Crash causes chaos on the M60 (From Bury Times)

Please can we take the nice big landrovers off the Highways Agency and give them bubblecars instead?
Instead of towing the cars off the road the officers all stood around scratching their backsides - so the landrovers are a waste of money.

aardwolf wrote:
Please can we take the nice big landrovers off the Highways Agency and give them bubblecars instead?
Instead of towing the cars off the road the officers all stood around scratching their backsides - so the landrovers are a waste of money.

There must have been a good reason why they did not move vehicles from the road. All you see when you pass - rubber necking - is a snap shot of the incident. Why do people give them a hard time, all they do is help people. What do you do that's so important? Most of those guys are ex forces who work in difficult conditions in fast moving traffic for poor pay.

One lane had been closed due to an near Barton Bridge.

two spelling mistakes.

Travel time is said to be 75 minutes and one of the tree lanes is closed.

and what is a tree lane please?

bubs224 wrote:

aardwolf wrote: Please can we take the nice big landrovers off the Highways Agency and give them bubblecars instead? Instead of towing the cars off the road the officers all stood around scratching their backsides - so the landrovers are a waste of money.

There must have been a good reason why they did not move vehicles from the road. All you see when you pass - rubber necking - is a snap shot of the incident. Why do people give them a hard time, all they do is help people. What do you do that's so important? Most of those guys are ex forces who work in difficult conditions in fast moving traffic for poor pay.

I earn a living to keep a roof over my family's heads. That living is compromised by people who have no recognition that for every minute a road is shut because they are too busy fannying around polishing their high-vis jackets the economy is losing thousands. Their pay is adequate and the traffic on the M60 is always at a snails pace. About as dangerous as being a librarian. I repeat take the landrovers off them and give them a car so ridiculous that they won't want to stand around being observed doing nothing and may inject a sense of urgency in them.

/sarcasm

But they need to close the road as it could be a crime scene. Have they never heard of cameras?

end sarcasm/

The presence of these idiots serves only to prolong a situation, why do they need to close a lane to change a nearside tyre? Why, as you point out, do they appear en mass at an incident then stand round observing instead of getting on with sweeping glass, applying sand to spillages etc.

Traffic at stand still whenever there is an incident because idiots like you slow down to have a look at what is going on then complain about slow moving traffic! Brainless Joe Public. HA have never closed a lane to change a near side tyre, only an off side tyre. What is the tyre fitter supposed to do, stand in lane 1?. The only people to blame for slow moving traffic are the idiots who crash their cars. How hard is it to drive in a straight line? They don't carry sand for oil spills so they can not apply sand. They don't investigate crime. That's the police job. Cameras are not allowed to be used in court. Get your facts right fools.

aardwolf wrote:

bubs224 wrote:

aardwolf wrote: Please can we take the nice big landrovers off the Highways Agency and give them bubblecars instead? Instead of towing the cars off the road the officers all stood around scratching their backsides - so the landrovers are a waste of money.

There must have been a good reason why they did not move vehicles from the road. All you see when you pass - rubber necking - is a snap shot of the incident. Why do people give them a hard time, all they do is help people. What do you do that's so important? Most of those guys are ex forces who work in difficult conditions in fast moving traffic for poor pay.

I earn a living to keep a roof over my family's heads. That living is compromised by people who have no recognition that for every minute a road is shut because they are too busy fannying around polishing their high-vis jackets the economy is losing thousands. Their pay is adequate and the traffic on the M60 is always at a snails pace. About as dangerous as being a librarian. I repeat take the landrovers off them and give them a car so ridiculous that they won't want to stand around being observed doing nothing and may inject a sense of urgency in them.

Tell that to the family of the poor Traffic Officer who was killed last year. Killed whilst cleaning up someone else's mess.

It was absolutely ridiculous today, all due respect to those injured but it gets right on everyone else's nerves when they're sat in a jam just for the sake of someone not checking their mirrors or signalling. You still have a boss to deal with when you're late or an interview that you'll now miss because you've been sat in traffic for christ knows how long! Always problems on the M60 so I don't know why it's not widened. Or maybe people should be forced to take their driving test every three years to reduce accidents??

If I was a police officer working the motor ways I would want more than a landrover,I would want a tank.Then I could shoot the stupid barstools that speed and cut people off.

Middle lane hovers cause a lot of the problems, they should be shot!

If one of the tree lanes is closed, how will I ever make it to my branch!??

mg whites wrote:
One lane had been closed due to an near Barton Bridge.

two spelling mistakes.

Travel time is said to be 75 minutes and one of the tree lanes is closed.

and what is a tree lane please?

A tree lane in a small road in Ireland.