For months I’ve been driving past knutsford services, but I’ve never planned my break there because on the signs on the M6 there is clearly a picture of a lorry with a red diagonal line through,mindicwting no HGVs. Makes sense really with Lymm truck stop being so close.
Today though I drove past and had a look at both sides on the way past and I saw HGVs parked in there.
So are the signs saying no HGVs old and redundant or do drivers just ignore them and find somewhere to squeeze in on the car park??
There’s only a ‘tiny’ amount of ‘emergency’ parking NB and not much SB, pretty sure it’s easy enough to get fuel though.
Due to the old nature of the site and being lanlocked and in greenbelt etc Moto ended up doing a deal to buy Poplar Truckstop (Lymm) and expanding it as a ‘split’ MSA facility, the first, last and only time it has happened.
A few years ago i pulled up with some dozy bint who ran out of fuel 1/2 way up lane 2 of the M56 jnc 14 slip trying to get to Chester services as she thought the red line through the truck at Knutsford meant ‘trucks only’ so she carried on
Yes and you can park there bit it is very limited they put it up because they reduced the hgv parking there after buying pops personally I think the sign is illegal as there legally required to allow hgv park.
The real joke is the so called safety group brake who when contacted about this sign going up weren’t bothered at all.
alix776:
Yes and you can park there bit it is very limited they put it up because they reduced the hgv parking there after buying pops personally I think the sign is illegal as there legally required to allow hgv park.
The real joke is the so called safety group brake who when contacted about this sign going up weren’t bothered at all.
And they prefer you to go to the highway bandits at the next junction north-bound.The Pops
alix776:
personally I think the sign is illegal as there legally required to allow hgv park.
The real joke is the so called safety group brake who when contacted about this sign going up weren’t bothered at all.
2917.1 series sign given national authisation in 2012. Is is possible to get a NP2917.1 (non prescribed) sign with the red line through it.
Similiar to the nationally authorised 2313.5 sign for trunk road service areas.
Gov ‘policy’ not ‘law’ stipulates HGV parking must be available to be signed as an MSA etc except in extraordinary legacy cases ie old sites.
The draft marking is because the new Tsrgd don’t get published until later this year.
I asked a staff member in the garage whilst I fuelled up in there once why there was a hgv ban, she said she had no idea.
I think the real reason is, it’s to restrict the amount of heavies departing northbound being involved in accidents with muppets wanting to be off at J19, seems to be a popular pass time on that short stretch of motorway.
That’s what Alix776 used as well
The reason from above still stands
speedyguy:
Due to the old nature of the site and being landlocked and in greenbelt etc Moto ended up doing a deal to buy Poplar Truckstop (Lymm) and expanding it as a ‘split’ MSA facility, the first, last and only time it has happened.
There were plans to knock it down and move if further south and expand it at one stage but they didn’t come to anything, maybe cost, land ownership issues, Closeness of Sandbach as there USED to be a spacing policy and Sandbach was an infill site (removed to promote competition) greenbelt Nimbyism ?
many years ago it had a drivers cafe on the bridge, think it was called “truckers” and it was a regular place to stop overnight, although southbound parking could be a bit tight.
