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maggiewinchester | Report | 20 Sep 2017 22:52 |
We regularly drive on 'A' roads. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 20 Sep 2017 22:27 |
Sylvia fairly obviously has not had the misfortune to drive around England much in the last ten years Not only are the motorways badly in need of expansion and repair but the A/B classified road system around most medium and large towns is also a slow moving jam for much of the day. Moving traffic of, say, the M3 onto the A31 would never work. Indeed the A31 , A36 A414 A12, A13, A2, A25 A38 and many more have serious problems of there own without decanting traffic fom motorway jams. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 20 Sep 2017 22:00 |
It's funny to see Rollo post that "The local "A road" system could not cope with the traffic resulting in ordinary life getting all snarled up" |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 20 Sep 2017 13:20 |
The local "A road" system could not cope with the traffic resulting in ordinary life getting all snarled up. So for the most part post blockage motorway traffic is left to get on with it. |
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Mayfield | Report | 20 Sep 2017 10:25 |
I have been turned round on the M25 as said it works ok starting from the back. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 20 Sep 2017 09:18 |
The recent horrific accident on the M5 near Almondsbury shut the Northbound side for a long time, I don't know how long people were eventually stuck there but, according to reports in the media, that one seemed to bring out the best in people with food and drink being shared round cars. I think when people know there are fatalities (in this case four and three seriously injured), it tends to make people think 'there but for the grace....' and be patient. This area of the M5 is bad for accidents but this was a different one, imagine travelling in the third lane of the motorway and seeing a huge lorry hurtling through the barrier at you, horrendous. So far the report is that it suffered a puncture and went out of control and ended up in the ditch on the other side of the motorway. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 20 Sep 2017 09:01 |
Quite possibly if the funding often promised for mental health with great fanfare was actually delivered the incidence of jumpers would decline saving a lot of time, money and irritation. |
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JoyLouise | Report | 20 Sep 2017 08:40 |
Bobtanian, don't you think that if a jumper means to jump it will happen before any high-sided trucks can be commandeered? |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 20 Sep 2017 08:28 |
there are a fairly small number of pinchpoints in the motorway system where any kind of accident / heavy breakdown can cause massive jams. Drivers could use their local knowledge or satnav to avoid these pinch points either in real time based kn news reports or always. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 20 Sep 2017 08:22 |
If Kent can do it, why can't other Forces? |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 20 Sep 2017 08:08 |
I've travelled in the wrong direction on the M 20. It felt very strange. |
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Caroline | Report | 20 Sep 2017 02:32 |
Line up slowly decreasing in size cars next to the lorries finishing with smart cars |
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Bobtanian | Report | 20 Sep 2017 00:00 |
but not into moving traffic.... |
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Sharron | Report | 19 Sep 2017 23:57 |
They could still jump off the lorry. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 19 Sep 2017 23:51 |
on a similar theme.. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 19 Sep 2017 23:00 |
I can understand your reasoning, Det. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 19 Sep 2017 20:45 |
They do that, Sylvia, when they officially close the motorway. My thoughts stemmed from those stuck after the previous 'off' ramp and the blockage. |
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Dermot | Report | 19 Sep 2017 18:57 |
Local radio traffic updates, for example, seem to be of limited assistance. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 19 Sep 2017 18:56 |
there surely could be a means of stopping more vehicles joining the queue. diverting them on to off ramps and then via diversions past the blockage. |
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Sharron | Report | 19 Sep 2017 18:31 |
Somewhere further back down the motorway there would still be traffic coming in that direction and, by the time you had them all turned around and no more joining them from behind, the obstruction would be cleared. |