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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: plym ian on 27 December 2012, 19:33:38
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http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20851775
good idea or not?
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IMHO yes .... too many accidents caused on the "other side" by people trying to look across rather than driving their bit of the road.
It might also allow one lane to be opened sooner as the "workers" inside the screens are protected
Might also stop some of the horrific pictures where it might be how a family finds out why dad is not home yet .... the "news" business seem not to care about the feelings of others
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That appears to be a very good idea for all the reasons stated in the article. :y :y
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Puff of wind and there'll be several more accidents :)
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wont stop muppets tail ending into each other Problem is jelly in head not connected to direction control unit ;D ;D
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Nope. Well, yes. But the other carriageway will still slow down the same way. IMO.
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Agree in principle but where will these trailers be stored? :-\ Surely if it takes too long to arrive at the scene of an accident, the whole purpose of them will be wasted.
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http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20851775
good idea or not?
Well, sort of. People will still slow down to gawp at flashing blue lights etc
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People will still rubberneck, blue lights, screens will still make people interested.
Just with them up, won't get a good look at whats gone on!
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"The partitions will be put up to deter drivers who slow down to look at crashes on the opposite carriageway and therefore slow down the traffic behind. "
definitely necessary.. drivers watch it like tv when there is a big traffic behind them >:(
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Could be a very good idea and may well mean that roads that would normally have to be closed due to the gruesomeness of the scenes can remain open :-\ :-\
Mind you, I think it's a very expensive set of Heras Fencing panels :o :o
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good idea.....but these have taken four years to get them :y
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Good idea, a mate of mine works on the accident recovery on the motorways and from some of the things he has told me then that could help save a lot more accidents caused by rubbernecking
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£22,000 for 30 screens? That's typical public sector procurement. It's easy to spend other peoples money. I'm sure Harris fencing with tarpaulins would do the job to the same standard and be alot cheaper.
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Seeing the damage at slow speed can be useful in deterring bad driving and showing what may have happened. Plus if you've been stuck in traffic and after all that waiting you only get to look at some green screens it makes the waiting even more annoying.
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All this talk about motorway accidents has reminded me of all the ones I have seen over 40 years.
The worst though was only a few years ago on the M25 just past the M11 interchange, and I wish screens had been deployed then.
A white Ford Escort convertible had just run underneath the back of an articulated lorry's trailer on the hard shoulder, with the trucks driver running back to see what had happened. All I could focus on, late at night, on an empty very well lite section of M-Way, was a man, or rather his head, hanging down on the side of his car's door with the frames of the trailer right on top of him. It was an horrific sight, and although I have seen the aftermath of many ghastly accidents, this one really hit me bad and for the next few miles I was in shock and feeling very sick. It was awful.
In that case any screens would have come too late to save my feelings, and no doubt many others until the emergency services arrived. But, they would have saved many others seeing the sickening sight later.
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That policeman on the picture seems to be trying to find a way in ;D