Dover Calais border crossing delays - deliberate?

[jjlynn27]

gtidriver said:

Pics from my dashcam,as you can see as I drove up he shut his window. Shameful behaviour.

I'm missing something, he had window open for previous car which had UK plates?

[Efbe]

jjlynn27 said:

gtidriver said:

Pics from my dashcam,as you can see as I drove up he shut his window. Shameful behaviour.

I'm missing something, he had window open for previous car which had UK plates?

Just as no-one else in any job is also... he is not allowed to take a break/change shifts/complete paperwork/have lunch/supper/snails.

[don'tbesilly]

jjlynn27 said:

gtidriver said:

Pics from my dashcam,as you can see as I drove up he shut his window. Shameful behaviour.

I'm missing something, he had window open for previous car which had UK plates?

There were two pics

First had the Guy in the booth with his head stuck out the window looking at the back of the van which had UK plates.
Second pic showed the hatch window closed.

[jjlynn27]

Efbe said:

jjlynn27 said:

gtidriver said:

Pics from my dashcam,as you can see as I drove up he shut his window. Shameful behaviour.

I'm missing something, he had window open for previous car which had UK plates?

Just as no-one else in any job is also... he is not allowed to take a break/change shifts/complete paperwork/have lunch/supper/snails.

Precisely, could be that his shift ended or it was cold or he got called somewhere else. I'd guess that OP was 'served' I'm still at loss @ 'shameful behaviour' comment.

[williamp]

PositronicRay said:

Rovinghawk said:

Wills2 said:

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Don't rule malice out completely.

If it was deliberate it was at a low level and local, only Dover affected.

This is up there with sand in the D-type fuel tank, lights on Mini Coopers or Peugeot favouring safety car decisions...

[PositronicRay]

williamp said:

PositronicRay said:

Rovinghawk said:

Wills2 said:

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Don't rule malice out completely.

If it was deliberate it was at a low level and local, only Dover affected.

This is up there with sand in the D-type fuel tank, lights on Mini Coopers or Peugeot favouring safety car decisions...

So vandalism then?

[Tom Logan]

It's just the soap dodgers having a sulk at the Brits post-referendum.

Happens all the time, they're clueless at organisation unless they can mull things over whilst having an aperitif or few.

A toast:

"Death to the French!"

[anonymous-user]

What's the feeling over there? Is this BS likely to continue into next week? I was due to go to France from UK next week but won't if it involves this nonsense.

[MX51ROD]

This from Eurotunnel web site , too much of a coincidence , the same time as isues at Dover .
The people (not freight )making crossings I would guess are mainly Brits ,



"Access to French terminal direction Dunkerque to Boulogne 18/07/16 - 28/07/16

Please note that the A16 access to our French terminal at Junction 42 will be temporarily closed from Monday to Friday during the above dates, between the hours of 08:00 and 17:00; this is for important terminal improvements. A full diversion will be in place"

[greygoose]

MX51ROD said:

This from Eurotunnel web site , too much of a coincidence , the same time as isues at Dover .
The people (not freight )making crossings I would guess are mainly Brits ,



"Access to French terminal direction Dunkerque to Boulogne 18/07/16 - 28/07/16

Please note that the A16 access to our French terminal at Junction 42 will be temporarily closed from Monday to Friday during the above dates, between the hours of 08:00 and 17:00; this is for important terminal improvements. A full diversion will be in place"

Or it could just be roadworks rather than some conspiracy?

[MX51ROD]

greygoose said:

MX51ROD said:

This from Eurotunnel web site , too much of a coincidence , the same time as isues at Dover .
The people (not freight )making crossings I would guess are mainly Brits ,



"Access to French terminal direction Dunkerque to Boulogne 18/07/16 - 28/07/16

Please note that the A16 access to our French terminal at Junction 42 will be temporarily closed from Monday to Friday during the above dates, between the hours of 08:00 and 17:00; this is for important terminal improvements. A full diversion will be in place"

Or it could just be roadworks rather than some conspiracy?

So it makes sense to close the entrance road to the tunnel from the busiest direction at the busiest time 8am till 5pm ?
Even our UK Highways Agency are not that stupid .
As has been said elsewhere , staycations are now under serious consideration.
Even the owner of the camping/caravan site where we are in the Dordogne thinks there is something deeper going on and despairs of his government

[smifffymoto]

Everybody is in despair with the Hollande government.The elections can't come soon enough to boot the idiot out.

[anonymous-user]

Screw it, just booked Harwich to Holland instead, sorry mes amis no euros from me this year.

[MX51ROD]

What’s the betting that in 2 or 3 weeks’ time , when all those caught in Dover wend their way back , there will be a “security problem “ or illegal immigrant problems at Calais port and Eurotunnel terminal , and all the delays will be in France .

[Cobnapint]

If it's not the French police picking on UK plated cars for speeding, or the French ATC on strike, or the baggage handlers on strike, or French hauliers on strike, or the French farmers burning sheep - it's this bks.

The next time someone suggests standing 'shoulder to shoulder' with the French.....

[RYH64E]

I've travelled by car through Dover to France and back from Calais dozens of times over the years, most summers for the last 15 or so years and once or twice a year on business, and in all that time I can't remember a single problem worth mentioning. Getting a train from Ipswich to Liverpool Street is much more of a lottery, trains are rarely on time, you often can't get a seat even in First Class, and the words 'rail replacement service' are enough to bring you out in a cold sweat.

[PositronicRay]

greygoose said:

MX51ROD said:

This from Eurotunnel web site , too much of a coincidence , the same time as isues at Dover .
The people (not freight )making crossings I would guess are mainly Brits ,



"Access to French terminal direction Dunkerque to Boulogne 18/07/16 - 28/07/16

Please note that the A16 access to our French terminal at Junction 42 will be temporarily closed from Monday to Friday during the above dates, between the hours of 08:00 and 17:00; this is for important terminal improvements. A full diversion will be in place"

Or it could just be roadworks rather than some conspiracy?

I came through there on the 20th, didn't notice a thing, about 30mins queue @ the border and caught an earlier train.

Bloody French surrender monkey foreigners, they don't stock the Daily Mail won't speak English, and don't use proper keyboards, no gratitude after the war etc etc

Edited by PositronicRay on Monday 25th July 17:26

[anonymous-user]

RYH64E said:

I've travelled by car through Dover to France and back from Calais dozens of times over the years, most summers for the last 15 or so years and once or twice a year on business, and in all that time I can't remember a single problem worth mentioning. Getting a train from Ipswich to Liverpool Street is much more of a lottery, trains are rarely on time, you often can't get a seat even in First Class, and the words 'rail replacement service' are enough to bring you out in a cold sweat.

Likewise my experience but what has that got to do with the current situation?

[PositronicRay]

Cobnapint said:

If it's not the French police picking on UK plated cars for speeding, or the French ATC on strike, or the baggage handlers on strike, or French hauliers on strike, or the French farmers burning sheep - it's this bks.

The next time someone suggests standing 'shoulder to shoulder' with the French.....

So nothing to do with breaking the law then.

[RYH64E]

fblm said:

Likewise my experience but what has that got to do with the current situation?

Reading some of the posts above would lead you to conclude that getting to, and driving in, France was a regular nightmare for UK drivers, I'm just pointing out that that hasn't been my experience, other than a few traffic jams I've had no problems whatsoever, not even a speeding ticket (despite making good progress whenever possible). There might be a temporary problem at Dover, but it's likely to be very temporary and not the grand anti-British conspiracy people suspect.