Traffic Issue?

I am not blaming our club like I have said a few times,

BUT

It's only a matter of time ( no pun intended ) that if this continues we will be fined or forfeit  the points,

Some clubs have had no problems for years , some have had one hold up.

We have had 3 in 18 months,

Who has the contract and should we be using another coach company, ?

A mate of mine was the controller at Granville Tours when Laurie Macmenemy  was manager,

Big Mac used to say to my mate, " we do not have to leave until x amount of time to get to there"

My mate would reply " you manage the team and leave the traffic arrangements to me   "

So if this coach company are professional they should be doing the same,

They should look at the route , calculate how many hours it would take to get there, give extra time for pick ups on the way,

Put extra time in for hold ups and plan a route B if they find out a problem in time to divert,

  Factor all these things in and tell the club what time the coach will leave the first departure point

It's not rocket science,

Just had a thought that would solve this issue,

When a floodlight bulb goes out , John Fenty climbs up and replaces it,

John gets to all away games on time,

SO,

Get John to drive the coach, sorted  

Quoted from grimsby pete

Just had a thought that would solve this issue,

When a floodlight bulb goes out , John Fenty climbs up and replaces it,

John gets to all away games on time,

SO,

Get John to drive the coach, sorted  

You are joking Pete? He'll get more points than Town. LOL!

UTM!

Quoted from grimsby pete

If you read this post and my other posts on this subject,

You will find I put the blame on the coach company NOT the club,

If the club need to get to a certain destination at a certain time,

The coach company decide what time the coach departs NOT the club.

And if you read my post I said " Some posters " and certainly didn't name you. Everyone seems to forget about the limitations on a driver being at the wheel. They are compelled by law to take definite breaks after a certain length of time driving. If a coach is held up for 60 mins that is still counted as driving time. As I understand it the coach was held up by a second incident which all adds up. It's easy for posters on here to say they can check on their mobiles for any traffic incidents but have they any experience in traffic control or transport logistics? As the saying goes " a little knowledge is a dangerous thing"

From what I understand the coach went a certain way to pick players up on route, and it was known that there was a problem before they picked the said players up on that route. So why did they not avoid that route and contact the players to make there own way to Nuneaton either in there own cars or Taxis using back roads that a coach would not be able to take?

Sheffield / Rotherham area mini bus pick up for those over that way, and meet up en route to make a personnel transfer.

If staff live away from this town by choice, then they should pay for the mini bus & driver !

Bus company to supply second driver - to cover any times when the allotted time may expire for driver 1.

It's not rocket science, just needs better planning for each venue / route.

If you want all your best players there and available, and also let them and the manager live out of the area, they must put up with some inconvenience to be able to fully represent the club and arrive on time for all away games.

Question - if the player is injured badly enough not to be able to drive home from a drop off, and has parked a car en route, who would pay  / organise the vehicle pick up on a return journey?

Club cost as part of any contract agreements??

Quoted from rancido

And if you read my post I said " Some posters " and certainly didn't name you. Everyone seems to forget about the limitations on a driver being at the wheel. They are compelled by law to take definite breaks after a certain length of time driving. If a coach is held up for 60 mins that is still counted as driving time. As I understand it the coach was held up by a second incident which all adds up. It's easy for posters on here to say they can check on their mobiles for any traffic incidents but have they any experience in traffic control or transport logistics? As the saying goes " a little knowledge is a dangerous thing"

This

and with the ever increasing traffic on the roads today the problems are only likely to get worse.

Quoted from rancido

And if you read my post I said " Some posters " and certainly didn't name you. Everyone seems to forget about the limitations on a driver being at the wheel. They are compelled by law to take definite breaks after a certain length of time driving. If a coach is held up for 60 mins that is still counted as driving time. As I understand it the coach was held up by a second incident which all adds up. It's easy for posters on here to say they can check on their mobiles for any traffic incidents but have they any experience in traffic control or transport logistics? As the saying goes " a little knowledge is a dangerous thing"

You quoted my post so I assumed you was referring to me.

If only we hadnt stopped using Peter Sheffield's...those where the days...never late then...grumble grumble...
mind you in 1978 there were only a fraction of the cars on the road and no such thing as roadworks..lol.

Quoted from moosey_club

If only we hadnt stopped using Peter Sheffield's...those where the days...never late then...grumble grumble...
mind you in 1978 there were only a fraction of the cars on the road and no such thing as roadworks..lol.