A Different Kind of Car-wash
A Different Kind of Car-wash
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newdogg06

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266 posts

206 months

Thursday 6th October 2011
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There are several reports on-line about this, but this is the cause of the A320 being closed not a mile from McLaren's headquarters in Woking. It happened yesterday causing road chaos and a grovelling apology from the water company!





(Not taken by me, photographer local but un-known)

Laurel Green

30,940 posts

249 months

Thursday 6th October 2011
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Inside and out - that'll be ten pounds boss!

Mini1275

11,098 posts

199 months

Thursday 6th October 2011
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yikes

I'm guessing the occupant(s) needed some new trousers after that!.

Did the road just collapse under them?.

newdogg06

Original Poster:

266 posts

206 months

Thursday 6th October 2011
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Reports are the driver heard a noise and got out of her car. It was then swallowed up amid a river of sand and mud from a burst 12" main. That stretch of the A320 has had a couple of similar incidents recently, albeit without semi-amphibious vehicles ending up in them.

chilistrucker

4,543 posts

168 months

Thursday 6th October 2011
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i'm sure a certain comment will be along shortly.

BigBob

1,471 posts

242 months

Thursday 6th October 2011
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Mini1275 said:
yikes

I'm guessing the occupant(s) needed some new trousers after that!.

Did the road just collapse under them?.
Must have - can't you see what he did to the colour of the water wink

BB

newdogg06

Original Poster:

266 posts

206 months

Thursday 6th October 2011
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BigBob said:
Mini1275 said:
yikes

I'm guessing the occupant(s) needed some new trousers after that!.

Did the road just collapse under them?.
Must have - can't you see what he did to the colour of the water wink

BB
hehe

newdogg06

Original Poster:

266 posts

206 months

Thursday 6th October 2011
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chilistrucker said:
i'm sure a certain comment will be along shortly.
I'm not rising to the bait.....

dandarez

13,738 posts

300 months

Friday 7th October 2011
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Water firm Veolia has apologised.

Veolia... hmm, private water company with strange name.
Apparently been other burst problems in the area.
Just like everything now in this country, bound to be foreign owned.

It is, it's French. Couldn't give a ...

Imagine if that car had been a few seconds later, full of kids in the back, at the speed limit.
Yeah, that bears thinking about.


newdogg06

Original Poster:

266 posts

206 months

Friday 7th October 2011
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Lucky that didn't happen. It's a 50mph stretch there IIRC.

Veolia have spent the last 5 weeks putting a massive new main and pumping station in right outside our dealership. They all seem to be Irish or Eastern European, but they are currently ahead of schedule so they don't hang around. Caused chaos around here as the main road is closed. That is only 6 miles from the pics!
Rumour has it that St.Georges Hill residents need more water to top their pools up. wink


KevF

1,994 posts

215 months

Friday 7th October 2011
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dandarez said:
Water firm Veolia has apologised.

Veolia... hmm, private water company with strange name.
Apparently been other burst problems in the area.
Just like everything now in this country, bound to be foreign owned.

It is, it's French. Couldn't give a ...

Imagine if that car had been a few seconds later, full of kids in the back, at the speed limit.
Yeah, that bears thinking about.
Veolia......they also take our refuse away......ffs too many fingers in too many pies (or des Tartes)...

They can't even collect the rubbish properly so what chance they can look after miles and miles of water pipes...

MacW

1,349 posts

193 months

Friday 7th October 2011
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dandarez said:
Water firm Veolia has apologised.

Veolia... hmm, private water company with strange name.
Apparently been other burst problems in the area.
Just like everything now in this country, bound to be foreign owned.

It is, it's French. Couldn't give a ...

Imagine if that car had been a few seconds later, full of kids in the back, at the speed limit.
Yeah, that bears thinking about.
Oh won't somebody think of the children!

Munich

1,071 posts

213 months

Tuesday 11th October 2011
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newdogg06 said:
Reports are the driver heard a noise and got out of her car. It was then swallowed up amid a river of sand and mud from a burst 12" main. That stretch of the A320 has had a couple of similar incidents recently, albeit without semi-amphibious vehicles ending up in them.
Was the driver already stationary? Why would you stop? Or was the whole street effected but it only gave way under the weight of the car.

newdogg06

Original Poster:

266 posts

206 months

Monday 17th October 2011
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Already stationary in traffic. Wrong place at the wrong time!

IanUAE

3,018 posts

181 months

Monday 24th October 2011
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Veolia own 3 water companies in the uK and Connex is Veolia's transport division.

wibble cb

3,971 posts

224 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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newdogg06

Original Poster:

266 posts

206 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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wibble cb said:
You guys have to do it bigger and better! wink

Worrying amount of brown frothy stuff in pic 6!

vit4

3,507 posts

187 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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I knew I'd heard of Veolia before


http://www.ensignbus.com/coaches.htm



Bus company that looks after water pipes (and apparently rubbish?). Excellent. hehe

wushuangpu

20 posts

166 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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Oh god,is too unlucky

mrtwisty

3,057 posts

182 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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Bloody Nora!

That'd make your tinter twitch!