Debris in the road.

[Liokault]

MX5guy said:

I saw a guy in a BMW around a month ago stop and move a bucket that had blown onto the road from a building site during stormy weather. Good on him.

I was just reading on the Daily Wail web site that police, returning from disarming a woman harassing innocent travelling folk with a shot gun, arrested a BMW driver for bucket theft. He apparently used the "it was being blown by the wind" defence.

[Dyl]

Dyl said:

littleredrooster said:

mrmr96 said:

Call the Highways Agency Debris Reporting Hotline as soon as it's safe to report debris on Motorways. I've done this countless times. The number is: 0300 123 5000.

If you can read off the info from a 'mileage' sign then all the better to help them pinpoint the location.
http://www.highways.gov.uk/knowledge/17088.aspx

Using the roadside phones is quicker and easier. It automatically provides a location and goes directly to the most local control centre.

None in Scotland so far either...

Thanks for all the answers to my question, I now know what to do next time

To follow up my point above, it has come to my knowledge that the Highways Agency does not cover Scottish roads. So after a bit of Googling I have found the equivalent (Traffic Scotland) number for those of us north of the border.

Traffic Scotland Traffic Customer Care Line - 0800 028 1414

[soad]

90-odd% of road users (imo) will simpy swerve round/ignore wind-blown tree branches/bins/bricks etc.

Good on you for trying to clear it when possible

[kwakus]

I always try and stop safely and move the debris, especially after my brother hit a car battery in the middle of the road in his smart roadster