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Mike P[_3_] · November 11th 10, 04:21 PM posted to uk.rec.driving,uk.transport.london

On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:57:06 +0000, Ret. boggled us with:

d wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:02:55 -0000
"Ret." wrote:
I find the delays caused by overzealous policing infuriating and I
note that you find anyone commenting guilty of ridiculous ranting,
Why?

Because neither you nor Boltar know what you are talking about.

Yeah, thats right Kev. We see roads closed for no good reason time and
again yet "we don't know what we're talking about".

The reason that you don't know what you are talking about is because you
simply do not know *why* the road was closed do you? You *think* you
know - and you *presume* to know - but you don't. So you are talking
from a point of ignorance.

I might not
be a car
mechanic but I know if a garage has my car in for 3 days to change the
oil then someone is taking the ****. Same goes for plods. I might not
be a policeman but if 4 lanes out of 5 are closed, there is no debris
and little damage to the vehicle in question then its plainly obvious
the jobsworth mentality is in full force with the traffic plods that
day.

See above. You cannot possibly *know* what is going on at an accident
scene from merely driving slowly past it.

Kev, could you please tell me what would be required, and how much space
it would need to drag a 7.5tonner, *safely* off a barrier it's mounted?
That without causing danger to other road users? It's a serious question,
and I presume it's a damn sight harder than Boltar presumes it is...

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Mike P