I'm pretty sure it exists! I used it last weekBrenley Corner wrote:Are you sure, especially as it hasn't been built......yet! LINKBugsBunny wrote:I think one of the worst junctions is M20 J10A
Do you mean 11A or are you just predicting the future?
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I was 12 when I made this account in 2013, therefor I am not liable for any strange or awkward comments made then
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So how would traffic from the North and South Circulars get onto the M4 then? Would it have to go all the way to junction 3? (I suppose traffic coming from the south could go via the Hogarth Roundabout, but that doesn't strike me as particularly desirable.)Jam35 wrote: Or close the slip road. The westbound on slip at M4 J2 should die so that the A4 doesn't back up all the way to Earl's Court.
That strikes me as even worse, especially in conjunction with your other proposal. Either westbound traffic from the airport would have to join at an already congested junction 3, or it would have to take the single-carriageway section of the A4 via Colnbrook to junction 5. Sounds like a recipe for more congestion, not less.Similarly, the westbound on slip at M4 J4 should be killed (or at least barriered off to force all traffic from it onto the M25(S)) for the particularly nasty low-speed weave it creates.
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Oh, I've got a good idea ! Let's close ALL the junctions, then the motorway will flow really smoothly ......Jam35 wrote: Or close the slip road. The westbound on slip at M4 J2 should die so that the A4 doesn't back up all the way to Earl's Court. Similarly, the westbound on slip at M4 J4 should be killed (or at least barriered off to force all traffic from it onto the M25(S)) for the particularly nasty low-speed weave it creates.
( Those angry folk at the closed on-ramps will never think of going to the next junction .... will they ? )
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*cough* M27/M271 is horrible. I have to ride it sometimes, coming back from Bournemouth at 12am (Midnight), fully packed at the junction.
I did go to Beaulieu recently, free-flow at 10-11am on a Thursday, M271 wasn't busy!
I did go to Beaulieu recently, free-flow at 10-11am on a Thursday, M271 wasn't busy!
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In these two cases, it would be very helpful if they did precisely that. The M4 is D2M at J2, but D3M at J3 (one of those wonderful what-were-they-thinking pieces of design, gaining a lane midway between junctions); there's 50% more capacity there before it causes jams on the mainline. And they'd get a longer time to merge in, rather than a glorified give way line on a viaduct. Likewise, if the traffic joining the M4 at J4 joined it at J5 (and let's face it, that is straight down the A4 – couldn't be simpler), it wouldn't be feeding into the path of traffic leaving the M4 at J4B (the M25).Peter Freeman wrote:Oh, I've got a good idea ! Let's close ALL the junctions, then the motorway will flow really smoothly ......Jam35 wrote: Or close the slip road. The westbound on slip at M4 J2 should die so that the A4 doesn't back up all the way to Earl's Court. Similarly, the westbound on slip at M4 J4 should be killed (or at least barriered off to force all traffic from it onto the M25(S)) for the particularly nasty low-speed weave it creates.
( Those angry folk at the closed on-ramps will never think of going to the next junction .... will they ? )