bod wrote:
On 09/11/2010 16:12, Mr Pounder wrote:
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On 09/11/2010 11:17, d wrote:
Can someone explain to me why those retards with blue lights on
their heads had to close off 4 out of 5 lanes on the westbound
A406 at the M1 turn
off just because a 7.5 tonner had got stuck on a crash barrier? The
traffic
jams were epic and all they used the closed off lanes for was to
park their
plodmobiles in and stand around looking useless until presumably a
recovery truck turned up.
****ing morons.
B2003
On the face of it, that does appear to be very ott of the plod.
Bod
Years ago the police said that they would take drastic action on the
roads. This being to teach us all a lesson in being more careful.
Mr Pounder
Kev? Any comment on Mr Pounder's statement above?
Difficult to comment upon this particular incident without being in
possession of the full facts - but I can assure you that traffic police will
never close off a major route for any longer than necessary because it
simply causes more problems for them on surrounding roads.
I don't know what load this truck was carrying - but if it was hazardous -
or there had been a spill of load across the road, they are reasons for for
closing the road. Also - if people are killed, or so seriously injured that
they might die, then the scene has to be extensively photographed and
triangulation measurements taken for the production of accurate plans of the
accident scene. Also any skid marks will need to be measured and the
co-efficient of friction of the road surface calculated. This sort of
investigation cannot easily be done with other traffic streaming past.
The sort of heading on this thread is usually posted by people who are
simply ignorant of what is required in relation to accident investigation.
I repeat, however, that it is the intention of traffic police always to get
normal traffic moving again as quickly as possible. To suggest that they
block off major routes for no good reason is a nonsense.
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Kev