Don't park in the emergency services lane
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Not there on the M1. I know it well as it's 2 minutes from my flat. Looks like they're all queuing up to get off at junction 5.
I bet those number plates he was videoing go no further than his youtube warrior video.
Some people are morons, this has and always will be the case it just seems that it is becoming a more popular hobby to try and catch these people on film.
I'm just as bad though. I snapped this delightful fellow on the A47 blocking two lanes 800 yards before a merge in turn.
I emailed the photo to the company with a description of his antics
Some people are morons, this has and always will be the case it just seems that it is becoming a more popular hobby to try and catch these people on film.
I'm just as bad though. I snapped this delightful fellow on the A47 blocking two lanes 800 yards before a merge in turn.
I emailed the photo to the company with a description of his antics
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^ I'm pretty sure Ryder mainly lease/hire out vehicles so I doubt they'll do anything... 
Well they say you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover...
Well they say you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover...
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No way is he a nice bloke if he's got mutilated ears
I hate that. People think they're doing everyone in lane 1 some kind of favour with their crusade against the nasty overtakers, but all they're doing is increasing the amount of time it takes to get moving again after the merge, especially 800 yards away...just wtf is he thinking?!
I hate that. People think they're doing everyone in lane 1 some kind of favour with their crusade against the nasty overtakers, but all they're doing is increasing the amount of time it takes to get moving again after the merge, especially 800 yards away...just wtf is he thinking?!
^ I'm pretty sure Ryder mainly lease/hire out vehicles so I doubt they'll do anything...
I got a reply back from them and as you say the vehicle was leased.
What a legend!
Reminds me of the time I went to Doncaster to pick up an engine. The motorway was closed up ahead and I ended up getting stuck in a monumental amount of traffic. It must have taken about 6 hours to travel 5 miles.
As I approached the exit, I noticed that the hard shoulder was coned off meaning that the morons who'd sneaked past previously were trying to get back onto the carriageway.
I was in my old Rover Coupe that I didn't really care about so I took great pleasure in blocking as many of these utter morons as I could. As you can probably imagine, I'd been sitting there for a LONG time and was not about to let some cheeky **** back onto the motorway. They can sit there and wait, just like me and the many other law abiding people had been doing.
Reminds me of the time I went to Doncaster to pick up an engine. The motorway was closed up ahead and I ended up getting stuck in a monumental amount of traffic. It must have taken about 6 hours to travel 5 miles.
As I approached the exit, I noticed that the hard shoulder was coned off meaning that the morons who'd sneaked past previously were trying to get back onto the carriageway.
I was in my old Rover Coupe that I didn't really care about so I took great pleasure in blocking as many of these utter morons as I could. As you can probably imagine, I'd been sitting there for a LONG time and was not about to let some cheeky **** back onto the motorway. They can sit there and wait, just like me and the many other law abiding people had been doing.
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Although it's fair play to him for this video he's breaking a highway code himself:
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You MUST NOT pick up or set down anyone, or walk on a motorway, except in an emergency.
[Laws RTRA sect 17 & MT(E&W)R reg 15]
I don't think this was an emergency.
Minor point though and being a bit picky.
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You MUST NOT pick up or set down anyone, or walk on a motorway, except in an emergency.
[Laws RTRA sect 17 & MT(E&W)R reg 15]
I don't think this was an emergency.
Minor point though and being a bit picky.
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bird at 6:20 looked to have nice legs
Lol - I noticed that too
Dude's a legend - unfortunately I cant see any repercussions occurring due to his video though
Yeah, he did have a fair point however it was extremely cringeworthy viewing.
Seems like your average misguided Stokie (from his accent) to me!
I would have found it rather funny if the standing traffic had started moving without warning - as it often does!
Had the emergency services come along with blues & two's blaring, then the traffic would move to make a space, just as it does on the M6 / M42 when the hard shoulder is used at peak times.
I see this often, its really not that much of an issue. As an HGV driver, I would far perfer people queue on the hard shoulder (such as the Warwick turnoff on the M40) from my point of view, its safer.
I would have found it rather funny if the standing traffic had started moving without warning - as it often does!
Had the emergency services come along with blues & two's blaring, then the traffic would move to make a space, just as it does on the M6 / M42 when the hard shoulder is used at peak times.
I see this often, its really not that much of an issue. As an HGV driver, I would far perfer people queue on the hard shoulder (such as the Warwick turnoff on the M40) from my point of view, its safer.
It's because you use the M1 up North, where in general people are less selfish and self centered in general