Why were carbon producing lights put on the new Chickerell to Granby road at great expense to the tax payer when low carbon roundabouts where planned. Rally asks what the Council gains from installing traffic lights. I would like to see the evidence. Dorchester councillor calls for action on traffic light delays and cancelled. Then the only rule we would need is "Drive on the left". SIGN HERE: Staff at Dorset Glass on the Nuffield Industrial Estate in Poole with the petition. Improving road safety will reduce the probability of things like this happening and it's therefore important to point out apparent problems.
Chevvy says... 11:45am Sat 5 Nov 11. 5:30pm Roundtable/Working Meeting with the Cambridge Housing Authority to discuss RAD. WEDNESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2012. It's safer with them. The Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare and fleeting phase of a star on the cusp of death. Lenkauskas stated that the city has a master list of 6000 poles. Why not take a look and follow the team who will give you up to date information. I was also hit from behind waiting at the lights, so that's now down to three accidents a year... Ground News - Call for action on traffic light delays. JulesBmth says... 4:08pm Sat 5 Nov 11. But who's on the main road and who's joining it are a little more easy to be sure about, before, during, and after the entire event, even if unexpected adjustments in relative speed / positions occur. Jetpilot says... 9:20pm Tue 8 Nov 11. There is a new man in charge at Transport Services but has he got any more sense than Mr Bright? S Wheeler says... 4:56pm Thu 10 Nov 11. I emailed the weymouth tranport package and they gave the canned response of "It will all work once the entire system is finished. If Dorset County Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council place great faith in these traffic lights why then have they gone to great expense in rebuilding the roundabout at Manor road.
Why put lights on a roundabout anyway? Even though it would be difficult to imagine a scenario that would result in one other than total stupidity - certainly that could be blamed entirely on lack of traffic lights - it's a 30 limit (where it's actually not safe to speed so it occurs very infrequently) and there are safe pedestrian / cyclist barriers / pavements / underpasses. All that was needed there was to put temporary traffic lights on Asda roundabout and Asda improving their entrance at their own cost. Councillor Carlone, Councillor Kelley & Councillor Mazen 03/30/15 (O-9). Lib Dems reach 'climax of incompetency' as repeated failures are laid bare. A close call for some cuddly creatures after a crash near Dorchester, Ont. | CTV News. Cameras are very unpopular but they serve a function and that is to make it safer for all of us, impatient drivers included. You're like children desperate to spend all their pocket money. There are now so many threads on this, that sadly, I believe the dilution will be interpreted as lack of interest. Here's a radical idea - how about using these lights for some pedestrian crossings, therefore increasing public safety. The problem appears to be that the Pedestrian crossing lights are not integrated into the system. A 62-year-old man from Maple, Ont.
Absolutely Paul13, even at peak times today there were no problems. 80 is **** cheap thats like 40 miles in take portland to weymouth a couple of quid where i am from first would easily charge 3. Dorchester councillor calls for action on traffic light delays closings. Write to the council and let them know about their transport policy. They have nothing of value or relevance to contribute anyway. Nobody in authority ever listens to what locals have to say and when they do listen it goes in one ear and out the other. Thanks MisterSpooner.
It is becoming a habit now to read of developments in our local paper rather than at the Town Hall! Opening ceremony with champagne anyone? ORDERED: That the City Manager be and is hereby requested to report back to the City Council with a plan to implement "smart" parking solutions in Cambridge. I have just heard on the radio a article in relation to this story and peoples complaints at the use of the lights! Main road traffic would NOT necessarily have to stop - it would merely have to slow down to let slip road traffic merge in turn. Vice Mayor Benzan, Councillor McGovern & Councillor Cheung 02/20/15 (O-31). Completely bonkers - and the same applies to non fatal casualties. The Winnipeg Police Service has arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with the shooting death of a 15-year-old earlier this month. Roundabouts need to have clear feeder roads, in and out, otherwise for some strange reason they stop working. I think that Bournemouth Council have really outdone themsleves this time with their total incompitence and inablity to do anything to carry out any kind of wokr to the roads without making them 1000 times worse than they were before the work started. Dorchester councillor calls for action on traffic light delays and closures. The queue of cars turning to drop kids off at Poole High, leads to big queues, as no one can get by, as it would mean going into the bus lane. In an effort to encourage the production of housing for persons of all income levels, and to protect residential neighborhoods from incompatible activities (e. g. laboratories), and notwithstanding any provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, applications for Special Permits in the Central Square Overlay District pursuant to this Section 20.
