rant from last night - traffic policing!!!!

absolute shambles last night.

Got out the car park OK but needed petrol so drove to Tesco's and filled up. Upon exit found the numpties from Lincolnshire Police had blocked off the roundabout for left turners and were directing everyone towards the town centre. Next 2 roundabouts were also blocked off for the same reason. Took 25 mins to move about 5 yds while the official car park emptied.

When I tried to discuss this with a policeman he said it was the quickest way to get everyone away from the ground, which seemed ridiculous to me. Continued my argument and was breathalysed for my troubles (could smell beer on my breath aparently even though I hadn't touched a drop all day.

Bloody jobsworths.....

did anyone else have similar problems btw??

 

Didn't have problems with the traffic police, but had words with them about making us all turn right on exiting the stand. I left with about 2 minutes to go so I could get my daughter back to the car in case there was any trouble. I had parked close by, in that car park to the LEFT as you come out. Of course, they made us all turn right, and go right round the ground where the home fans were coming out. As an example of crowd control, it was basic and amateurish in the extreme. There was no plan to park away fans together at the away end, and to allow them to get to their cars easily. Barnsley fans are not noted for causing trouble, but if they ever get a visit from Cardiff and make them all walk out past the home fans they had better get some ambulances lined up. I let it go, as they were starting to take too much of an interest in me./poo /poo

 

Apparently last night was their first try at a new system...

of traffic control, or so it had been said on local radio.
Perhaps they'll have to look at it again if it was such a **** up.

 

we parked in tescos and took ages to get out as they were sending people left at the first roundabout, when we could easily see the roundabout we wanted to go to when turning right. 200yards at the most! and thats been generous. the problem was this was a way that no one knew so every driver was pulling up and asking the one police man where he was sending us? When we got to the police man we didnt even have to ask before he promptly informed us that we shud turn left at every round about and we would end up at the motorway. by this time the club car park had emptied, so with no other option as he wunt let us thru we went to the next roundabout, turned left. next roundabout we came to, well, its a good job we dint just follow the instructions as the road signs said motorway was straight on. when we arrived at the roundabout for the motorway and saw the blue glow from the tesco sign my dad was fuming. from what should have been 200 yards at the most tokk us 25 mins and the scenic route. what a **** up!

PS. If you are driving a car and signal to a car to aloow them to reverse out from your right make sure ur passenger doesnt signal to allow another car to go from your left, nearly had a smash last nite thatnx to two female scunny fans in a silver 306.

by the way thats not a dig at women drivers