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« on: 15 October 2018, 18:42:50 »

Seems they drove at least 2 or 3 miles, surely they could have stopped on hard shoulder?
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« Reply #1 on: 15 October 2018, 18:45:27 »

Jetlag ?  ???
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« Reply #2 on: 15 October 2018, 18:58:42 »

Seems they drove at least 2 or 3 miles, surely they could have stopped on hard shoulder?
hard shoulder is for emergency use only
anything else would be naughty / anti-social / frowned upon  :y
plus you need road tax to park on the public highway  ;)
need you drive Tarmacin mister  :-\
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« Reply #3 on: 15 October 2018, 19:07:32 »

The M40 incident earlier....
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Re: Pikeys
« Reply #4 on: 15 October 2018, 19:08:45 »

For those who may not have heard traffic/national news

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-45869648
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Re: Pikeys
« Reply #5 on: 15 October 2018, 19:12:50 »

It's caravan owners that give caravans a bad name ::)
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« Reply #6 on: 15 October 2018, 19:19:26 »

For those who may not have heard traffic/national news

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-45869648
Oh I see  :-[
the stage coach won't bring the newspaper to these parts for another week  ;D
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« Reply #7 on: 15 October 2018, 19:39:42 »

Sat nav error, can't trust them.😂
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« Reply #8 on: 15 October 2018, 19:44:10 »

Be an old, confused fool towing a pikey wagon.

Where's Barry?  ;
Edit: it's ok, he posted earlier. Phew!  ;D
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« Reply #9 on: 15 October 2018, 19:52:34 »

Not withstanding all the pikey comments .. well used to them by now ... I struggle to understand how ANYONE ends up "accidentally" on the wrong side .... all the exit junctions (which would have become an "entry") are deliberately designed to make it extremely difficult to turn on "incorrectly". ... tight turns, angled roads, high kerbs, etc etc

I believe the concept is called "passive design" and is a major part of all road planning, and has been for many years. IIRC, there was even a load of "retrospective" work done on many junctions that were not originally designed that way.

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Re: Pikeys
« Reply #10 on: 15 October 2018, 20:07:26 »

Seems they drove at least 2 or 3 miles, surely they could have stopped on hard shoulder?
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Ah, but has the M40 still got a hard shoulder and not converted to a smart motorway?

I seem to remember when I last went in that direction it was being 'converted'.

How do people drive the wrong way though on any motorway!  Have met them a few times though in my driving career ::) ::)
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« Reply #11 on: 15 October 2018, 20:40:35 »

That's all standard motorway, none of the M40 is going smart. M4 is....

Hopefully the crash destroyed the caravan, one less on the road.  :)
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« Reply #12 on: 15 October 2018, 22:11:34 »

I didn't watch the national news earlier. Im sick & tired of the news and trying to avoid it.  :D
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Re: Pikeys
« Reply #13 on: 16 October 2018, 08:23:58 »

Here it is just before the accident. Some good reaction times here.
https://twitter.com/AlexVarga_/status/1051898094428844033
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Re: Pikeys
« Reply #14 on: 16 October 2018, 08:36:14 »

Here it is just before the accident. Some good reaction times here.
https://twitter.com/AlexVarga_/status/1051898094428844033

Holy crap  :o :o :o

I was thinking he made a wrong choice and was in or around the hard shoulder, not blasting down lane 3.  :o :o :o
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