, and your vehicles next MOT may be very expensive!

Education is the key to Improving Road Safety.
More money should be spent on advertising the rules of the Highway Code, and changing bad drivers attitudes, surely this must be the way forward.

How Much Did It Cost?
How much money has Thurrock Council wasted on the traffic calming and width restriction measures that have been introduced by our local Council across Thurrock?

The Air Gets Thin Up Here!

The Air Pressure Gets Thin Due To The High Speed Cushion's.
I'm only joking, however the speed tables in Argent street Grays and Rectory road( North ) are no laughing matter, I am under the impression that the speed cushions and sped table's should be no higher than four inches, and they should have a graduating slope!

Unseen Damage To Vehicles May Go Un-Noticed.
Vehicle Suspensions are getting damaged unnecessarily as
a result of some high speed tables / cushion's in Thurrock, and the unseen damage may not be evident until your vehicle require's the three year old vehicle MOT Test.

Our Local Thurrock Gazette.
See Gazette Letters Page 08/09/2006

Sky New's
Live's Are Being Lost

Thurrock's Bridge Road Chicane.
What purpose does it serve?

Sky New's (Chicane's Are Not Working)
It was reported on Sky News's that the road narrowing chicanes that have been introduced in some Towns all over the Country to save lives are not working.

Emergency Services Are Condemning The Chicane's.
A spokes person for the Emergency services are outraged, and told sky news that the road narrowing chicanes are costing live's all over the Country due to the Fire and Ambulance services not being able to get to the emergency incident quickly enough.

Does The Railway Bridge Need Attention?
Thurrock's Bridge Road Dreaded Chicane, what purpose is the dreaded chicane serving?
Is Thurrock Council taking the easy way out with the chicane, instead of reinforcing or repairing the old railway bridge structure

Thurrock's Three High Rise Block Residents Are At Risk!
The photo above was taken in April 2006 and is showing the road narrowing chicane in Grays Thurrock.
The road narrowing is in place just before three blocks of high rise blocks of flats, making access from this direction impossible for Ambulance and Fire crews.

Thurrock's Congested One-Way System.
The only route that the emergency crews can take to get to the flats is by trying to negotiate the very busy congested Grays One-Way system that will only add to the problem.

The Missing Sign

Gray's Thurrock's One-way System's Missing Road Sign!
When any traffic flow in a One-way system is about to revert into two-Way traffic, all road user's MUST be warned by the appropriate Road Sign (See Below)

The picture show's Orsett Road, a One-Way system,at the traffic light's junction, the road ahead and going off to the right are both two-way traffic, however there are no Warning sign's warning driver's that they are about to enter a two-way traffic traffic flow!

Click The Picture To Enlarge

The Two-Way Traffic Sign In The Picture Is Also Incorrect.
The two-way traffic sign that is seen in the picture is also incorrect, it implies' that two-way traffic crosses Stanley Road, this is incorrect, as the next cross road ahead has a no right turn sign in place due to the road on the right being a One-Way street.

The traffic sign seen in the picture needs to be removed as it is misinforming all road user's.

Get Off The Road?

Disabled Get Very Little Consideration From Thurrock Council's!
Both footpath's shown below in the picture are in Bridge Road, Gray's, one obstruction is outside the Gate's of Gray's Park, and the other footpath obstruction is outside the old Thurrock Park School, alongside the parking bay's.

Disabled Scooter's Are Forced To Drive On The Road.
It has been noted that a lot of disabled and Pedestrian friendly dropped kerb's have been put down at a lot of junction's in thurrock to allow easy asses from one footpath to another, however the obstruction in Bridge road Gray's has been outstanding for many years!

Has Thurrock Council Planners taken these two disabled un-friendly obstruction to be the norm?

The Disabled Lost Out Here


Click The Picture's To Enlarge

 

---

 

The Lampost That Is Causing The Obstruction
Is Not Serving It's Purpose

 

The lampost shown in the picture
Is not serving its purpose.

(Click The image above to enlarge)

(Home)