V FESTIVAL

BigJon:

phantom309:
My dads been at the one in Telford since friday (working :wink: ) and will probably be there till monday,

Its technically not Telford. Weston park is inside the staffordshire border :slight_smile:

ok but its nr telford :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

dazaster:
well only blame yourselves… the matrix signs have been warning bout this for at least a week that they woul be delays… you can only blame yourselves… :laughing: these matrix signs tell the truth sometimes :unamused: unlike thursday morning southbound m6 near j19 saying they was animals ont he road… didnt see any, maybe it was the cows crossing the bridge over the road they were on about :laughing:

Not a lot of good if you haven’t been passed there for at least a week though.

SuperSmiley:
It’s simply…TUFF… :unamused: :unamused:

I take it you have never been to a festival yourself!!!..It’s the weekend…not a normal busy working day…It’s once a year…let the people enjoy themselves!!!

Wherever there is a large organised event…there will be traffic…If you go in a group by car…it saves you a fortune on rip-off train fares…
Like most big festivals, its been well highlighted all week…so transport companies should gives drivers loads of extra time…and drivers should have the common sense to find alternative routes…and yes that can mean a fair diversion…but thats they way it goes…

Motorways were not built just solely for good vehicles…so stop the Me and My Lorry…[zb]!!! :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused:

I seem to recall it being a friday.

I’ve no problem with “the people” enjoying themselves, especially the buxom, scantily clad ones !!!
Just not when it hinders the progress of “Me and My lorry”, [zb]. :wink:

V Festival, never 'ered of it.

Best prepare yourselves for next weekend then, Leeds and Reading festivals traffic, coupled with the usual bank holiday traffic. Sounds like fun :smiley:

SuperSmiley:
Motorways were not built just solely for good vehicles…so stop the Me and My Lorry…[zb]!!! :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused:

well actually they were. :unamused:

Kate:
Best prepare yourselves for next weekend then, Leeds and Reading festivals traffic, coupled with the usual bank holiday traffic. Sounds like fun :smiley:

I got snarled up in all the Leeds Festival traffic last year. Absolute bloody chaos it was!

Nearly had a trolley full of booze over; the couple pushing it seemingly couldn’t control it and it trundled towards me down a drop-kerb as I happened to be passing. Had visions of a river of alcohol flowing down the road. :grimacing:

Paul:
Today travelling north on the M6 I clocked a south bound queue from Junct 20 ( M56 ) to junct 12 ( A5 ). This was all down to the V festival near Telford.
Do you think that these festivals should be policed in that the amount of traffic congestion they cause that they pay a price.
I was southbound on the M6 this morning and started to slow down at Junct 13 were there was the hard shoulder and the slow lane of the M6 queing to leave at junct 12, this was around 8am.
On my return journey around 1pm the queue was totally astounding, and all for a music festival.
I personally think that there should be some sort of monitoring as to the number of vehicles entering the site and then the organisers charged per vehicle, this charge could then be paid as some sort of rebate to the haulage industry. This will either deter people from travelling in their cars to such events at such a crucial time to essential users or at least reduce taxes that the haulage industry has to pay when we cannot get the full use of the motorway network to our most econimical use.
Just wondered what your thoughts are

Paul

on the plus side i left stafford at 8 am and sat on my limiter till jct 19 clearest ave ever seen the m6 on a friday morning…