4x4

as above, just used the bath road towards heathrow and they've turned one whole lane into a fooking ANY TIME bus lane leaving only one lane for cars!

There was never a problem on that road but now its a different story! anyone use that road now at peak rush hour??? has it made things worse now that cars can only use one lane!

The amount of private cars travelling down that road to heathrow is massive compared to the 1 bus every 5 mins!

bad move by local counsil or whoever made that plan go ahead? Nice way to ease a heathrow congestion charge huh?

Hardeep_Singh

yeah i live of bath road, got to be one of the dumbest ideas, as you say theres not much traffic down that road therefore no problems for public tranport so i see no benefits from it at all to them. As for traffic during peak hour when i leave home for work at 8:30 its normally fine but from the car wash to the jolly wagnor pub round about theres traffic but thats always been there, when going home its not to bad either but i can see serious problems when they close the m4 exit nearby as they do quiet abit

dumb idea though as you say i've heard theres road traffic cameras that will snap a picture of you if you drive in the bus lane all the way down so dont risk driving in it

frog

Thanks for the heads up, I often use the bath road to get to heathrow as it used to be quicker than the M4 at peak times, sounds like this is no longer the case

b_kennedy

I drive down there all the time. It actually seemed better after the opening of T5. Seemed to have eased slightly. But now they put these lanes in it f**ked it up even more!!! Just glad that my tax money could be of use

4x4

don't think its made too much of a difference after what hardeep said but still its a fooking piss take. Thought us car owners pay enough £££ to not be restricted on the roads we pay for.

the clarkson quote comes to mind in these situations "why do the poor have to get to their destination faster" or something like that! lol

Hardeep_Singh

you should fine! like i said only if the m4 exit nearby is closed off you get diverted onto bath road where this used to cause havoc even before the bus lane was done!