Wrong way up hard shoulder
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I was on the M3 yesterday when traffic came to a standstill on both sides. After about 15 minutes a car decided to do a u turn and drove the wrong way back our side of the hard shoulder.
I saw 3 or 4 more cars follow.
Pretty ballsy if you ask me (and not in a good way)
After about 30 minutes the traffic opened up again and I was on my way. Depending on where they were going they probably didn't save much time.
The biggest risk of doing this I spose is that you potentially block off emergency service vehicles
What would be the crime, if any?
I saw 3 or 4 more cars follow.
Pretty ballsy if you ask me (and not in a good way)
After about 30 minutes the traffic opened up again and I was on my way. Depending on where they were going they probably didn't save much time.
The biggest risk of doing this I spose is that you potentially block off emergency service vehicles
What would be the crime, if any?
Going back 20 years ago, I doubt any motorist would have even dreamt about such a manouvre. There are some things that should just not be done. This, and travelling in a lane closed with a red X.
It should not just be a fine, they should get a ban for these offences. Chances are they, they will get away with it.
It should not just be a fine, they should get a ban for these offences. Chances are they, they will get away with it.
TUS373 said:
Going back 20 years ago, I doubt any motorist would have even dreamt about such a manouvre. There are some things that should just not be done. This, and travelling in a lane closed with a red X.
It should not just be a fine, they should get a ban for these offences. Chances are they, they will get away with it.
Always been the same IMO. Only takes one cool dude to do it, then a bunch of sheep will follow. I saw the same thing around 20 years ago on the m4. Also around 15 years ago I saw people doing a u-ey on the a130 to avoid a queue, by cutting across some roadworks where the central reservation had been removed. Police helicopter overhead for that one as well, I always wondered if they got a ticket.It should not just be a fine, they should get a ban for these offences. Chances are they, they will get away with it.
Edited by budgie smuggler on Wednesday 16th August 09:08
If you drive near any of the airports, Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Luton etc, and the traffic snarls up, you will get a procession of cars, normally #premium #uber #scabbies driving up the hard shoulder to make flights.
Once in a blue moon you will get a patrol car policing it, with an officer further down, telling drivers who have seen the jam sandwich and are desperately trying to merge back in, to stay on the hard shoulder for a ticket.
Once in a blue moon you will get a patrol car policing it, with an officer further down, telling drivers who have seen the jam sandwich and are desperately trying to merge back in, to stay on the hard shoulder for a ticket.
TUS373 said:
Going back 20 years ago, I doubt any motorist would have even dreamt about such a manouvre. There are some things that should just not be done. This, and travelling in a lane closed with a red X.
It should not just be a fine, they should get a ban for these offences. Chances are they, they will get away with it.
Such driving *has* gone on since the dawn of motorways.It should not just be a fine, they should get a ban for these offences. Chances are they, they will get away with it.
Over 40 years ago now, a French exchange group from my school, in a coach, crashed into a lorry that was reversing up a slip road (having taken the wrong exit) ostensibly on the hard shoulder but failing IIRC to stay in that lane.
The coach overturned. My French teacher was killed, and some children I knew suffered life-changing injuries.
Which is why such manoeuvres are so stupid. Moving traffic isn’t expecting you, and the slightest interaction at the “wrong” moment can be catastrophic.
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