Unwilling to assist a 3 point turn on an on slip - wrong?

[wibblebrain]

yellowjack said:

Well. Much as I'd like to side with the OP in this, I was faced with a difficult choice myself once, and chose to use an 'on slip' road to exit the motorway. I was heading anticlockwise on the M25 near Heathrow, heading home from work, when I got a call from work summoning me back. I know that I could have just sat in the queue of solid traffic, but I needed to turn around and head clockwise, back to Essex, 'tout de suite!'

I'm speechless! You're not serious..........?

[yellowjack]

wibblebrain said:

yellowjack said:

Well. Much as I'd like to side with the OP in this, I was faced with a difficult choice myself once, and chose to use an 'on slip' road to exit the motorway. I was heading anticlockwise on the M25 near Heathrow, heading home from work, when I got a call from work summoning me back. I know that I could have just sat in the queue of solid traffic, but I needed to turn around and head clockwise, back to Essex, 'tout de suite!'

I'm speechless! You're not serious..........?

Yup absolutely deadpan serious. I'd been called back in to issue ammunition, explosives and accessories to the standby 'breadvan' when a bomb disposal job outgrew the first crew sent to deal with it. I was one of a limited number of authorised keyholders, and my oppo couldn't respond because he was on a boat in the Solent. Beyond that I won't elaborate, for obvious reasons.

Being the very opposite of 'senior' in the grand scheme of things, I was being very heavily 'leant on' to "make it happen". No Police action was taken against me, but I am confident that if it had been, the Commanding Officer of an EOD regiment might have had some influence, one 'blue light agency' to another, and my response driver training would have been taken into account. I agree that the concept, looking back, was ridiculous, but it was a decision I didn't take lightly, and it was a genuine 'Operational' situation.

[DoubleSix]

My view on this is simply that if you want to 'police' people go get a badge and a uniform. Otherwise let people go about their business without hindrance - even if their business appears to be being mentally challenged.

No different from the type of people that block overtakes or wave frantically from the roadside if you happen to be applying the loud peddle.

[Centurion07]

DoubleSix said:

My view on this is simply that if you want to 'police' people go get a badge and a uniform. Otherwise let people go about their business without hindrance - even if their business appears to be mentally challenged so far beyond the boundaries of common sense you have to question how the hell they ever managed to get a driving licence if they can't see going the wrong way on a sliproad is about the most retarded thing you can possibly do, way worse than a slightly dodgy overtake or pressing on a bit.

No different from the type of people that block overtakes or wave frantically from the roadside if you happen to be applying the loud peddle.

Edited that for you.