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Channel 4 are making a documentary for the award winning strand, 'cutting edge', about traffic jams and driving on motorways.

Do you love driving, but get frustrated in your car?
Do you have strong views about what is going on on the roads?

This is your chance to have your say.

This documentary is a thoughtful look at life on the roads and how it affects people's lives.

We would love to hear from you or someone you know if any of the above rings a bell.

Please email anna.waddell@renegadepictures.co.uk and we can arrange a time to talk.

Thanks,
Anna
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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Interesting...looks to be genuine. here is their web site

http://www.renegadepictures.co.uk/productions.php





Same Anna?

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Speed camera policy Kills

It IS genuine - Claire posted up advanced warning in the Clubhouse.

I suggest you take a look!

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Time to take responsibility for our actions.. and don't be afraid of speaking out!

Channel 4 have aired a few documentaries fairly recently regarding motoring with unbias seemingly unbias intentions, the outcome always seems to be that 1) they speak to RAC a lot who in turn 2) advocate speed cameras and road pricing as the only solution to i) congestion ii) petrol prices iii) road deaths etc etc

It's not the same Anna - but good investigation.
We are interested to talk to people so that they can give their point of view of their experiences on the roads.
If you would like just to have a chat with no obligation to go any further, do let me know.
Anna

you might want to talk to this chap in the portsmouth news
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/latest/Slow ... 3725765.jp
I drove this road twice this morning
at 6:50 traffic was heavy, by 7:50 it was awfull

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Speed limit sign radio interview. TV Snap Unhappy
“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

Thanks for that.
i've had a look and it does sound like a nightmare situation down there. I'll follow it up, but in that he's a journalist, he seems to be covering it for the article, rather than for his own concerns.
thanks again,
Anna

I've just looked again and seen that you are stuck in the same jam...

Hi Anna,

I'm sure there are loads of us here who would love to help you by giving our opinions. I think it might help if you gave us an idea of the angle this programme is going to take, and how the issues that most concern us are likely to be portrayed.

Thanks,

Robin

Precisely, i'd be happy to give my views as long as the program isn't going to make out i'm a boy racing spawn of the devil who hates the world and the environment etc etc

Indeed.

Some of the issues that I'd be happy to talk about are how an ever increasing amount of regulation on the roads has failed to improve road safety; and how by imposing more and more limits on what drivers can do, it turns drivers against the system rather than working with it -- which in turn leads to more reckless behaviour and more crashes.

And of course our ever-increasing congestion due to the government's lack of investment in the road system is an issue too.

So yeah, if you can give us a better idea of what sort of angle the programme is taking and what aspects of driving it's focussing on, it'd be easier for us to comment.

Hello,
We’re not interested in portraying anyone as ‘spawn of the devil’ at all. I must also say that the programme is not focusing on road safety as such, but on life on Britain’s motorways from a congestion point of view. As a part of this, we would like to talk to people who enjoy being on the roads/driving when things are running well (as they believe they can), but have formed opinions and frustrations about how they can be improved and that unilateral controls are not necessarily a positive thing or the solution (e.g. variable speeds, road works practices, etc). We would also like to talk to people who are affected and irritated by congestion in their day to day lives. These are not necessarily exclusive, but may be.
I hope this helps.
Anna

One of the biggest peeves you'll find people have about the motorways is the presence of 'middle lane morons': Those people who do not move left when that space is available, thus effectively reducing the capacity of the road by the number of lanes they've decided they're too good for.

Variable speed limits could be a great thing, preventing traffic from adding to the back of a 'plug' faster than it clears at the front, but sadly they have not been used responsibly, and thus seem to have lost credibility.

What makes it worse is some of the 'Traffic Management' techniques applied by certain Local Authorities, which seem to be carefully calculated to make congestion even more of a problem - which in turn increases road users' frustration.

Some people haven't got the brains they were born with! Scarborough Borough Council - are you listening? They are in the process of installing several more sets of traffic lights, as if they haven't done enough damage with the ones already in use!!

Best wishes all,
Dave.