Chaos after M25 crash - J16-17 - Diesel City!!

[CarZee]

If it starts raining which it looks like it might, when they open this, chances are it'll still be a bloody death-trap - especially for bikers...

www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=654139&in_review_text_id=625342

quote:Fresh chaos after M25 crash

Part of the M25, closed after a crash this morning, is set to remain shut all day.

The morning peak saw 10-mile tailbacks on feeder roads in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. Worse congestion was predicted for the evening rush hour.

It is the second time in a week that part of Britain's busiest motorway has been closed after an accident.

Today's jams were caused by a car and lorry colliding between junctions 16 and 17 at Gerrards Cross. Neither driver was badly hurt but 150 gallons of diesel seeped into the road surface. Police said the northbound carriageway would close until at least 5pm while it was made safe.

[plotloss]

I'm sure if they gave it 10 minutes a sand truck would collide with something, hey presto, job done!

Matt.

[Dazren]

Wonder what the cost to the economy this shunt is?

About time the government had a rethink on building more roads.

Especially the Outer London Orbital that has been proposed and shelved in the past.

DAZ

[dennisthemenace]

I guess the crash was caused by speeding as it seems to be the root of all evil at the moment

[Dazren]

quote:
I guess the crash was caused by speeding as it seems to be the root of all evil at the moment

Without knowing the facts of the incident I can confirm that at least one of the vehicles involved had momentum (aka speeding). Accordingly your guess will be proven to be quite correct.

DAZ

>> Edited by Dazren on Tuesday 30th July 18:38

[gnomesmith]

150 gallons of derv, thats 9000 miles if I keep under 90, call it 8000 and get home in time to watch the Bill.

[CarZee]

It was probably caused exactly the same way as the one last Friday.. Vecdeo twat nearly misses his junction whilst on phone, cuts artic up to get to the exit, artic anchors on, loses control and keels over...

I thought artics had all sorts of anti-jack-knifing, ABS and all that sort of safetee gubbins these days anyway???

[Fatboy]

quote:I thought artics had all sorts of anti-jack-knifing, ABS and all that sort of safetee gubbins these days anyway???

They do IIRC, but these systems can fail, and, like all 'driver aids' they do have their limits - not even the Skyline can completely circumvent the laws of physics