M6 Toll Closed by armed police

[Vanquish-Storm]

whys this been moved

I was just thinking this? Big massive post about people cycling down duel carriageway stays in GD. Potential terrorist chemical attack moved to motors??

 

[rsatd]

I fully expect the passengers to start munching on the police officers.

Haha!

 

[Glaucus]

MOD, have confirmed they are helping police with this situation.

 

[Muffin`]

Probably identified it as daylight robbery

 

[Muffin`]

"Man pours tea from a flask"

Indeed, it'll be steam

 

[Muffin`]

MOD, have confirmed they are helping police with this situation.

'Yep, it's a Pot Noodle, Dave.. I mean Gov'

 

[Glaucus]

'Yep, it's a Pot Noodle, Dave.. I mean Gov'

I can just see it, man makes pot noodles, 20 die in fire due to no fire service.

A passenger phoned the police, bus pulled over and surrounded by unmarked police cars, then all the others.

 

[jaybee]

Why do people keep talking about a cyclist?

 

[Kerplunk]

Dem Police vans

 

[Efour]

Meh ive never posted in motors and never will again move this back to GD !

I hope it turns out to be something major, in an odd kind of way, as it was stopped.

If it is a pot noodle type flask of soup i will laugh my socks off.

 

[Mr Jones]

Maybe someone wanted a really cold drink with dry ice in their flask?

 

[smr]

You can tell the difference between steam and smoke though, steam is odourless and smoke usually carries a thicker texture / plume and is more often than not carries an aroma with it.

 

[Glaucus]

You can tell the difference between steam and smoke though, steam is odourless and smoke usually carries a thicker texture / plume and is more often than not carries an aroma with it.

All goes out the window, when someone's got a pre conceived idea.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

It could be a pot noodle.

The chemicals in those things could take a while to make safe

 

[Skillmister]

You can tell the difference between steam and smoke though, steam is odourless and smoke usually carries a thicker texture / plume and is more often than not carries an aroma with it.

People are idiots. Plenty of people think it's smoke coming out of cooling towers etc.

 

[Jez]

I drive an awful lot, in the region of 30k/pa.

This sort of police over exaggeration seems to me to be one of the major problems with a lot of the motorway congestion and delays that i see on an almost daily basis. Obviously an operation on this scale is unusual, but the comment above about the road being closed due to a tyre in lane 1 unfortunately strikes true with me. I get absolutely no sense of urgency at all when watching the police and highways agency operate. They have no sense of urgency at all. It’s an absolute farce a lot of the time when you look at the sheer scale of delays (and therefore cost) that they can cause for the sake of a single persons very slight safety benefit of being shielded by a highways agency 4x4 blocking a lane.

 

[Dis86]

that's what happens when you don't pay the toll...

 

[SMN]

lol at "over exaggeration" *facepalm*. A) you cant and B) its a possible terrorist attack that could kill 1000's, stuff your lorry and delay in a traffic jam.

 

[antijoke]

lol at "over exaggeration" *facepalm*. A) you cant and B) its a possible terrorist attack that could kill 1000's, stuff your lorry and delay in a traffic jam.

Kill 1,000's?

I know it's a Megabus, but still, this isn't India.

 

[Jez]

lol at "over exaggeration" *facepalm*. A) you cant and B) its a possible terrorist attack that could kill 1000's, stuff your lorry and delay in a traffic jam.

This sort of operation is obviously unusual, its hard to comment about this one directly. However the comments by the poster above and myself re delays caused by Highways agency and police with absolutely no sense of urgency, often causing massive disruption for very minor and non sinister incidents are certainly a major problem on our motorway network. Its health and safety gone mad at a massive economic cost.