:censored: Over head signs......
I was in my truck today driving North out of Devon (very nice area). I followed M5 and came off onto the M4 just near Bristol. From that junction on the M4 until i got about 10km away from Newbury, the over head signs showed.......
"SLOW 50 accident ".
The last sign i passed before exiting the M4 at Newbury said.....
"End"
There was not so much as a wheel trim on the hard shoulder, no crash, no evidence of a crash, no people running round flapping their arms, not a Police car or Traffic Womble in sight... Not even a BMW driver doing stupid things or a Mercedes driver on the phone.... Nothing.
So instead of calming the traffic in preparation to slow and prevent more accidents. What they have actually done is yet again is destroy any confidence that those signs are for anything more than telling us more :censored: we cant believe.....
More money wasted, well done Department of Transport.... :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
:agree:
Like you Kall I'm a 4k + a month mileage muncher and :agree: the confidence in the accuracy of the message system is being eroded by false info................
One day they will cause death and destruction if they haven't already..................................
Should we talk about poor lane discipline ?
I'm fed up of having to go from the nearside lane to the far lane because some moron has the god given right to travel at 53mph in the middle lane on a deserted motorway :gun_bandana: :gun_bandana: :gun_bandana:
@ 44 tonne gvw it must do your head in Kall
I'm ok now :surrender:...............just going to have a sugar fix :popcorn:............ some insulin :eek:............ and a lay down :yawn:
That'll be down to the Highways Agency then. :yawn:
Quote from: The Wolf on March 04, 2014, 11:00:30 PM
That'll be down to the Highways Agency then. :yawn:
Yes they are a good bunch .. Always on the ball !
Quote from: Rusty on March 04, 2014, 11:49:02 PM
Yes they are a good bunch .. Always on the ball !
They wouldn't know a ball even if you took the to a football match... :no:
Was this Monday afternoon? There was an accident East bound before 14:00 around this location police an ambulance were on scene, I was on way to sunny Reading in car.50 MPH and queuing traffic signs were on. Small hatchback driver was being loaded horizontally as I passed (no rubber necking required.....).
Was good to see plain clothes 62 Reg BMW 3 5 Series nicking white van man past Swindon :-)
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How I used to love my days on traffic, speaking with members of the public, making new friends.... :whistling:
Hmmmmmm..........
Ok, after Andy's post, i feel it is time to wind my neck back in and get off my soap box. :surrender:
Wolf was traffic? Is a sheriff? :eek: Kall runs away and hides under said box.... :whistling:
Aye Wolf - they were good days but all history now. Only thing I really miss is the vehicles and what we could do with them
Kall, thankfully I don't bear grudges against people who have threatened to chop me up into tiny, unidentifiable pieces of flesh with their axe. :mfr_lol:
Good days while they lasted as Winston said and some would say it was one of the best roles in the job, great cars & we had some cracking times in them.
+1 for Whinny and Mr Wolf ... They we're good days when one was able to use that filthy dirty disgusting and now unacceptable word ........ "Discretion" :eek: :eek: :
Quote from: The Wolf on March 05, 2014, 10:29:36 PM
Kall, thankfully I don't bear grudges against people who have threatened to chop me up into tiny, unidentifiable pieces of flesh with their axe. :mfr_lol:
Good days while they lasted as Winston said and some would say it was one of the best roles in the job, great cars & we had some cracking times in them.
:eek: Are you communicating in code there ? :whistling: :mfr_lol:
Quote from: Rusty on March 05, 2014, 10:36:09 PM
+1 for Whinny and Mr Wolf ... They we're good days when one was able to use that filthy dirty disgusting and now unacceptable word ........ "Discretion" :eek: :eek: :
So you good old boys ran 24v Senators then ? :scooter:
I'm not that old.....the other two are though! :popcorn:
Excuse us everyone whilst we go way off topic !!! ..... Charlie, WOW now you are talking ! I wasn't on Traffic at the time but doing my Street Duties when I used to see them flying about, and then of course it was the Rover SD1's just before I passed out of probation .. then it was simply a matter of time ................ :mfr_lol:
Quote from: Charlie747 on March 06, 2014, 12:48:44 AM
So you good old boys ran 24v Senators then ? :scooter:
Two wheels always better :cool:
(http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r403/GSAnut/MT301009_026_JHfuneral_zps955e5abc.jpg) (http://s354.photobucket.com/user/GSAnut/media/MT301009_026_JHfuneral_zps955e5abc.jpg.html)
Quote from: Rusty on March 06, 2014, 08:48:56 AM
Excuse us everyone whilst we go way off topic !!! ..... Charlie, WOW now you are talking ! I wasn't on Traffic at the time but doing my Street Duties when I used to see them flying about, and then of course it was the Rover SD1's just before I passed out of probation .. then it was simply a matter of time ................ :mfr_lol:
Bloody hell it'll be Granada's and Sweeny Todd next :mfr_lol:
Quote from: O.C. on March 06, 2014, 10:00:06 AM
Bloody hell it'll be Granada's and Sweeny Todd next :mfr_lol:
Speaking of which.....I was looking through some news archives story's and found a picccy of the car which was in circulation when Winston first joined, bless him. :whistling:
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s139/Jaffa_Cake101/East%20Coast%20Run%2028th%20June%202010/100_2375.jpg) (http://s151.photobucket.com/user/Jaffa_Cake101/media/East%20Coast%20Run%2028th%20June%202010/100_2375.jpg.html)
Quote from: The Wolf on March 06, 2014, 10:10:43 AM
Speaking of which.....I was looking through some news archives story's and found a picccy of the car which was in circulation when Winston first joined, bless him. :whistling:
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s139/Jaffa_Cake101/East%20Coast%20Run%2028th%20June%202010/100_2375.jpg) (http://s151.photobucket.com/user/Jaffa_Cake101/media/East%20Coast%20Run%2028th%20June%202010/100_2375.jpg.html)
Wow just check out that chrome :punk:
I am sure Winston has shown us this before, but this was his first day as a black rat apparently
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Cheeky Bleeders!
