Nightmare traffic jams
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Managed to get caught up in the M62 Leeds to Manchester fiasco last night, which meant a 51 mile journey home from the office took over 4 hours, with one 10 mile stretch taking up nearly a full 4 hours.
This has now overtaken the previous worst of 2 hours to travel between J16 and J15 of the M6 last year. Not least, because the cause of it all was a 400 yard stretch of snow that was no more than 3 inches deep at Saddleworth
The incompetence of drivers to drive in slightly adverse conditions astonished me.
So what's the worst traffic you've suffered?
This has now overtaken the previous worst of 2 hours to travel between J16 and J15 of the M6 last year. Not least, because the cause of it all was a 400 yard stretch of snow that was no more than 3 inches deep at Saddleworth
The incompetence of drivers to drive in slightly adverse conditions astonished me.So what's the worst traffic you've suffered?
Four HOURS you say??
I'd say I've been in similar jams, winter 2005 was particularly fun for me. I don't like to whine about it though, things could always be worse.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11062...
See?
ETA: more interesting link.
http://www.ranker.com/list/the-7-longest-traffic-j...
I'd say I've been in similar jams, winter 2005 was particularly fun for me. I don't like to whine about it though, things could always be worse.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11062...
See?
ETA: more interesting link.
http://www.ranker.com/list/the-7-longest-traffic-j...
Edited by Papa Hotel on Saturday 28th January 13:32
Last Summer I drove from SW London to Bayswater at 6am on a Sunday morning. It took my usual 12 to 15 minutes.
Once I have finished work around noon the traffic has built up and it can usually take between 30 mins to 1 hour to get back.
This time they had split London in two for a pre-Olympic cycle race. Took me 5 hours to get home, a distance of 5 miles.
Am I the winner
Once I have finished work around noon the traffic has built up and it can usually take between 30 mins to 1 hour to get back.
This time they had split London in two for a pre-Olympic cycle race. Took me 5 hours to get home, a distance of 5 miles.
Am I the winner
m25 in the snow a few years back. joined the queue just by the a10, heading anti clockwise in my truck, destination was atherstone. as normal, the gritters hadn't got out, we had a minimal amount of snow, but the temp dropped dramatically so the big dip between the a10 and potters bar became an ice rink, causing accidents and blocking the motorway. i sat in the same spot, along with every other poor sod that night, and we never moved an inch for 8 hours
luckily for me, i had a flask, a full quota of sarnies and crisps, and a decent radio. put the seat back, flicked the night heater on and was more than cosy. i felt for the people in their cars, alot would have been bloody cold by the end of the night i'm sure.
i remember after about 3 hours, a gritter finally appeared creeping up the hard shoulder, full of salt, to make a start on clearing the m25, shame he slipped off the shoulder, into the big shingle stones, and sunk.
he was still stuck there, 5 hours later, when we finally got rolling.
luckily for me, i had a flask, a full quota of sarnies and crisps, and a decent radio. put the seat back, flicked the night heater on and was more than cosy. i felt for the people in their cars, alot would have been bloody cold by the end of the night i'm sure.
i remember after about 3 hours, a gritter finally appeared creeping up the hard shoulder, full of salt, to make a start on clearing the m25, shame he slipped off the shoulder, into the big shingle stones, and sunk.
he was still stuck there, 5 hours later, when we finally got rolling.
6 hrs without moving once at Hammersmith Broadway on a Weds eve. Never did find out what has caused it.
Also was in Kensington the day Heather Mills got run over and lost her leg. That was about 4 hrs without moving. Although I guess it was slightly more annoying for Heather Mills.
And 3 hrs once in Shaftsebury Ave from 1am to 4am!!! Again no explaination. Ahhh, the joys of living in London!
Also was in Kensington the day Heather Mills got run over and lost her leg. That was about 4 hrs without moving. Although I guess it was slightly more annoying for Heather Mills.
And 3 hrs once in Shaftsebury Ave from 1am to 4am!!! Again no explaination. Ahhh, the joys of living in London!
