New motorway service station

[No User Name]

If people are saying they can pull off the motorway and go to the nearest village, then sod it, lets get rid of all the service stations then, eh(?)

[Bruno]

As a driver I'm all over the UK using motorways, I think the estimated number of potential users is exaggerated, most drivers will only use services with easy access off the motorway then back on, many times when I'm needing a call of nature if I have to pull off the motorway and the hassle of queuing to get back on, then I carry on to a easier access one.

 

The current guideline of every 30 minutes would mean such as M25 and M62 would need services every 5 miles at peak times of day.

[jamesogt]

As a driver I'm all over the UK using motorways, I think the estimated number of potential users is exaggerated, most drivers will only use services with easy access off the motorway then back on, many times when I'm needing a call of nature if I have to pull off the motorway and the hassle of queuing to get back on, then I carry on to a easier access one.

 

The current guideline of every 30 minutes would mean such as M25 and M62 would need services every 5 miles at peak times of day.

 

Agreed, unless desperate to stop I never go to 'Off Motorway' services.....

[geared]

Especially when there's lots of dis-used industrial land right next to the woods they want to demolish.

 

Imagine if you had a medical problem.

 

We need a new services every 10 minutes for people with 'medical problems' now do we :loopy:

[No User Name]

Especially when there's lots of dis-used industrial land right next to the woods they want to demolish.

 

 

 

We need a new services every 10 minutes for people with 'medical problems' now do we :loopy:

 

Try driving down the M1 past Woodall, there is a service station every 14-18 miles, this is only filling the gap.

 

You cant expect people to pull off and find a village.

[Gazza58]

I suppose the woodland could be left alone,anyone desperate for a waz can have one there.

[No User Name]

I suppose the woodland could be left alone,anyone desperate for a waz can have one there.

 

Is the woodland signposted off the M1 at that junction as a rest stop/service station, then?

 

This is how the vast majority of people operate: they drive up a motorway, they see a sign for services, they use that.

 

Very few people are unlike some people on here (myself included) who probably do a little bit of research before setting off on a journey. As an example, a few years ago I had to drive from Sheffield to Stranraer for a wedding. Rather that stop at services, I stopped at a Morrisons a short drive off the M6 in Carlisle and used their facilities and had a lovely salad box, and also filled up at an Asda there too (both were close to each other)

 

Had an early morning drive to Brighton a few years ago and researched where there was a Toby Carvery en route and stopped off just off the M1 at Northampton and had a lovely breakfast.

 

Thats why people wont stop at Meadowhall (like some suggested) - because it isnt marked as a service station. And neither is the Trafford Centre, the Meto Centre, Lakeside, Bluewater, Tankersley, a random woodland etc etc etc...

Edited November 28, 2013 by No User Name

[Bruno]

Is the woodland signposted off the M1 at that junction as a rest stop/service station, then?

 

This is how the vast majority of people operate: they drive up a motorway, they see a sign for services, they use that.

 

Very few people are unlike some people on here (myself included) who probably do a little bit of research before setting off on a journey. As an example, a few years ago I had to drive from Sheffield to Stranraer for a wedding. Rather that stop at services, I stopped at a Morrisons a short drive off the M6 in Carlisle and used their facilities and had a lovely salad box, and also filled up at an Asda there too (both were close to each other)

 

Had an early morning drive to Brighton a few years ago and researched where there was a Toby Carvery en route and stopped off just off the M1 at Northampton and had a lovely breakfast.

 

Thats why people wont stop at Meadowhall (like some suggested) - because it isnt marked as a service station. And neither is the Trafford Centre, the Meto Centre, Lakeside, Bluewater, Tankersley, a random woodland etc etc etc...

 

So what you are saying "not only can you wee on demand and even work out when you're gonna have a wee, you can also miss the services and continue to another service area"

 

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I wonder if there has been any research and statistics showing amount of people who have wet themselves due to the not yet existing services?

[No User Name]

So what you are saying "not only can you wee on demand and even work out when you're gonna have a wee, you can also miss the services and continue to another service area"

 

If I am desperate for a piddle then I will stop at a service station yes, I certainly wont eat or fill the car up there, for that I will find other amenities

 

For the journey in question I only needed the toilet when I got to Carlisle.

 

Is that acceptable?

[Bruno]

I certainly wont eat or fill the car up there, for that I will find other amenities

 

 

Like a village?