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illidan said:i was only doing 25 through the speed bumps because i was in a very low ford fiesta (having now seen the light) and the amount of speed bumps on the road is unreal
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glojo said:The Police nowadays seem to have competitions to see who can keep a road shut the longest following a serious road traffic incident. The excuse given is that it is a crime scene and they will keep it closed for however long it takes. This will mean sometimes a three hour wait for someone to come along and take very detailed measurements to prepare drawing. Taking these measurements can sometimes take another four hours!!!!!
Why not use a digital, calibrated camera and take 'hundreds' of pictures from a helicopter??In the 21st century we now have technology that will convert these pictures or even take them in 3D. Taking pictures from an exact height will allow measurements to be taken, I accept that road surface tests, braking test might still need to be carried out, but these are sometimes carried out days after the incident?
The arguement that tests have to be carried out straight away is laughable, our country can have rain, snow or even sunshine all within the time the road is closed for these tests!!! No way can anyone argue the tests were carried out in the same conditions.![]()
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Road rage, road rage. Vehicles that get diverted off this trunk route simply get 'lost' in the wilds of Devon causing absolute chaos and mayhem on our minor roads and in our small villages.
In Devon there is one main trunk route** which allows access through the county into and from Cornwall, it is not uncommon for this road to be closed for sixteen hours simply because two cars have collided and one person was seriously injured. Sixteen hours is crazy, indeed this year it has even managed a 24 hour closure, no doubt someone is already planning how they will beat that record.
John the rant
** There is the smaller, narrower A30, but this is a secondary route that caters for traffic that wants to access the northern regions of both counties.
illidan said:couldn't tell the court what car it was, and what the car itself was.
Swiss Toni said:The answer has something to do with -
1. Preservation of life
2. Prevention and detection of crime
Swiss Toni said:Any damage to the road surface might provide evidence of the collision (2.) but also if due to burning / spilt oil leaves the surface in a dangerous condition (and you'd want that put right before you rode your m/cycle over it....)
Swiss Toni said:What REALLY concerns me is that when there is a fatality on the railway (read suicide) there are actually targets for getting the line open (1 / 2 hours)!!! due to the financial penalties imposed on the rail companies.
Kill your neighbour and leave the body on the railway
Swiss Toni said:Kill your neighbour and leave the body on the railway
illidan said:well let me put it this way i don't trust any copper anymore, not when they are self serving and see the public as a nuisance getting in their way to a promotion and a big fat pension when they retire.
they just wanted to make an example out of me
but thanks anyway john
take careand watch out for dodgy coppers
Plodd said:I cannot begin to imagine why the roads you mention should have been closed for as long as there were. I know with the motorways if the central reservation has been damages that will be repaired before the road is reopened. This will take time dependant on how bad the damage is.
glojo said:If memory serves me correctly (highly unlikely) the A14 is a major route that goes right through Cambridgeshire?
John
illidan said:the thing is plodd that i had an ex-copper as a witness who worked for the police most of his working life., he was a top grade traffic cop, with that many qualifications it was unreal, he was also part of a special 12 man team that was set up to help with rta's and the like and even he said that if this case had been passed to him he said he would of asked what was going on and thrown it in the bin.
Shude said:I think they only get upset if you don't slow down
I was talking to a guy that was busted for driving across the middle of a tiny painted roundabout in the centre of Rochdale at about 1am. Sounds innocent at first (I'm sure we all do it when no-one is around) but he was doing about 50mph in a 20mph zone![]()
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