Unwilling to assist a 3 point turn on an on slip - wrong?
Discussion
NorfolkInClue1 said:
You can certainly tell its Saturday, little boys with access to mummy and daddies computer leaves you with this kind of mind numbing moronic reply, of course you will punch someone in the face for not driving illegally, very easy to make pathetic threats on the Internet eh?? Army my arse.............If you were, you're an embarrassment to your regiment and anyone who has ever served.
I am with OP, let the other driver get in a right mix up and stay put. If someone wants to drive like a tool it's up to them, to criticise on here for not joining in shows a fantastic level of moron so well done, I say moron because you clearly think a punch on the nose is coming from someone who
A: Cannot escape as you are already blocking them in
B: Has a ready made queue of witnesses
C: May well be on CCTV for extra back up
D: Will be on YouTube before they have even got back to the car after assaulting you
Good news though to see a healthy population of oxygen thieves are still spouting s.h.i.t.e. on here though, PH never lets you down for a laugh on a Saturday morning........................................
I am with OP, let the other driver get in a right mix up and stay put. If someone wants to drive like a tool it's up to them, to criticise on here for not joining in shows a fantastic level of moron so well done, I say moron because you clearly think a punch on the nose is coming from someone who
A: Cannot escape as you are already blocking them in
B: Has a ready made queue of witnesses
C: May well be on CCTV for extra back up
D: Will be on YouTube before they have even got back to the car after assaulting you
Good news though to see a healthy population of oxygen thieves are still spouting s.h.i.t.e. on here though, PH never lets you down for a laugh on a Saturday morning........................................
clown.Antony Moxey said:
Atterz said:
If you had blocked myself i would have got out and punched you in the head. As above, why a obstruct people from doing what is common sense. Your obviously very British in the view of queuing. Do you get angry when people overtake you as well?
Course you would sweetheart. The OP wasn't blocking anyone deliberately, he just wasn't prepared to make an illegal move in live traffic. If the OP was a woman would you still insist on violence as the solution to your problems - seems like you get angry at very little if that's your preferred method of dealing with situations.Argyle fan agrees with Greek, shocker!
Atterz said:
If you had blocked myself i would have got out and punched you in the head. As above, why a obstruct people from doing what is common sense. Your obviously very British in the view of queuing. Do you get angry when people overtake you as well?
the fractional wit here in you Atterzblocking an on slip by carrying out an illegal manouvere is life threateningly stupid bot hthe to pillock doing it and to the people trapped in the RTC whose resuce may be delayed by your selfishness
driving the wrong way on a Special road is also life threateningly stupid for the same reason plus the risk of
a collision with other such bright sparks
b a collision with someone trying to queue jump
Martin_M said:
What is wrong with you people? Why are so many of you unable to express yourselves in an adult-like and intelligent manner? You would think that the users on here with the thousands of posts would know better but obviously not.
Because turning round and going the wrong way up an on slip is a monumentally stupid and fractionally witted thing to do unless proper traffic control in place to do so , this is why there are a limited number of people who can give a legal direction to do something like this - in the case of special Roads it'll be Plod or the Wombles and perhaps certain other HA designated persons, in town you might include PSCOs with TW powers.heebeegeetee said:
Laurel Green said:
jpp said:
Wrong?
No, your decision was correct. Why should you be complicit in any further RTA that might unfold from such an act. ETA: On further reflection, please ignore the traffic offence bit as am sure most of us commit such on every outing.
Edited by Laurel Green on Saturday 12th July 14:38
Laurel Green said:
The time element does not enter the equation; under the situation described it could be a downright dangerous maneuver to do so, adding to the emergency services workload, apart from the fact that it would also be a traffic offence in doing so.
ETA: On further reflection, please ignore the traffic offence bit as am sure most of us commit such on every outing.
So had you been still sat there after a number of hours, you wouldn't change your mind?ETA: On further reflection, please ignore the traffic offence bit as am sure most of us commit such on every outing.
You say it's downright dangerous, but do you have any actual evidence of this? i don't think it is downright dangerous at all to turn around in that situation in broad daylight.
Elroy Blue said:
We always put the cameras on slip roads following an RTC. Idiots who then commit such f
kwittery can look forward to an NIP in the post.
Serious question. No doubt that turning around in the road/ reversing up slip roads is mind bogglingly stupid unless under proper control, but when roads are blocked for hours on end, and the entry to that stretch of road has been closed, why don't the agencys let people turn around and drive slowly back up the road to the last exit? No danger would exist as the road is shut, and removing hundreds of stuck tired, bored drivers & cars is to the benefit of everyone? kwittery can look forward to an NIP in the post. Atterz said:
If you had blocked myself i would have got out and punched you in the head. As above, why a obstruct people from doing what is common sense. Your obviously very British in the view of queuing. Do you get angry when people overtake you as well?
Would you punch me in the head for telling you it's you're or you are, not your?If so, I won't tell you....
Ahahahahahahah, megalolz roflcopter at a Neanderthal referring to himself as "myself". Are you an estate agent, by any chance?
As for the original question, I'm a little torn. On the one hand, yes, doing a U turn on a slip road seems dangerous, but on the other, in these circumstances, it's probably both possible and practical to coordinate the safe [what Andy McNab would call] exfiltration of cars from where they were stuck.
My solution would probably have been to go to the back of the queue, recruit some volunteers and marshall the traffic from back to front. Someone to stop anyone else joining the queue, someone to head down the queue telling people what's going on and someone to tell people when to reverse back to the slip road. The coordinator monitors these three people and directs them according to the presence of emergency vehicles or any other relevant factor. That way, everyone is nice and safe and the operation is controlled, rather than chaotic.
As one chap pointed out earlier in the thread; we're grown-ups, we can take care of ourselves in a situation such as this.
Simon.
As for the original question, I'm a little torn. On the one hand, yes, doing a U turn on a slip road seems dangerous, but on the other, in these circumstances, it's probably both possible and practical to coordinate the safe [what Andy McNab would call] exfiltration of cars from where they were stuck.
My solution would probably have been to go to the back of the queue, recruit some volunteers and marshall the traffic from back to front. Someone to stop anyone else joining the queue, someone to head down the queue telling people what's going on and someone to tell people when to reverse back to the slip road. The coordinator monitors these three people and directs them according to the presence of emergency vehicles or any other relevant factor. That way, everyone is nice and safe and the operation is controlled, rather than chaotic.
As one chap pointed out earlier in the thread; we're grown-ups, we can take care of ourselves in a situation such as this.
Simon.
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