<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Vectis" class="extiw" title="en:Southern Vectis">Southern Vectis</a> 1107 <i>Shippards Chine</i> (HW58 ARZ), a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scania_OmniCity" class="extiw" title="en:Scania OmniCity">Scania OmniCity</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowes" class="extiw" title="en:Cowes">Cowes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" class="extiw" title="en:Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a>, on route 1. It is at the Round House, and is turning from Place Road into Park Road on its way into Cowes. It was the Friday of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowes_Week" class="extiw" title="en:Cowes Week">Cowes Week</a> 2010, and so was Firework Night at the time. The fireworks had finished at this point, hence the queue of cars heading back to Newport and beyond. The bus was carrying a surprising number of passengers into Cowes considering the fireworks were over, no doubt their aim was instead to get totally drunk... Traffic management has been put in place here for the last few years on Firework Night, blocking off access from Park Road/Place Road to Tuttons Hill/Baring Road, and sending traffic from Baring Road through Gurnard on diversion. This avoids cars having to take turns at this roundabout, and it works quite well, as the huge stationary queues along Baring Road and Park Road no longer occur, instead there is more of a steady flow of traffic. Seen in the photo are the traffic cones forcing vehicles to go from Park Road into Place Road and vice versa. The bus has "Cowes" on the destination display, instead of the usual "Cowes via Round House". I do not understand why this is allowed to happen on Firework Night, as the bus is going via the Round House, so it should show it as normal, to avoid confusing passengers who want the Park &amp; Ride leg of the route.
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