Avoiding a traffic jam on motorway

[Shaw Tarse]

Esy http://www.itv.com/news/central/2015-07-17/shockin...

[SonicShadow]

Dangerous Driving charges for the lot of them?

[Bill]

I was going to start with something predictably unfunny like "Sorry, I was busting" but that's jaw dropping stupidity. That coach driver won't have a job for long...

[Fartgalen]

I'm guessing then you could only see the queue once you've passed the 'off' ramp ? What a bunch of helmets.

[Shaw Tarse]

Bill said:

I was going to start with something predictably unfunny like "Sorry, I was busting" but that's jaw dropping stupidity. That coach driver won't have a job for long...

Not good publicity, the firm have had quite a few mentions on Twitter.

[750turbo]

That is just Mental!

[carreauchompeur]

fk me, the coach was definitely the worst. Doing a three point turn on a live motorway? Bye bye job and licence.

[chris116]

Unbelievable.

[iva cosworth]

Speechless !

[lostkiwi]

Couldn't believe what I was seeing on that clip. Mass stupidity.

[Dog Star]

Herd mentality on a crazy scale. What were they thinking?

[jmorgan]

Dog Star said:

Herd mentality on a crazy scale. What were they thinking?

me me me me me me me me.......

[Ghost91]

This is absolutely outrageous! Absolute scum

[jogger1976]

Bunch of selfish knobs, but particularly that coach driver.
Never fails to amaze me how badly people drive in sign-written vehicles

[Monty Python]

Like sheep - one does it and the rest follow. They should ban the lot of them.

[jmorgan]

Yeah but no one was harmed.............





I have a parrot waiting.

[grimmac]

At least most of them had the good sense to put their hazard lights on as they drove up the wrong way...

[LotusOmega375D]

Seen a lot worse than that. Hardly high speed danger stuff is it? The wombles may have ushered them off that way anyway.

[Jim1556]

I once got stuck on the way back from Germany in 2008, we were a mile past the slip road (motorway split?), when we came to a halt due to a bad accident further on. Within half an hour, the police were making us do 3 point turns, and then got diverted onto the other motorway. A very sensible result.

But it seems in this country, regardless how bad the accident has been (how the fk people don't lose their licence for crashing on a straight fking road is beyond me!), traffic officers (or their regulations) are happy to let thousands of people (women, children, fluffy toys etc), stay stuck in their cars with no relief for what could be many hours!

I mean, seriously? Is there no common sense in the upper echelons of the police to provide exceptions to the rule?

As for 'PC Dave Lee' saying "these drivers were putting everyone at risk", no, unless they were leathering it up the slip road in the main part, they weren't!

Grrr! Rant over!

ETA: Ok, 1 or 2 did deserve a severe talking to, but most went up on the hard shoulder. HTOs should've been blocking the entrance and assisting the escape of people IF the accident warranted...

Edited by Jim1556 on Friday 17th July 19:36

[Far Cough]

LotusOmega375D said:

Seen a lot worse than that. Hardly high speed danger stuff is it? The wombles may have ushered them off that way anyway.

You do not and should not expect to meet an oncoming vehicle travelling the wrong way on a motorway ... bottom line. Imagine being on a motorcycle accelerating up the slip road to be met with the front of a coach ?

Morons of the highest order and any driver caught doing that ( from the footage ) should have a 1 year ban at the very least. Honestly , this country is going down the plug hole....