Eyes Right

Those of you who frequent the Oxford Road area will no doubt have noticed the road works that have been going on there for some time. An inconvenience to many, no doubt, especially with the major changes on the tram lines in the rest of town, but little did we expect the works would actively seek to outwit and harm us. It seems someone forgot to repaint the normally useful signs that sit on the road, telling you which way to look before you cross. After temporarily being changed to warn of approaching menace from the left, no one thought to change the instruction back once the road was reverted to its normal state and vehicles – large ones at that – returned to approaching from the right.

The workmen blame the council. The council blame the workmen, naturally. I’m pretty sure no one really cares whose fault it as long as they fix it quick. Having said that, there must be relatively few of us who rely solely on these little comments on the tarmac to keep us in the land of safety and protect us from the lethal motorists of Manchester. I know I look both ways even on a one way street.