On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 01:09:57 +0100, Grebbsy McLaren
wrote:

It was a dark and stormy night when David Bradley
wrote in article cd3jd1p0tjhvpdrmor5no07vjbugl
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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 21:20:40 +0100, Grebbsy McLaren
wrote:

[snip]

Same happened to me on my way home to London near Farnham, Hants; police
car shot out across a light-controlled crossroads on the A31 at a good
60mph, while I was crossing under a green light at a similar speed, and
missed me by a hairsbreadth. It would have been a spectacular smash if
I'd been a second or two further on.

[snip]

Farnham is in Surrey. Of that stretch of the A31 [within Farnham] there are
two sets of traffic lights, both junctions having excellent all round
visability to spot vehicles "jumping the red". Would suggest that you were
either driving without due care and attention not to observe pontential danger
or the near miss was more like a mile.

You are now a member of the tall story club.

I stand corrected regarding the county.

As for the rest, I should point out that it was past midnight and pitch
black. Surely any police vehicle going wrong-road across a major
junction (I think it would have been the A287, but not being local can't
swear to it) should use all warning precautions in these circumstances?

Grebbsy

OK then we have the right geographical place, so no confusion there. Both
sets of traffic lights on this stretch of road have excellent street lighting,
so being in the small hours of the morning would still give decent visability.

The A287 junction has had in the past some horific collusions due to drivers
"tail ending" a green sequence which was really red as they past the stop
line. A couple of years ago, extensive remodelling of the junction was made,
together with traffic light resequencing. This should have made it
considerably safer junction.

As a know "black spot", and with the Police Station just around the corner, I
find it remarkable that a police vehicle on an emergency call would not have
taken appropriate precautions while crossing this particular junction. However
your recollections of the event are being "pitch black", which it would not
have been, so how can we all be sure that the events were as you previously
described?

Your membrship of the tall story club will be re-instated if no satasfactory
response appears.

DCB