RE: Motorways are Quite Busy
Thursday 13th December 2001
Motorways are Quite Busy
M25 suffers delays shocker
Discussion
I don't understand this. Everytime there's a serious accident, the police feel obliged to close the motorway. I'll repeat that: close the motorway. Huh?
I'm realise someone somewhere (Highways Agency? Insurance companies?)desperately needs critical accident data to prevent, um, critical accidents that close the motorway. But that need should be balanced against the need to keep the entire country moving.
Why not just scrape the mess to one side, cover it with a screen if you must, and let people get on with it? Many a time I've driven by on the other side of a motorway closure and seen cops ambling around debris, taking photos and yes, schmoozing.
If not that (and why the Hell not?), then at the very least, there should be performance figures for clearing fatal accidents.
Motorways agencies should also have pre-established diversions ready to go. Time and time again, hapless motorists are thrown off the only direct route to their destination, and left to wander around the countryside (well "crawl") trying to find their way through traffic choked towns.
Sometimes, wouldn't it be better to just let them wait until the motorway clears? Oh, I forgot, it takes hours to clear up.
Frankly, UK accident management policy is not good enough. The figures tell the tale.
making friends wherever I go
I'm realise someone somewhere (Highways Agency? Insurance companies?)desperately needs critical accident data to prevent, um, critical accidents that close the motorway. But that need should be balanced against the need to keep the entire country moving.
Why not just scrape the mess to one side, cover it with a screen if you must, and let people get on with it? Many a time I've driven by on the other side of a motorway closure and seen cops ambling around debris, taking photos and yes, schmoozing.
If not that (and why the Hell not?), then at the very least, there should be performance figures for clearing fatal accidents.
Motorways agencies should also have pre-established diversions ready to go. Time and time again, hapless motorists are thrown off the only direct route to their destination, and left to wander around the countryside (well "crawl") trying to find their way through traffic choked towns.
Sometimes, wouldn't it be better to just let them wait until the motorway clears? Oh, I forgot, it takes hours to clear up.
Frankly, UK accident management policy is not good enough. The figures tell the tale.
making friends wherever I go
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