Sticky situation

[Plastic chicken]

I just joined up today, and hope to play an active part in this lively forum. As a professional driver and keen biker, I've a great interest in all motoring matters.
Forgive me if this conundrum has appeared before..it happened to me recently: On a narrow NSL two-way road you encounter a red traffic light at an unmanned set of roadworks which extend round a blind bend. You wait for several minutes, and it becomes apparent that the lights have jammed at red at your end of the roadworks. What do you do...?

[Tunku]

Plastic chicken said:

I just joined up today, and hope to play an active part in this lively forum. As a professional driver and keen biker, I've a great interest in all motoring matters.
Forgive me if this conundrum has appeared before..it happened to me recently: On a narrow NSL two-way road you encounter a red traffic light at an unmanned set of roadworks which extend round a blind bend. You wait for several minutes, and it becomes apparent that the lights have jammed at red at your end of the roadworks. What do you do...?

Get out of your vehicle, tip the light over, get back in and drive cautiously forward. If you meet someone coming the other way and there is no room to pass, reverse back. Either way the other party will see the lights on your end tipped over and not working, so you will feel Ok.

[henrycrun]

I once had a similar encounter. 30 yards of stationary traffic ahead. I got out, inspected the new tarmac on the other side of the cones, moved half dozen cones (accompanied by loud cheers) and drove slowly through the roadworks, quickly followed by a small convoy of relieved drivers

[Big Rod]

henrycrun said:

I once had a similar encounter. 30 yards of stationary traffic ahead. I got out, inspected the new tarmac on the other side of the cones, moved half dozen cones (accompanied by loud cheers) and drove slowly through the roadworks, quickly followed by a small convoy of relieved drivers