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I took my test in Beverly and the test centre was (not sure if it still is) down the road bottom right in the picture! Nice way to start your test.
That reminds me of the Rocket (without the flyover) at the Liverpool end of the M62, my brother killed his MG Maestro there looking at the wrong lights…the knob 
I don’t know what the problem is. The article bangs on about being stopped at one light after another but that’s not how it works. It basically works like a controlled crossroad. In fact it works exceedingly well and you’re waiting a lot less than you used to be when the roundabout was there.
Captain Caveman 76:
Beverley, East Yorkshire roundabout is replaced by chaotic road layout | Daily Mail OnlineI took my test in Beverly and the test centre was (not sure if it still is) down the road bottom right in the picture! Nice way to start your test.
Yep it’s still there, I did my test the week it opened, luckily my instructor had taken me round it several times, the bloke before me on his test took one of the wrong turns and ended up in a 7.5 tonne zone, the examiner abondoned the test and walked back when he had to put it on the kerb so oncoming cars could get by. Didn’t fill me with confidence but he said it rarely gets that bad, I got a clean sheet so can’t of done too bad.
The junction itself is fairly simple, the way the lights are programmed was a nightmare, unless they’ve changed them since I was last up there.
Many councils seem to be spending lots of taxpayers cash on dozens of traffic lights.
A cynical person might wonder if those responsible for these schemes are wined, dined or otherwise influenced by the traffic light manufacturers.
That junction is very tight in an artic. Deliver to a unit behind the test centre.
Also lets look at the photo in question, they’ve counted every single traffic light, if thats the logic I’ve seen simple crossroads with 20plus ‘sets of lights’
Those covers or hoods or filters or whatever they are called are dam right annoying. Can’t see what the lights are on till you are pretty much on top them as they are never straight!
Radar19:
Those covers or hoods or filters or whatever they are called are dam right annoying. Can’t see what the lights are on till you are pretty much on top them as they are never straight!
Spot on there Radar, the new lights have them on the East Lancs at Haydock M6 jnc 23 they are horrendous unless you know where to look, the new junction has only been finished a few weeks and I know of three serious accidents already.
Drift:
Radar19:
Those covers or hoods or filters or whatever they are called are dam right annoying. Can’t see what the lights are on till you are pretty much on top them as they are never straight!Spot on there Radar, the new lights have them on the East Lancs at Haydock M6 jnc 23 they are horrendous unless you know where to look, the new junction has only been finished a few weeks and I know of three serious accidents already.
The ones on the bottom of the A46 where you meet that big roundabout just because the Leciester M1 junction have those on it. I have a basic theory, if it anit on red then I’m going through!
Howard Tomlinson, of the Grovehill Action Group said-
" it requires drivers to be very alert and observant to use the lights properly."
Aren’t we supposed to be Alert & Observant any way ■■?
Or should we just drive around texting & facebooking at the lights, like most car drivers any way.
Radar19:
Drift:
Radar19:
Those covers or hoods or filters or whatever they are called are dam right annoying. Can’t see what the lights are on till you are pretty much on top them as they are never straight!Spot on there Radar, the new lights have them on the East Lancs at Haydock M6 jnc 23 they are horrendous unless you know where to look, the new junction has only been finished a few weeks and I know of three serious accidents already.
The ones on the bottom of the A46 where you meet that big roundabout just because the Leciester M1 junction have those on it. I have a basic theory, if it anit on red then I’m going through!
Isn’t that what the highway code says anyway?
I did my class 2 and class 1 through these, you can’t see the filter lights until you’re right on them so you have to drive real slow so that you don’t stop when the lights are green and its pretty tight heading g back to the test centre
worse than the magic roundabout in swindon
truckman020:
worse than the magic roundabout in swindon
Always game for a laugh in a 45ft coming from Fleming way towards the m4 in at 8 in the morning lol eyes shut and go for it 
Conor:
I don’t know what the problem is. The article bangs on about being stopped at one light after another but that’s not how it works. It basically works like a controlled crossroad. In fact it works exceedingly well and you’re waiting a lot less than you used to be when the roundabout was there.
It’s the Dailymail. Most readers are stuck trying to get past the title.
The biggest “non story” of the week award goes to…
I did media studies at school which included a visit to a local newspaper where we learned that they amass these “non stories” to fill in on quiet news day,obviously yesterday was such a day.