M25 closed both directions

[rf065]

Like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYLpjN8yYPQ&feature=related

Russ

 

[robert.saunders]

Re-opening now (partial)

26/08/2009 15:51:46

CLEARM25 Surrey | Anticlockwise | Incident | Clear
On the M25 anti-clockwise entry slip at junction J14 , delays due to an incident have now cleared.
Information from Highways Agency (NTCC) ref U-09-0826-0136
http://http://www.trafficengland.co.uk/map.aspx?isTrafficAlert=true&lat=51.465512&lon=-0.510371

26/08/2009 15:55:22

CLEARM25 Surrey | Clockwise | Incident | Clear
On the M25 clockwise entry slip at junction J12 , delays due to an incident have now cleared.
Information from Highways Agency (NTCC) ref U-09-0826-0135
http://http://www.trafficengland.co.uk/map.aspx?isTrafficAlert=true&lat=51.404923&lon=-0.539859

26/08/2009 15:52:09

CLEARM25 Berkshire | Anticlockwise | Incident | Clear
On the M25 anti-clockwise entry slip at junction J13 , delays due to an incident have now cleared.
Information from Highways Agency (NTCC) ref U-09-0826-0142
http://http://www.trafficengland.co.uk/map.aspx?isTrafficAlert=true&lat=51.442147&lon=-0.53011

26/08/2009 15:52:43

CLEARM25 Berkshire | Clockwise | Incident | Clear
On the M25 clockwise entry slip at junction J13 , delays due to an incident have now cleared.
Information from Highways Agency (NTCC) ref U-09-0826-0141
http://http://www.trafficengland.co.uk/map.aspx?isTrafficAlert=true&lat=51.446244&lon=-0.528396

 

[Howard]

The hotel is right at the back of Bell Weir Lock.

AFAIK the large gas main crosses the river underneath the M25 flyover which is about 100 yards downstream of the lock.

I expect it will be nice and quiet on the river there today

 

[Satch]

If the wind was blowing gas over the motorway then car engines are a source of ignition, not diesels though.

Russ

Sadly not. Diesel engine runaway can be real problem in conditions where you have a high concentration of hydrocarbon (i.e gas) in the air. Effectively you have got an external fuel source and turning off the ignition switch or fuel system will not stop it. So in places like drill sites, refineries or gas terminals you find safety certified diesel engines that in addition to other safety measures have an engine air cut off valve.

Could try to deliberately stall the engine or stuff yer sock into the air intake but might not have long to do that because if there is enough gas in the air the engine is sucking in it will self fuel with no control over rpm until it lets go.

You would need to have a lot of gas in the air though.

 

[johnpidge]

This seriously fecked up the traffic in W London last night - so glad I don't have a dog otherwise I would have missed the cremated remains of my dinner...............

 

[Satch]

This seriously fecked up the traffic in W London last night - so glad I don't have a dog otherwise I would have missed the cremated remains of my dinner...............

Mrs S narrowly missed getting stuck in this:

Five-hour jam on the M25... fingers crossed for a better bank holiday | News

Pretty horrendous and right now the M25 is closed anti-clockwise between junctions J8 and J6. That is three days in a row the M25 has been subject to closures

 

[wemorgan]

Mrs S narrowly missed getting stuck in this:

Five-hour jam on the M25... fingers crossed for a better bank holiday | News

Pretty horrendous

I love the irony of the variable speed limits saying 40 mph.
I bet the drivers stuck in the jam would love to be doing 40!

 

[James Rothwell]

I won't be going from Epsom to Southend tonight then I guess. Never mind!