Lane closure for dead badger!

[attym3]

A1M lane closed causing 1/2 mile of traffic and growing. For what? Emergency repairs, crash, serious incident...... Nope, a dead badger!!! Seriously WTF.

Mark

[tomwoodis]

was it in the middle of a lane?

they can be quite big obstacles!

[missdiane]

It would kill my splitter and no doubt cause accidents if people were braking hard to avoid, probably the right thing to do

[williamp]

Its done by the traffic lot...

How would you feel if something of the same intelligence as YOU got run over?? Huh??? Huh??

[ZOLLAR]

I feel sorry for Bodger...

[attym3]

It was in the middle of a two lane carrigeway on the White line. One or two big rigs an it wouldn't be such a big obstacle

[attym3]

It was in the middle of a two lane carrigeway on the White line. One or two big rigs an it wouldn't be such a big obstacle

[madala]

attym3 said:

A1M lane closed causing 1/2 mile of traffic and growing. For what? Emergency repairs, crash, serious incident...... Nope, a dead badger!!! Seriously WTF.

Mark

....and people trying to avoid could well have caused a big accident....use your brain fella.

[bigandclever]

We live in a litigious society, that's the reason.

[goldblum]

madala said:

attym3 said:

A1M lane closed causing 1/2 mile of traffic and growing. For what? Emergency repairs, crash, serious incident...... Nope, a dead badger!!! Seriously WTF.

Mark

....and people trying to avoid could well have caused a big accident....use your brain fella.

You don't think it's slight overkill?

Perhaps if someone had used their brain a way would have been figured out for a policeman/badger sympathiser to jump out of

a slow moving vehicle and drag the roadkill to the embankment?

Pathetic.A symptom of society today unfortunately.

[vonhosen]

goldblum said:

madala said:

attym3 said:

A1M lane closed causing 1/2 mile of traffic and growing. For what? Emergency repairs, crash, serious incident...... Nope, a dead badger!!! Seriously WTF.

Mark

....and people trying to avoid could well have caused a big accident....use your brain fella.

You don't think it's slight overkill?

Perhaps if someone had used their brain a way would have been figured out for a policeman/badger sympathiser to jump out of

a slow moving vehicle and drag the roadkill to the embankment?

Pathetic.A symptom of society today unfortunately.

Yep, people more worried about a bit of progress to their destination than risk to others.

[goldblum]

vonhosen said:

goldblum said:

madala said:

attym3 said:

A1M lane closed causing 1/2 mile of traffic and growing. For what? Emergency repairs, crash, serious incident...... Nope, a dead badger!!! Seriously WTF.

Mark

....and people trying to avoid could well have caused a big accident....use your brain fella.

You don't think it's slight overkill?

Perhaps if someone had used their brain a way would have been figured out for a policeman/badger sympathiser to jump out of

a slow moving vehicle and drag the roadkill to the embankment?

Pathetic.A symptom of society today unfortunately.

Yep, people more worried about a bit of progress to their destination than risk to others.

There wouldn't BE a risk if the fecker was picked up,would there? *sighs*

[snoopstah]

attym3 said:

It was in the middle of a two lane carrigeway on the White line. One or two big rigs an it wouldn't be such a big obstacle

And if my VX220 had hit it at 70mph, it would probably have been written off.

[Clivey]

goldblum said:

You don't think it's slight overkill?

Very good. Carry on!

goldblum said:

Perhaps if someone had used their brain a way would have been figured out for a policeman/badger sympathiser to jump out of

a slow moving vehicle and drag the roadkill to the embankment?

Pathetic.A symptom of society today unfortunately.

Oh, I don't know...they'd probably have to have a meeting and fill-out another 50 pages of H&S paperwork first.

[nottyash]

madala said:

attym3 said:

A1M lane closed causing 1/2 mile of traffic and growing. For what? Emergency repairs, crash, serious incident...... Nope, a dead badger!!! Seriously WTF.

Mark

....and people trying to avoid could well have caused a big accident....use your brain fella.

The person not using their brain here is you my friend!
Womble by any chance???

[attym3]

I understand that the corpse needed to be moved as it could well cause an accident as badger lovers would swerve and cause a crash before running over there beloved fur ball.
I just thought two womble 4x4's and a 7.5 tonne truck with flashing lights plus the whole lane shut off was a bit ott.

Mark

[nottyash]

snoopstah said:

attym3 said:

It was in the middle of a two lane carrigeway on the White line. One or two big rigs an it wouldn't be such a big obstacle

And if my VX220 had hit it at 70mph, it would probably have been written off.

Dont hit it then. Look through that clear "screen" in front of the steering wheel and dont rely on H&S regulations for everything.
Its more hassle and danger to more people errecting lane closures. thats the point.
Drag the fking thing off the road and leave it. Foxes will love it

[Hugo a Gogo]

any mushrooms?

or a SNAKE!

[spaximus]

It would have been much better to rolling road block and drag it off the road, but that would be someone elses job who was miles away.

[vonhosen]

goldblum said:

vonhosen said:

goldblum said:

madala said:

attym3 said:

A1M lane closed causing 1/2 mile of traffic and growing. For what? Emergency repairs, crash, serious incident...... Nope, a dead badger!!! Seriously WTF.

Mark

....and people trying to avoid could well have caused a big accident....use your brain fella.

You don't think it's slight overkill?

Perhaps if someone had used their brain a way would have been figured out for a policeman/badger sympathiser to jump out of

a slow moving vehicle and drag the roadkill to the embankment?

Pathetic.A symptom of society today unfortunately.

Yep, people more worried about a bit of progress to their destination than risk to others.

There wouldn't BE a risk if the fecker was picked up,would there? *sighs*

1) There is a risk before it's picked up &
2) There is a risk to those who have to pick it up & those rushing towards them too.