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my gripe for the day..

this morning there was a double accident on the way to work and the queue of traffic on the other carriageway was just as bad as our side.

i think rubbernecking needs to addressed somehow, maybe ANPR the plates of anyone caught doing it and 3 point them..
 
thats going to work... not

the car behind the car looking will still be going slow
 
Ah, but how do you know who is rubbernecking and who has been forced to slowdown by the RN in front?
 
Human nature unfortunately. You can have all the rules in the world with as big a penalties as you like, but that isn't going to stop people looking at a pile up.

The trick would be to prevent people from seeing the pile up in the first place - such as a 6 foot wall along the centre of a motorway/dual carriageway.
 
Stop people driving.......stop driving too close to the vehicle in front..........
 
It's not always rubber necking that's the problem. If you witness a big crash on the other carriageway, it's natural to brake hard, especially if it's in the outside lane and you think that something might come over the central reservation and hit your car. The car behind brakes hard too, which leads to the car behind braking and so on. This can build up to a massive tail back and there's very little that can be done about it.

If you're a mile back when it happens, by the time you reach the incident it appears that everyone's slowed down for a good gawp. I'd bet that 9 out of 10 people in the queue are also swearing about rubber neckers and just want to get to their destination.
 
Slaphead said:
The trick would be to prevent people from seeing the pile up in the first place - such as a 6 foot wall along the centre of a motorway/dual carriageway.
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:plusone:
 
Slaphead said:
The trick would be to prevent people from seeing the pile up in the first place - such as a 6 foot wall along the centre of a motorway/dual carriageway.
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Which could lead to more accidents due to sight lines!

Nothing you can do to stop it, as all the solutions would not be feesible.
 
Cut it off at the source.... Stop the pile up :-)
 
I do always wonder why it's necessary for the police to sit with their lights flashing when an accident has been cleaned up. Just makes people slow down and then as soon as you pass, you're back to normal speed. If they're safely in the hard shoulder then surely massive blue flashing lights aren't needed.
 
If you want a laugh just open up TP and go on to Out Of Focus, haven't laughed this much today
 
neil_g said:
i call nuke the entire site from orbit. its the only way to be sure.. :bat:
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Youre not in my area are ya? Had an accident locally thats caused havoc all day, only just opened back up
 
I spend 90% of my life on motorways

When a crash happens on the opposite carriageway you slow down or brake not because you're rubbernecking but because it's a reaction to a situation that you don't know the outcome of

A car or truck could come through the barrier so you're unintentionally preparing for it

Once someone brakes it causes a concertina effect to ripple through the traffic which spreads down the motorway, you can only go as fast as the car in front so even if the accident has cleared it can still take ages for the road to get back to normal speed.

I actually saw this happen this morning on the M6, a 6 car pile up in the outside lane at 7am between 19-18 caused by morons driving 10ft apart at 70mph

It's these idiots that need sorting out
 
Strappy said:
It's not always rubber necking that's the problem. If you witness a big crash on the other carriageway, it's natural to brake hard, especially if it's in the outside lane and you think that something might come over the central reservation and hit your car. The car behind brakes hard too, which leads to the car behind braking and so on. This can build up to a massive tail back and there's very little that can be done about it.

If you're a mile back when it happens, by the time you reach the incident it appears that everyone's slowed down for a good gawp. I'd bet that 9 out of 10 people in the queue are also swearing about rubber neckers and just want to get to their destination.
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That's exactly it.
 
wack61 said:
I spend 90% of my life on motorways

When a crash happens on the opposite carriageway you slow down or brake not because you're rubbernecking but because it's a reaction to a situation that you don't know the outcome of

A car or truck could come through the barrier so you're unintentionally preparing for it

Once someone brakes it causes a concertina effect to ripple through the traffic which spreads down the motorway, you can only go as fast as the car in front so even if the accident has cleared it can still take ages for the road to get back to normal speed.

I actually saw this happen this morning on the M6, a 6 car pile up in the outside lane at 7am between 19-18 caused by morons driving 10ft apart at 70mph

It's these idiots that need sorting out
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It is true.........but what you also need to do is stop the dicks undertaking.

Then stop the idiots pulling out at 60 and then sitting there slowing the whole lane down....then the undertakers...then the idiots at 60.......then the rolling truck chicanes.......then the lane hoggers.......then the rubberneckers:shake:

Teach them how to drive properly would be a start:thumbs:

EG indicators are not an optional extra - even on a BMW - dick!
 
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