Surely the only benefit of these intelligent lights is for when the Olympic officials arrive in town and someone pushes a button so that all the lights turn green for them, as they proceed through to Portland, thinking what a nice 'traffic-free' place Weymouth is. Imagine a railway station - you see someone rushing to catch a train; you are in no hurry, so you happily let them go, because you are free to act as a considerate fellow human. However, until proven otherwise, my impression of human nature is not so optimistic as your own. There can be no other local authority in the United Kingdom who spend good money on arguably a vanity project which achieves a long and continuing list of serious injuries in the local community due to the design of the project and then continue to sit on their hands rather than treat it as an emergency and try to resolve it. Their Twitter page can be found onIf you are going away please remember to:•Cancel milk, newspapers and other deliveries. I know it is becoming harder to think for yourself, but sometimes...... 1:12pm Sun 6 Nov 11. dvdr: some points you might want to consider: the electricity alone that's required to power our galaxy of 24 hour traffic lights produces 57, 000 tonnes of CO2 a year. I predict a quick rise out of recession for local body repair shops. ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to provide the City Council a report on any discussions regarding fee increases held by the Cambridge License Commission; and be it further. WHEREAS: The City of Cambridge is one of the major Town-Gown communities in both the United States and World; and. In the 1970s, like Fenella Shelton, I was the victim of a driver who was driving a lorry far too fast. Seeing red over traffic lights shock. 6:58pm Thu 17 Nov 11. ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the appropriate department heads and provide a report on the ongoing 311 pilot program and next steps for Citywide implementation.
If you start a petition I will certainly sign it. Who is the better judge of when, or indeed how fast or slow to go - you and me at the time and the place, or lights and limits fixed by absent regulators? The traffic at Fleetsbridge now flows as it it should and does with any of the thousands of roundabouts around the country, stop trying to control every aspect of peoples' lives. It is scandalous that S106 (development) money is so often squandered on counterproductive traffic controls. We just have to accept the fact that the planners are determined to cripple Weymouth one way or another and this Olympic farce has not only given them the opportunity but also the funds to do so. I would guess that your assumption is correct "TheDistrict". CHUCK EM ALL, save a fortune, get the flw moving called 'job creation', keeps public servants in the manner in which they like to become accustomed. Lopez, City Clerk, transmitting a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on Dec 9, 2014 to discuss what can be done about double utility poles and underground wires. But I think they should change the lights on boot hill to let more traffic through until the work is finished. Justification of the WTP is based around the new "travel interchange" but there is no provision for this as it is on Railway land and no plans are revealed. The roundabout at the junction of Castle Lane West and Yeomans Road worked perfectly well and when there is a failure in the lights one sees the smooth flow of traffic as before Castlepoint was built. 8:57am Tue 8 Nov 11. tbpoole, we are TALKING ABOUT redistributing / migrating accidents, I don't have any evidence that it has or hasn't happened at his site, but I know it can happen, unlike our roads "expert" Steve Tite.
Resolution on the death of Ana L. Rosa. However surveys indicated less traffic used the road system when the lights were off and one slight injury accident was recorded. Many sensible motorists ask, well some bright spark in the treasury worked out how much revenue they would lose if the lights were abolished and it runs into billions of lost VAT on fuel, there is no such thing as INTELLEGENT lights this is a spin invented by company's that sell, fit, an maintain their product, Traffic Lights are a money making scheme for the makers(fitters, maint. Surely no roundabout needs traffic lights? I wholeheartedly agree with everything you say. A communication was received from Shamaiah Turner, 11 Idaho Street, Boston on behalf of Karen Chen, Chinese Progressive, regarding irresponsible labor practices by the contractor at Cambrdigepark Drive. Do they have any business being on the road? She said: "Since the traffic lights were put in, it's horrendous out there.
Either way, a player would have a 16 percent chance of winning the prize. In addition, even though the probability of winning a point with a successful second serve is not correlated to performance, the second serve remains crucial to maximize the chance to win the point when serving. Tennis player's chance to hold serve in badminton. The year-end top 10 players combined to hold serve 86 per cent of the time, but let's focus on the top 100 average for now. Once you get one point ahead, your chance of holding serve goes to around 90 per cent for all three point scores: 15-0 is 90 per cent, 30-15 is 89 per cent and 40-30 is 91 per cent. We've also seen that the service of a player is a great indicator of his success both in terms of winning a large amount of matches, and remaining consistent over a long period of time. For instance, if you're hitting at 120mph then throw the odd one in at 105mph.
Mix in different speeds, spins and serve locations to keep your opponent guessing and you breezing through your service games. Extra Duty or Hard-Court Tennis Balls. How important is a player's serve to his overall career success? We can also see that the safe and aggressive servers both have equally as poor records when it comes to win percentage and average percentage of matches seeded. Why Do Players Choose To Return First. 5% better than in other games. Play a best-of-five-set match.
