Wolverhamptons roads ranked as the second worst to drive on in the country, do Wulfrunians agree?
We took to Wolverhampton to see if local agree that Wolverhampton is the second worst place to be a driver. A national survey has us only better to Bradford.
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00:00Yeah, Daniel, what will the expresser start with down here in Wolverhampton city centre where we're asking residents, drivers, pedestrians if they think that Wolverhampton is one of the worst cities to drive in.
00:09So yeah, we're here with John who's a pedestrian who casually walks around Wolverhampton, I suppose.
00:13Yeah, what do you think about crossing the roads in Wolverhampton?
00:16Well, crossing the roads can be precarious, especially if you're coming off the pavement.
00:20To cross the road it can get a little bit difficult.
00:23Complaining about it kind of goes in one ear and out the other, so you kind of live with it, which isn't a good thing.
00:31It's just not a good position to be in, but what can you do?
00:34Yeah, absolutely. Do you think there's any fix there? More traffic lights, more pedestrian crossings, that sort of thing?
00:39I haven't really noticed, and I don't take too much notice. I just get on with it now.
00:44If nobody's listening, I can't really say anything, so I just leave it like that sort of thing.
00:49I'm getting too old to be complaining too much.
00:52That's perfect, fantastic. Thank you very much for that.
00:54My pleasure.
00:55Yeah, so we're here with Andy who's Wolverhampton resident. You said you've also driven abroad?
00:59Yes, I have indeed.
01:00So yeah, do you agree? Do you disagree? Is Wolverhampton one of the worst?
01:04It's maybe one of the worst. I think it's more there's a few individuals that probably put that percentage away rather than the rest of most people.
01:12Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to go into foreign sort of driving, but there's so many sort of roundabouts.
01:19Like I said, I think Swindon is far worse, but it kind of gets confusing if you're going in between the lanes and stuff.
01:26I mean, I went to school here at the Royal back in 1995, so driving here was like a first time.
01:31Okay, it is a bit more complex. London, kind of different.
01:35Quite a different animal, isn't it really?
01:37Yeah, you've got to try and not kill cyclists all the time, but here it's just more just the odd few people that are just reckless with the law,
01:45probably bring the average up and, you know, like 100 miles an hour down the technical road at two in the morning, like, you know, with a big ball of dust.
01:51I mean, that's...
01:52What do you think of the, what do you think about the Inverness? It's a place like a NCP, like the car parks and stuff like that.
01:56Have you ever had any issues with car parking?
01:58Like I said, my car got stolen very quickly here, so I think car theft is a bigger, bigger issue than the...
02:04Than the where to park.
02:05The where to park, yeah. There's a few places I don't think are very clear.
02:09I mean, it's just the one by Sainsbury's, obviously in the centre.
02:13I mean, I walk around it and I still don't know where the entrance is for it.
02:16Do you know what I mean?
02:17I was thinking about this in the 90s and I still haven't figured it out.
02:21Yeah.
02:22Final take, do you agree or disagree?
02:24I disagree. I think Swindon is probably higher up and London's higher up.
02:29We're probably up there, but I don't think so.
02:32So we're here with Faiza, who is a regular driver in Wolverhampton.
02:34Just, yeah, do you agree or disagree?
02:36Disagree.
02:37Disagree?
02:38Yeah.
02:39Because it's frustrating when you're driving with a little person, like a little baby.
02:43Some people cut you off and they drive right into you, or they cut you onto lanes.
02:47And it's like this very, like, stem.
02:49You're a little child.
02:50Sometimes you use the horn to let them know where.
02:52Absolutely, yeah. I guess it can be quite dangerous.
02:54I mean, it must play on your nerves a lot, especially when people cut you up on the road.
02:58Yeah.
02:59Do you reckon that's down to the road systems or the individual drivers?
03:02The individual drivers.
03:03I've had a near miss before.
03:04I've had a car accident.
03:05We know as well.
03:06What do you think of the actual, like, the individual road system?
03:09Do you reckon that's okay?
03:10There's a lot of speed cameras everywhere.
03:12You have to be really careful.
03:13There's a lot of speed cameras, yeah.
03:14There is a lot of speed cameras everywhere.
03:15Do you think this is worse than Birmingham?
03:17No, Birmingham's worse.
03:19Birmingham's worse?
03:20Yeah.
03:21Yeah, absolutely.