Good point Sandy, and I would say a majority do, yes. I find it hard to believe that many would sit in a traffic jam, knowing there is an alternative available.

To me the term rat run does not apply to larger roads. Cutting through parks, housing estates, and alleys is rat running. Roads are for driving on. Simple fact really.

Church Rise gets not only used as a cut through but a pretty high speed one at that. And while its irritating, its also reality. There appears to have been a rather large crash at the bottom of the road over the past few days, which looks to have been very high speed too. Which was compounded by the traffic calming measures.

I hate to say it but its the parking on Devonshire that actually compounds the issue more than anything. Causing snarl ups etc.