On 11 May 2006, at 8:31 pm, tony at lambord.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > >> I'm also *very* concerned that it will encourage people coming >> down the >> A10 to come through Milton as they will think no lights means they >> can >> get through the junction faster than using the bypass. Again when >> this >> was raised we were told that traffic would flow so well on the bypass >> that no one would want to come throught Milton ... > > I guess that would fix it, but not everyone shares the optimism about > the improved traffic flow. In my experience drivers adapt quite > quickly, and the fastest route should prevail, traffic lights or no. The problem is, that the fastest route does not prevail. In the existing system, the A10 is the fastest route from the north end of the village to the roundabout (about 10 mins queueing time, usually) whereas through the village is considerably longer (15-30 mins). But people still choose the village route, and I think it's probably because when they reach the north end of the village, they can *see* the queue on the A10, but they can't see the slower queue in the village. Unfortunately they can't do the parallel universe trick and drive both routes simultaneously to see which is faster. :-) Perhaps what we need is theme-park style "estimated queueing time from here" signs at the north end of the village. Tim PS. What's caused things to suddenly improve the last couple of days? For the last two days there has been absolutely no queue at all to get out of the Rowans onto the high street and past Tesco at 8am, when only a week or two ago (and most of the time since before the roadworks) that would only ever be the situation in school holidays.