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From: Hog on 22 Jun 2010 09:35 CT wrote: > Hog wrote: > >> A short discussion ensued with the conclusion that said gate was too >> sturdy to be rammed at which point chappy in van joins the queue. >> Eureka, white van man is "impressively equipped". A matter of >> moments and we were free. > > So who owned the gate & padlock and who's going to cough up to > criminal damage? We the public do and we were coping with the failure of our public servants so FRO you ;o) -- Hog
From: Adrian on 22 Jun 2010 09:47 "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> A short discussion ensued with the conclusion that said gate was too >> sturdy to be rammed at which point chappy in van joins the queue. >> Eureka, white van man is "impressively equipped". A matter of moments >> and we were free. > So who owned the gate & padlock and who's going to cough up to criminal > damage? Why does anybody need to "cough"? It's all on video...
From: Hog on 22 Jun 2010 10:01 Adrian wrote: > "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they > were saying: > >>> A short discussion ensued with the conclusion that said gate was too >>> sturdy to be rammed at which point chappy in van joins the queue. >>> Eureka, white van man is "impressively equipped". A matter of >>> moments and we were free. > >> So who owned the gate & padlock and who's going to cough up to >> criminal damage? > > Why does anybody need to "cough"? It's all on video... None! -- Hog
From: Catman on 22 Jun 2010 10:01 Hog wrote: > Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: >> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the >> drugs began to take hold. I remember Malc <malwhite(a)blueyonder.co.uk> >> saying something like: >> >>>> Not helped by the removal of all gates and open overlaps in >>>> central reservations. >>>> >>> I presume the minimal chance of someone hitting the gap in the >>> central reservation has caused the H&S wallahs to close them off. >> I suspect the number of utter eejits /arseholes /dumbfucks who use the >> gaps as a U-turn opportunity when full traffic flow is occurring in >> both or the other carriageway has something to do with it also. > > What the motorway system needed was gates. Locked gates that the Patrols or > Plod could open. Every couple of miles. Then they could use cones to stream > lane 3 into the reverse traffic flow and disperse traffic when they know the > road will be blocked for hours. That and immediately closing the motorway at > preceding junctions and taking traffic off before it reaches the blockage. > Fine until someone with an battery powered AG turns up ;) -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: B 650 on 24 Jun 2010 04:54
On 22/06/2010 14:00, Hog wrote: > > What the motorway system needed was gates. Locked gates that the Patrols or > Plod could open. Every couple of miles. Then they could use cones to stream > lane 3 into the reverse traffic flow and disperse traffic when they know the > road will be blocked for hours. That and immediately closing the motorway at > preceding junctions and taking traffic off before it reaches the blockage. > > Considering the central barriers have been replaced in the past few years it > was a complete fuckup. > a couple of years ago I was stuck on the M1 for about 4 hours after a truck crossed the central reservation and piled into oncoming cars. The fire brigade cut a large section out of the central barrier and let us all through[0] to ease the jam. Very handy it was, until I realised I still had to make my way north, with no local knowledge of the roads. Reading a map in the dark while driving[1] is 'challenging' [0] Both carriageways were closed [1] I had left my satnav at home -- D |