Last night, that top rated technical expertise of the Redspeed company was being tested at Ings on the A591.
They had coned off the Windermere bound side of the dualled stretch, and a set of traffic lights
was set up to control the traffic along the Kendal bound lane.
When I arrived, there were lights on red - seemingly in both directions,
so I turned left around the back of the Watermill, along the tiny narrow twisty lane with the 40mph limit (try 4mph for safety!!).
It appeared that by the time I got to the other end, the lights had failed altogether, and traffic was being controlled manually, by three Redspeed fellows, bellowing the length of the road to each other to allow traffic to pass each way... just a few cars at a time!!
Even an attempt to use a mobile phone failed, as the user had no network coverage!
Meanwhile two other employees were attempting to get the traffic lights working to no avail - it seemed that their generator would not start!
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Of course, the distance they were having to shout to each other led to some raised voices, and the inevitable chaos of directions being miss heard!
As a result of turning up unprepared, the clowns from Redspeed
were causing hindrance to the road users, and not getting much work done on the speed sensors!
What I wish to know, is if they cannot get a generator motor working, are they suitably qualified to be installing, testing, and calibrating sensitive equipment, and which people's licences might depend?
I couldn't see much evidence of ISO 9001 quality standards last night!