Uncategorized RoadWhinge on 20 Nov 2006 12:29 pm
Road Works!
It had to happen, so I thought I’d get it out of the way now. There is one topic that no car blog could avoid indefinitely… Road works.
Not a day goes by that I don’t hear them discussed by friends and colleagues. Yet, despite the constant debate and moaning, I have to confess that I don’t really understand them.
Why, after closing the roads between the office and my home for a week, is there nothing visibly different - except for the presence of an abandoned, mangled, men-at-work sign, lying by the kerb?
Why do the workmen still turn the “Stop” side of the sign around periodically, even when there is no traffic coming the other way?
Why do they go to such pains to make sure that they do road work on the alternate route at the same time?
Why do they always start with the roads where the surface is in least need of repair?
As a post script to my very first post, let me add that I have, this week, spent about two hours queueing due to road works. That brings my in-car time this week to 14 hours - 12.12% of my waking time. Grr…