On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:46:11 UTC, "Richard"
wrote:

:
: "Ian Johnston" wrote in message
: news:cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-15gYwGsdV2Bd@localhost...
: If a body was found in suspicious circumstances at 1am on the M8, do
: you think the police would cover stuff up with plastic and wait until
: after the morning rush hour to look for evidence?
:
: Not a particularly good example. There are numerous examples of fatal
: crashes in which the evidence is dragged off the road within hours -
: basically as soon as the ambulances are gone.

Bad comparison:

1) This ain't a mere fatal crash. There is a suspicion that the victim
was murdered. Done away with. Killed. So they don't just bag him and
have a quick shufti for tyre marks. They look for clues, and
bloodstains and all that other deerstalker hat and magnifying glass
stuff.

2) Remember, the body was found at 1am.

: 'Getting the traffic flowing' is seen as a priority on the roads - even
: where some effort at investigation is made, often one or two lanes will be
: open. There doesn't seem much concern for disturbing potential evidence
: there.

I see that a main road in Birmingham was entirely closed for the
morning rush hour a couple of days ago after a child was killed by a
police car.

Ian