Random Irritations

[Fade and Die]

AW - FaD

Made it clearer now - sorry for the confusion.

I wondered if it was aimed at me?

 

[Billysboots]

Just goes to show how people ignore signs when they do not see a reason for them

You’re missing the point! People weren’t ignoring the signs. They were adhering to them, slowing down and moving out of the “closed” lane when there was absolutely no reason to.

A 40mph speed limit, being largely adhered to, and traffic filtering out of lane one despite the fact the obstruction had long since been removed, all causing a lengthy tailback, when the motorway was completely clear.

 

[jim8flog]

You’re missing the point! People weren’t ignoring the signs. They were adhering to them, slowing down and moving out of the “closed” lane when there was absolutely no reason to.

A 40mph speed limit, being largely adhered to, and traffic filtering out of lane one despite the fact the obstruction had long since been removed, all causing a lengthy tailback, when the motorway was completely clear.

Have you simply considered that the road repair team were somewhere behind you on their way to the scene to assess any damage to the road before deciding if the lanes could be brought back in to use.

 

[Billysboots]

Have you simply considered that the road repair team were somewhere behind you on their way to the scene to assess any damage to the road before deciding if the lanes could be brought back in to use.

This could end up in a lengthy back and forth!!

I was a motorway cop for years, so have some understanding and recognition of when a scene has been dealt with, cleared, and a motorway reopened. That is exactly what had happened here. With the exception of the overhead gantry signs being cancelled. And the fact they had not been cancelled was causing unnecessary chaos.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

This could end up in a lengthy back and forth!!

I was a motorway cop for years, so have some understanding and recognition of when a scene has been dealt with, cleared, and a motorway reopened. That is exactly what had happened here. With the exception of the overhead gantry signs being cancelled. And the fact they had not been cancelled was causing unnecessary chaos.

I regularly see gantry signs, 4 light boards 3 say a speed limit, one says end, and it isn't an outside lane either.
Theres also one on the A2 into London, 2 are blank, one says 40 but nother before or after it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Ahh that takes me back, always full of dog ends and chewing gum.

And having a race with a butt end with your mates from one end of the urinal to the other

 

[Neilds]

Speaking of urinals.......I can still remember when I first lived in the UK (1980), there were the occasional pubs that in the bathroom they just had metal walls so that you could just pee against the wall instead of actually having to hit a target. Ahhhh, the good ol' days.

when I was stationed in the far North of Scotland in the 90s, one of the pubs in the local town had a charity collection in the metal tray urinal! The trough was full of loose change that they used to collect, wash and donate to a local charity. There was a sign above stating that anyone caught taking the money would be banned for life - not sure why they would need to put people off from nicking pee covered coppers

 

[Beezerk]

People trying to argue to to$$

 

[PaulMdj]

Narcissists

 

[Slab]

Narcissists

Yeah and Chrysanthemums!

 

[PaulMdj]

Yeah and Chrysanthemums!

Especially around the Clubhouse.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Tommy Fury & Molly Mae have split up

 

[Pin-seeker]

People trying to argue to to$$

Nothing better to do

“I’m bored…let me find someone to argue with”

 

[Arthur Wedge]

People trying to argue to to$$

Heads

 

[Neilds]

Currently doing a couple of hours of online training, 2/3rds of the way through it crashes and my progress hasn't been saved. Now having to sit through the videos at double speed and redo the mini assessments again until I get back to where I was

 

[Orikoru]

I wondered if it was aimed at me?

Absolute W.. Fade and Die? But what could the W stand for?

 

[Slab]

Currently doing a couple of hours of online training, 2/3rds of the way through it crashes and my progress hasn't been saved. Now having to sit through the videos at double speed and redo the mini assessments again until I get back to where I was

Not well known but the ‘crash’ is actually part of the training & it tracks how trainees react to it

 

[PJ87]

Hope whoever's hurt on the road I'm stuck on is ok. Bit annoying that I was literally 5 cars from getting past the queue I had been working slowly through for 5 mins then the police arrived and we haven't moved (even bikes) for half an hour.

Irritating ofc but hope nobody is too hurt.

Oh I tell you what is annoying people getting out their cars. The expert crash investors

 

[srixon 1]

Hope whoever's hurt on the road I'm stuck on is ok. Bit annoying that I was literally 5 cars from getting past the queue I had been working slowly through for 5 mins then the police arrived and we haven't moved (even bikes) for half an hour.

Irritating ofc but hope nobody is too hurt.

Oh I tell you what is annoying people getting out their cars. The expert crash investors

Yes very annoying, but someone else is having a much worse day

My in-laws were once stuck on the M5 for over five hours without moving after a fatal accident had occurred about a mile ahead of them.

 

[PJ87]

Yes very annoying, but someone else is having a much worse day

My in-laws were once stuck on the M5 for over five hours without moving after a fatal accident had occurred about a mile ahead of them.

I got delayed by about 45 mins but it seems not fatal as was just stuff over the road which is why they closed it for those 45 mins then opened it and nothing was there