For many players, and for some substantial subsets of matches, breaks of serve appear to be less likely at these purportedly high-pressure service games of 5-4, 5-3 and the like. On the very rare occasion that the set reaches six games all, play a regular tie-break to finish the set. Here's an explanation on that. I don't want to sound like a cracked record, but again, the answer is very simple. Being the first to break is a big deal in a match. Serving is a HUGE advantage in professional tennis and it's ridiculous these girls lose serve as much as they do. Tennis player's chance to hold serve in volleyball. 9d Author of 2015s Amazing Fantastic Incredible A Marvelous Memoir. We see a couple interesting observations: - As expected, most players have a higher probability of winning the match if they serve first. We found 20 possible solutions for this clue. As a returner, this is my nightmare. That's almost a 20% variance that makes a big difference in terms of performance.
This may also suggest that on grass and hard courts it is slightly easier for players to break each other's serves. There are still plenty of situations that haven't yet been analyzed, but if the ones that we talk about the most don't exhibit the strong effects that we think they do, that casts quite a bit of doubt on the likelihood that we'll find notable effects elsewhere. This is quite a big difference if we think that many matches are decided by two or three important points. If the ball is going back on its own, having already been on your side, you may make contact with it on your opponent's side of the net. Juniors are taught that the most important aim of the second serve is to get it in play, he said, and even top players never shake the mind-set. The server gets two chances to hit a good serve. Brand New Analysis: Losing Set 1. On the men's tour, they found that when players made their first serve, they went on to win the point 71% of the time compared to just 51% when they were forced to hit a second serve. We also plotted, for the top 20 ATP players, the probability of winning a set given that they serve first and given that they return first. G'day, The match begins and you go down an early break. 13d Wooden skis essentially. If the game score is 8-8, play a regular tie-break to decide the set. The more practical side of a player's psyche, however, focuses on how tennis points are counted. In doubles, the receiver's partner may not touch the served ball. Most of these can be done without making any technical changes.
Break their serve before they break yours. "It's great to get a feel for what serving is like when you continually have the lead – and how hard it is to break when you opponent gets an early one-point lead in their service games". Looking at probability of winning given that a player serves first is more useful for matches than for sets, because players do not have a lot of control over who serves first in a set, causing the result that we see in this graph. By receiving serve first up, the player can focus on getting into the groove of things without being worried about losing his or her serve. These tactical decisions can give players a slight edge over their opponents in Grand Slam matches. 61d Award for great plays. How to perform a serve in tennis. She's one of 30 players for whom I was able to analyze at least 100 single-break opportunities, and the only one of them to exceed expectations by more than 5%. Thus, by relying on aces, this group of players is able to play shorter points, and potentially increase their chances of winning a match. What does... What is Speed index in the statistics of races? Tennis is a dynamic and complex sport. Play a tie-breaker at 6-6 if it gets that far, and have fun playing a best-three-out-of-five-sets match. At Wimbledon in June, Isner and Nicolas Mahut played the longest known tennis match in history. "The psychological cost of a double fault may be worse than losing a volley, " Kahneman wrote.
"You have a game where you don't get a second serve in, percentage-wise you still might be serving in the 80s or 90s, but now you're down a break. Every time we see a player struggle to serve out a set, we're tempted to comment on the particular challenge he faces. 6d Singer Bonos given name. How to Breeze Through Your Serve Games in Tennis. Over 54 thousand tennis balls are used during a two week tennis tournament. So, we know that the first point of your service game is vitally important, but how do we go about making sure we win that first point? Got any great tips for the serve? We will now move on to considering how the quality of the serves for the Big Three has changed throughout their careers. The ideal result is an ace, or that the ball is so fast and so hard, and so accurate, that the opponent cannot return it. This might not work for every player, but it is something that is worth experimenting with.
If you fault on both your first and second serves, it's a double fault - you've just given your opponent a point. Lleyton Hewitt = 39. Making a first serve greatly increases your chances of winning the point and winning the first point of the game greatly increases your chance of winning the game. In all of the samples, there are only a handful of players whose record is 10% better or worse when serving for the set, and a small percentage who over- or underperform by even 5%.
The latter two are much more difficult to master, as hitting the slice and topspin serves take a lot of practice. Winning More Service Games by Varying Your Serve. That's super-impressive. However, fault on your second serve and your opponent is given a point. We then analyzed the difference between win probability given serving first versus returning first using hypothesis tests. The women who could be better served by hitting two first serves include Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. The Evolution of the Serve. According to the Tennis Abstract Blog, a player who wins 60% of points on serve will hold serve around 74% of the time. This is also why players opt to feel their way into the encounter by opting to receive the serve and take the pressure of holding on to their own serve first up off themselves. Obviously, we aim to get our first serve in every time we hit it, so it's not as easy as just deciding to put the serve in, but there are tactics you can use to increase your first serve percentage on the first point. Sure, players are given some time before the start of the match to warm up but nothing beats the warming up in a live encounter.