Did my advanced course in the 24v Senator. Wow! What a car!
This was the best bit though!! :whistling: :yes:
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What....Stationary with your feet on the ground ? :mfr_lol:
I see Kall has gone quiet and sheathed his axe. :mfr_lol:
Poor Kall, did nobody think to tell him that we have many many PC Plods on here, both current & ex.
Personally, I agree with him but I get so bored of pulling out to go around the :censored:heads I just don't bother any more.
Yes, I know that is undertaking and illegal. I would like 24,000 other instances to be taken into consideration M'Lud.
I would also like to know why nobody is doing anything about the problem of atrocious driving in the UK.
Standards are dropping fast.
It seems that half the cars out there have at least one defective light, fewer and fewer people can be bothered to use their indicators, and please don't get me started on the morons who stop before entering a roundabout WHEN THERE IS NOBODY ON THE ROUNDABOUT!!!!! :taz: :angry: :gun_bandana:
Quote from: Boomer on March 07, 2014, 08:08:15 AM
It seems that half the cars out there have at least one defective light, fewer and fewer people can be bothered to use their indicators, and please don't get me started on the morons who stop before entering a roundabout WHEN THERE IS NOBODY ON THE ROUNDABOUT!!!!! :taz: :angry: :gun_bandana:
My pet hate too... usually approaching an island behind the car in question the shout can be heard 'Get off the brakes then' motorists these days only seem to look at what is just in front of their bonnet :2guns:
The other day approaching a small island , 2 lanes , double decker bus in lane 2 turning right, car in front of me in lane 1... bus pulls across give way to turn right and the twat to his left in front of me just sat there, obviously thinking he couldn't see if there was anything coming ... god it boils my piss :censored:
god it boils my piss :censored:
Yep not heard that one before....................now stored in the Charlie747 waffle department :tt2:
I'm with Kall. All those coppers that instead of catching criminals sit around eating donuts and pointing laser guns to catch motorists.
:popcorn:
Quote from: Kwikasfuki on March 07, 2014, 11:10:21 AM
I'm with Kall. All those coppers that instead of catching criminals sit around eating donuts and pointing laser guns to catch motorists.
:popcorn:
:agree: They should ban donuts (or give them to me) and go get the bad guys .....................That'll be the Board Members of every UK Bank for starters................followed by every corporation that cheats the Tax Man :gun_bandana: :gun_bandana: :gun_bandana:
Quote from: Kwikasfuki on March 07, 2014, 11:10:21 AM
I'm with Kall. All those coppers that instead of catching criminals sit around eating donuts and pointing laser guns to catch motorists.
:popcorn:
Then there's all those rich bankers receiving salaries that the rest of us can only dream of. :whistling:
Quote from: The Wolf on March 07, 2014, 11:46:22 AM
Then there's all those rich bankers receiving salaries that the rest of us can only dream of. :whistling:
haha. I wish I was!
investment banking is where the bonus is
I work in retail banking. We get screwed
good deflection though! Let's get back on topic. You coppers ...
Asif, just checking did you type the above entry or was it your butler? :popcorn:
Quote from: The Wolf on March 07, 2014, 11:56:58 AM
Asif, just checking did you type the above entry or was it your butler? :popcorn:
Hahaha. My butler.
He says next time you come over expect :2guns:
Still here, just been re-calibrating my axe...... :hammer:
Switch fire right seems to be in order about now.....
Right....... What about them :censored: traffic wardens........ :whistling:
And let's have a big cheer for our Police Forces through out the UK......
(If i hide under this box long enough, i might just have got away with that one. Please no traffic wardens in here or i am doooooooooomed)
Oh, and it was all Tuggs fault.... :yes:
Quote from: Kall on March 07, 2014, 12:13:23 PM
Right....... What about them :censored: traffic wardens........ :whistling:
No such thing anymore... its all council parking wally's :whistling:
Kall what's your thoughts on VOSA? :popcorn:
You are asking a Truck driver about VOSA?
Oh gawd! Time to take to the Anderson Shelter. :surrender:
Quote from: The Wolf on March 07, 2014, 02:34:26 PM
Kall what's your thoughts on VOSA? :popcorn:
Well funny you should ask that.....
I think they are all outstanding, upstanding members of the community, doing a fantastic job looking after out roads and fellow drivers...... :innocent:
Ask me for the translation to that when you see me. But be warned the axe is sharp... :whistling: plus, if i type the translation i will get thrown off he site....... :yes:
Quote from: Boomer on March 07, 2014, 04:04:35 PM
You are asking a Truck driver about VOSA?
Oh gawd! Time to take to the Anderson Shelter. :surrender:
:agree: For that is my name :eek: