Dartford Crossing

[Towie]

What's thelegal position of the tunnel workers? They have blue lights on their vehicles and operate outside of the tunnel boundaries on the A282

[7db]

I couldn't find anything. They seem to be called "Crossing Control" and are run by Le Crossing plc. They won't need an exemption for the fitting of blue lights as that's arguably (see Mersey Tunnel) not a public place so RTA doesn't apply -- which makes you wonder what does (and what the white lines mean).

[Towie]

But as I siad, I have seen them some distance from the tunnel on the A282 directing traffic.

They need to be trained. Nice recovery kit though.

[Sgt Bilko]

Dartford Tunnel Traffic Police. Same as Mersey Tunnel Police. Only have a remit to operate within the boundaries of the tunnel and adjoining roads. They have authority of Police from one side to turn at the junction on blues, but not the other side.

Trained accordingly. Escort Ab-loads through the tunnel, respond to RTCs. Not sure about enforcement.

[7db]

Since when can the Police grant that authority? That's Parliament's job...

[TonyHetherington]

A fellow obersver in the IAM I work with (Mid-Kent) works on Dartford Crossing; for his training he did the 6 week full on police driving course in Wales.

He has a blog about it online somewhere (will take a while to search for it but will try) but my goodness was I jealous!

Anyhow, trained they most certainly are (and yes, their remite is only within very specific boundries).

[Towie]

TonyHetherington said:

Anyhow, trained they most certainly are

Definately not in customer contact skills. Definitely in being a self important arse.