... just drove to south ken from mine, ments going though walthamstow, finsbury park, hyde park, marble arch regent park....

....never EVER doing that again. scary shit man.

 

In what way Or do you just mean the general 'London driving' thing

 

i do it every week, nightmare, i passed where that bus got bombed on friday, absolute nightmare round there.

you should try it on a weekday

 

Busses every where, camears recording something every 20 yards, manic van drives screaming abuse at everyone, six cars trying to bundle into a space that holds one car, never having a car more than foot from any one panel... every assuming you know where you are going, People with chaved up Clios that think their car is quick (but only cus they can't get above 30mph at any time ) Road signs that are impossiable to read, nothing to ever tell you where you are, trafic lights every 20foot.... need I go on

 

and don't forget the daddy of traffic lights around the docklands area

 

Ah, typical London driving then

 

I won't drive into London at all. Pisses me right off and I get really wound up when I can't go anywhere. London is one place I do use public transport. So much less hassle

 

Oh and empty bus lanes that your to frightened to use cus your not sure if its alright mid day sunday to drive down it and get snapped by a camera for it

 

i have no probs driving round london everyone seems to get out of the way pretty quick in me fire engine..

 

thatll be me

 

Ya big poof Sundays is "easy day" for driving in London - just try it on a week day FFS That's when it becomes a pain in the ass, but you get used to it after a while...

Must admit tho, I won't miss it one bit tho when I move jobs next week. I'll miss being out and about in the van, out in the sun by myself, but I won't miss London traffic

 

was just gonna say try it on a weekday .. rush hour is a goodun just think of todays experience and then multiply it by .. 20

 

Problem I find on the odd occasions Ive driven in Central London (normally Train and Tube), Is just as you boot it to 30-40. some daft pedestrian strides off the pavement without looking and you have to brake again.

Its just a complete headache, eyes out on stalks when you come home.

Plus £4 a fooking hour on a meter!!

 

I used to quite often drive into London Bridge/Bermondsey (SE1) on the weekends, and thats down the A10, thru Tottenham, Seven Sisters Road, down towards the city, thru Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street, I knew a sneaky shortcut, so round the back of Goodmans Yard, onto Tower Bridge (please be down ) and down into Bermondsey.

Tried it on a weekday tho and shit myself Still, I was only 18 and been driving for fuck all time

It's second nature now tho Sad innit....

 

all you have to do is let nobody out and keep your foot down at all times,then you will find it a doddle around marble arch roundabout is the best place to weed out the chicken drivers

 

Or the people that arent in their own cars

 

Oooh Thats the best part, foot down ,across all 3 lanes, cut everyone up

 

Cycle in, will be better for you