keefysher
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In this week of weather related events, there is a common theme in respect of stranded motorists, and the same reaction from the authorities / police / highways agency.
The reaction appears the problem, together with lack of knowledge of a scientists famous expression 'if you do the same thing repeatedly, how can you expect a different result. Madness'.
I think a response is the better way forward.
The difference between reaction and response appears lost in the snow, perhaps it should be yellow.
So in the various strandings the traffic has come to a standstill. On the A31 it was due to the glitter crashing and blocking the road. Anyway you have a blockage on a 2 or 3 lane carriageway, separated from the carriageway taking traffic the opposite direction. All the vehicles are facing the same way, traffic builds to make the blockage greater. The hard shoulders are kept clear to allow access to the front of the blockage to then release the blockage after very many hours.
So the road is blocked, or closed, so why not close it and stop more traffic entering it. When it's closed, why not clear the snow from the point of closure to the back of the blockage. Then turn the vehicles around and drive them on the now clear road to the point of closure and hold them, whilst the original snow blockage is cleared, exit the traffic off the junction it was closed at and send them back onto the now opened carriageway they were on. If you follow.
Back in the day I got caught in the snow storm that was the basis of the film 'Perfect Storm'. I was in the mountains at the time and spliced 2 4x4 jeeps together using steel cables and basically span them around and around to get off the mountain. The cops closed the interstate and every entrance had a block under threat of being shot to enable the interstate to be cleared of stranded traffic and make safe and clear to open.
Or is it more fun and media coverage to be the laughing stock of the world?
btw response requires thinking time to consider the action and is how fighter pilots are trained. Reaction is to make lots of noise, grab attention and achieve diddly squat, but people feel they are better than the quiet ones!!
The reaction appears the problem, together with lack of knowledge of a scientists famous expression 'if you do the same thing repeatedly, how can you expect a different result. Madness'.
I think a response is the better way forward.
The difference between reaction and response appears lost in the snow, perhaps it should be yellow.
So in the various strandings the traffic has come to a standstill. On the A31 it was due to the glitter crashing and blocking the road. Anyway you have a blockage on a 2 or 3 lane carriageway, separated from the carriageway taking traffic the opposite direction. All the vehicles are facing the same way, traffic builds to make the blockage greater. The hard shoulders are kept clear to allow access to the front of the blockage to then release the blockage after very many hours.
So the road is blocked, or closed, so why not close it and stop more traffic entering it. When it's closed, why not clear the snow from the point of closure to the back of the blockage. Then turn the vehicles around and drive them on the now clear road to the point of closure and hold them, whilst the original snow blockage is cleared, exit the traffic off the junction it was closed at and send them back onto the now opened carriageway they were on. If you follow.
Back in the day I got caught in the snow storm that was the basis of the film 'Perfect Storm'. I was in the mountains at the time and spliced 2 4x4 jeeps together using steel cables and basically span them around and around to get off the mountain. The cops closed the interstate and every entrance had a block under threat of being shot to enable the interstate to be cleared of stranded traffic and make safe and clear to open.
Or is it more fun and media coverage to be the laughing stock of the world?
btw response requires thinking time to consider the action and is how fighter pilots are trained. Reaction is to make lots of noise, grab attention and achieve diddly squat, but people feel they are better than the quiet ones!!