M56 f***** again....

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Almost becoming a weekly occurrence between Chester and Runcorn - this time a lorry and a car had a coming-together, closing two lanes. I think I need to move.

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Seems it happened again....lanes 2 and 3 closed.

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s70rmp said:

Was stuck in it tonight and it cleared east bound once we passed the wrecked Lexus IS on the west bound lane

That really angers me

Rubbernecking !!!!

Seen that happen before now. The standard of driving is terrible - the amount of lane-hogging and tailgating that goes on is ridiculous. No wonder there's almost a crash a day. They should fine people who cause crashes by driving into the back of the car in front - maybe then they'd leave more space and pay more attention to what they're doing.

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Rarely see the BiB on the M56, at least not in marked cars. I'd be quite happy if they put average speed cameras up on that stretch - I'd prefer to be moving at 50 than the stop-start-crash behaviour you get at the moment.

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You'll never guess what's happened - another crash. This time it's a car on it's roof behind the crash barrier on hard shoulder.

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Mr Tidy said:

Be grateful OP, in the NW you have sh*t-loads of motorways for f*ck-all people!

I live in Berkshire where we have sh*t-loads of people and f*ck-all motorways (about 2 AFAIK!) But we don't seem to close them by crashing quite as often!

And before everyone gets on my case I came home from Runcorn last night on the M56, M6, M42, M5, M40 and M4.

You don't know how lucky you are!!!!

You obviously haven't been on that section of the M56 eastbound after 4pm - most of the time you're lucky to get to 70, more often than not it's 30-40 on a good day, and there are no viable alternative routes.

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Another 4 car pile-up this afternoon.

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Another multiple-car pileup yesterday. I'm sure almost all these problems are caused by people driving too close to the car in front. Tailgating seems to be endemic to that stretch of motorway.

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Another closure today - luckily saw it in time so could divert through Liverpool.