The M62 is a fecking nightmare at the best of times, I'm always working round there and frequently get stuck in massive jams, there's just not enough capacity for all the traffic, coupled with some of the lowest driving driving standards anywhere in the country, I've been stuck on the M62 for 3 hours before, it took me 9 hours to drive from Peterborough up the A1m, M62, M6 to Kendal last winter, a journey which takes normally 3 1/2 hours
If I had to drive the M62 every day at rush hour it'd have to be on a bike with some heated kit, I think it'd drive me nuts otherwise.
If I had to drive the M62 every day at rush hour it'd have to be on a bike with some heated kit, I think it'd drive me nuts otherwise.
Last winter when it snowed at the end of November I got stuck in traffic on the way from Bromley to Croydon. Turned round and went a different way, but took me 3 hours. Got there to find everybody closing up, so turned round. Another 5 hours to get home. Total distance: 16 miles in 8 hours. Worst thing was it was so cold and snowing very heavily. If you turned the engine off, the car was covered in a couple of inches of snow in 15 minutes and got very cold very quickly.
Having said that, it was probably preferable to gridlock in east London last summer - coming back in convoy to SE London from Brentford in Essex on a Friday afternoon. M25 gridlocked and bridge blocked, so down the M11 to the Blackwall Tunnel - discovered on the A12 that the Blackwall Tunnel had been closed due to an accident, so the entirety of east London then headed towards the 1 lane in each direction 20mph limit Rotherhithe Tunnel. Hell on earth, in convoy with no phone chargers and no handsfree kits, couldn#t put your handbrake on take your feet off the pedals or somebody would squeeze in. Lots of frayed tempers. Still gridlocked south of the river too. Got as far as Deptford and had to turn around as I had missed the rehearsal I was supposed to be going to, and had another one in Walthamstow! Lost count how long, but several hours in traffic, and couldn't relax at all because of all the barging and shoving...
Having said that, it was probably preferable to gridlock in east London last summer - coming back in convoy to SE London from Brentford in Essex on a Friday afternoon. M25 gridlocked and bridge blocked, so down the M11 to the Blackwall Tunnel - discovered on the A12 that the Blackwall Tunnel had been closed due to an accident, so the entirety of east London then headed towards the 1 lane in each direction 20mph limit Rotherhithe Tunnel. Hell on earth, in convoy with no phone chargers and no handsfree kits, couldn#t put your handbrake on take your feet off the pedals or somebody would squeeze in. Lots of frayed tempers. Still gridlocked south of the river too. Got as far as Deptford and had to turn around as I had missed the rehearsal I was supposed to be going to, and had another one in Walthamstow! Lost count how long, but several hours in traffic, and couldn't relax at all because of all the barging and shoving...
King Herald said:
One good reason to ride a motorcycle. Or even a bicycle in some cases.
I once spent 18 hours in a traffic jam, in India, but I was on a coach and in no particular hurry.
I've got three bikes, but wouldn't ride one of them in this sI once spent 18 hours in a traffic jam, in India, but I was on a coach and in no particular hurry.
t weather. 4 hours being toasty and warm was a lot better than freezing my nuts off over The Pennines every day in winter.There were three bikes filtered through btw, two were parked up on the hard shoulder when I caught them up an hour or so later.
FeatherZ said:
iva cosworth said:
You want to try Italy then.
In 2010 when returning to Calais from Misano Moto GP ,there was a traffic jam a few miles
on the autostrada from Rimini to about Imola which took about 5 hours of stop/start crawling
to clear.
Real men take there bike to Moto GP and filter. In 2010 when returning to Calais from Misano Moto GP ,there was a traffic jam a few miles
on the autostrada from Rimini to about Imola which took about 5 hours of stop/start crawling
to clear.
would have done if caught,so just stuck with the jam and i didn't want to leave autostrada
as i had a boat to catch 900 miles away.
Oh and BTW you cannot sleep on a motorbike in a motorway service area
iva cosworth said:
Oh and BTW you cannot sleep on a motorbike in a motorway service area
As an ex dispatch rider I assure you that you can It's not very comfortable though. Lie with your head on the clocks, use gloves as a pillow, most of body on seat and legs up on the rack/top box.
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