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Graham Harrison[_2_] · November 9th 10, 04:22 PM posted to uk.rec.driving,uk.transport.london

"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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In message , Mr Pounder
writes

"bod" wrote in message
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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.

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.

While there may have been a good reason for it, it does seem to be
increasingly common practice to close roads (often completely) for several
hours in order to carry out an investigation into the cause of an
accident. Sometimes the reason given is that they are waiting for the
crash barriers to be repaired, or for the road to be resurfaced.

Yesterday, I believe that the whole of the M26 was closed for quite a lot
of the day because of a fatal lorry accident. Similarly, last week, the M1
was closed around the junction for Luton Airport (not sure if fatal). And
the previous week, the M4 was closed between Slough and Langley. As I
said, the police may have legitimate reasons for doing this, but you can't
help but feel that there is an element of 'just because we can' in some
instances.
--
Ian

The investigation of "accidents" sometimes seems to be very unpredictable.
One will cause the closure and resulting chaos described here and yet
others, also resulting in deaths, will be swept away very quickly and
subsequent investigation marginalised. I wonder what criteria they use to
decide?

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