"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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Steve wrote in
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On 18/1/06 19:51, in article
, "Martin
Underwood" wrote:

Steve wrote in
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TBH, I don't even know if the H.A. have a number to call in cases
like this and I find any advice on their website.

Oops ... I *can't* find any advice ... !!!

... Maybe you
should have stopped at a motorway phone and used that instead to
report the debris.

Good point. I've never had to use one of those phones, and I've always
wondered given the amount of traffic on the M25 at 6.00pm whether
you'd be able to hear the person on the other end!

The only time I've used a motorway-style phone was on the Marlow Bypass
(A404 between M40 and M4) to report a car that appeared to have broken
down in Lane 1 at night and had no lights or advance warning triangle. As
such, it was an accident waiting to happen. I had to struggle to hear and
to make myself heard and understood: the operator (as so often when
reporting emergencies) had great difficulty working out where I was
referring to, even though I said something fairly unambiguous like "it's
on the southbound carriageway of the A404, 0.8 miles north of this phone
which is 12345".


You'd think that'd be a great place for simple noise-cancelling
technology... it's not that expensive, and could possibly save lives (at a
stretch, I know )