Highways Agency act to address on of my pet hates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20851775
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20851775
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Anti rubbernecker screens-about time!
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I'm of the same opinion, nothing infuriates me more than finding out that the traffic jam that I am a part of, turns out to be down to dickheads slowing down to gander at an accident on the opposite carriageway!
The best bit is when they are so busy looking to see if they can spot some blood or carnage that they drive into the back of the bloke in front who has stopped for an even better look.
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I must admit that I've seen that a couple of times and it does cheer me up (As long as it was just a shunt). Another thing that cheers me up is the times were someone who couldn't be bothered to wait like the rest of us, decides to use the hard shoulder to make some progress.....swiftly followed by a Road Traffic Police Car.
propersplitbrainme
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Excellent, makes absolute sense.
John Lloyd
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Hardly rocket science is it, I'm surprised it's taken so long.
propersplitbrainme
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Some things are worth the cost, and if it helps prevent collateral crashes (they are seldom accidents) on the opposite carriageway while keeping those attending the scene safer, then for me its worth it.
The Bangor to Belfast A6 is treacerous at the best of times,but worse during rush hour.A few years ago,someone was killed just short of Palace Barracks (collided with a tree after a blow out iirc) & to travel the 9 miles between the junction I joined the A6 at & the turn off to Kinnigar camp,about 800 yeards past the accident,took me over 2 hours that day,and the were several other minor rta's as well,most on the opposing carraigeway...
propersplitbrainme
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Another thing that gr!ts my sh!t (maybe should start a new thread about it) about major motorway incidents is when people call in to radio shows and such like to complain about the highway being closed for so long while the investigation and recovery work is conducted.
The gist of their whine tends to be that the inconvenience caused to all the other people waiting for the motorway to reopen is more important than the efforts being made to ascertain what happened, that any prosecutions won't bring the deceased back again and would be grossly unfair to whoever caused the crash because its impossible to drive properly on a motorways anyway. So they think it would be better to just bulldoze the wreckage off the highway, drag the bodies out to be added to the statistics and let everyone else carry on driving like morons so they can cause their own crash somewhere else.
The selfishness and stupidity of human beings sicken me at times it really does.:S
The gist of their whine tends to be that the inconvenience caused to all the other people waiting for the motorway to reopen is more important than the efforts being made to ascertain what happened, that any prosecutions won't bring the deceased back again and would be grossly unfair to whoever caused the crash because its impossible to drive properly on a motorways anyway. So they think it would be better to just bulldoze the wreckage off the highway, drag the bodies out to be added to the statistics and let everyone else carry on driving like morons so they can cause their own crash somewhere else.
The selfishness and stupidity of human beings sicken me at times it really does.:S
You sound surprised. We live in a self obsessed selfish society.
propersplitbrainme
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No not surprised mate, just saddened.
Co-incidentally our local paper's editorial this evening went with a 'reminder' to the emergency services that they have responsibility to the people stuck in the queues of traffic after a bad crash. Not one of the replies in their online version has shown support for their point of view.
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Waste of money and time if you ask me, people will still rubber neck and there will still be shunts, people will still stare just in case there's a gap to see the gore. And 22 sets for the whole country is this enough and how are they going to be deployed, specialised teams on standby again more cost. Is there any proof that these do what they say they will.
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It might be cheaper to employ a crazed person with a bucket of chicken gizzards to move amongst the slow moving gawpers, spreading said innards upon their windscreens and screaming "they're dead, all dead"
That'll fast track the message to the kids in the back.
That'll fast track the message to the kids in the back.
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A good idea in principle, but youll still get johnny dickhead wanting to see if there is a gap...
With the amount of accidents around nowdays, what would happen if the screen is being used to clear one crash and theres another down the road. Would they just pull the screen back and shift it or wait?
With the amount of accidents around nowdays, what would happen if the screen is being used to clear one crash and theres another down the road. Would they just pull the screen back and shift it or wait?
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I agree. Would've been better to buy one set and run a trial to see the impact one way or another. Suspect an underspend at work here.
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John Lloyd
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I remember hedges down the central reservation of European Motorways, No blinding by oncoming headlights and no opposite lane rubbernecking. Double win.