If you was to come across a lane closure that didnt have a speed limit on it, ie dual carriageway would you go thought the lane closure at 50 or slow down , i slowed down last night to 45 and still got flashed at by the truck carrying the cone layers, surely they should place or put up a tempory speed limit to protect the workers ,or do you think i cheesed them off because they got a bit wet from my service water spray
narrrrr. speed up.
and if the jobsworth flashes you, then stop and ask if he knows you. 
Your choice entirely, but the cone heads wonāt be flashing at every truck that comes through 
What were you doing to upset them 
Iāll give you a clue, read the topic at the top of the page 
Please read that topic, and digest the points of view, before you kill someone 
cieranc:
Your choice entirely, but the cone heads wonāt be flashing at every truck that comes through
What were you doing to upset themIāll give you a clue, read the topic at the top of the page
Please read that topic, and digest the points of view, before you kill someone
The op was asking if there are roadworks and lane closures but the speed limit is not reduced then can he legally carry on at the limit set for no roadworks and legally he can obviously.
Unless you have legal speed limit signs posted ie. red circles with black numbers inside then the normal speed limit applies, anything else is advisory.
schrodingers cat:
Unless you have legal speed limit signs posted ie. red circles with black numbers inside then the normal speed limit applies, anything else is advisory.
correct, but i always slow down.
bald bloke:
cieranc:
Your choice entirely, but the cone heads wonāt be flashing at every truck that comes through
What were you doing to upset themIāll give you a clue, read the topic at the top of the page
Please read that topic, and digest the points of view, before you kill someone
The op was asking if there are roadworks and lane closures but the speed limit is not reduced then can he legally carry on at the limit set for no roadworks and legally he can obviously.
No, he didnāt ask that. Wether it was legal was never questioned. He asked
OTS:
would you go thought the lane closure at 50 or slow down.
cieranc:
bald bloke:
cieranc:
Your choice entirely, but the cone heads wonāt be flashing at every truck that comes through
What were you doing to upset themIāll give you a clue, read the topic at the top of the page
Please read that topic, and digest the points of view, before you kill someone
The op was asking if there are roadworks and lane closures but the speed limit is not reduced then can he legally carry on at the limit set for no roadworks and legally he can obviously.
No, he didnāt ask that. Wether it was legal was never questioned. He asked
OTS:
would you go thought the lane closure at 50 or slow down.
I do apologise old chap that was just my interpretation of the question.
bald bloke:
cieranc:
bald bloke:
cieranc:
Your choice entirely, but the cone heads wonāt be flashing at every truck that comes through
What were you doing to upset themIāll give you a clue, read the topic at the top of the page
Please read that topic, and digest the points of view, before you kill someone
The op was asking if there are roadworks and lane closures but the speed limit is not reduced then can he legally carry on at the limit set for no roadworks and legally he can obviously.
No, he didnāt ask that. Wether it was legal was never questioned. He asked
OTS:
would you go thought the lane closure at 50 or slow down.I do apologise old chap that was just my interpretation of the question.
If there was no speed limits posted, i asked what would you do , and i did slow down , so get of your ā ā ā ā ā ā ā high horse , jobsworth
limeyphil:
narrrrr. speed up.
and if the jobsworth flashes you, then stop and ask if he knows you.
True, Iād also keep a look out for cones flying about or workers who may be crossing or putting up signsā¦
OTS:
If there was no speed limits posted, i asked what would you do
I know, see above
OTS:
and i did slow down
Good lad, sign of a professional driver
OTS:
so get of your [zb] high horse , jobsworth
Sorry. Iām one of them lads who has to work on the hard shoulder (heavy recovery), and 3 times I been lifted clean off my feet by the draught of an artic. Twice been thrown into lane 1 (the draught lifts you up then throws you around the back of the trailer, and youāve no control over it whatsoever), but luckily enough there was nowt behind it for a couple hundred yards, I was able to roll quickly back to the hard shoulder.
Third time was in heavy but fast traffic, and the only thing that stopped me being thrown into the road was the straps on the tautliner I was working on, I managed to grab them on the way past!
If I hadnāt managed to grab them straps, Iād have been thrown in front of the next artic, about 20 yards behind this one, and also on the limiter.
If I come across as being on my high hore, itās because Iāve been close to being killed, in the process of helping another driver out.
This scenario can be avoided by moving over or slowing down when thereās people working on the hard shoulder.
Which you did, so thanks.
cieranc:
If I come across as being on my high hore, itās because Iāve been close to being killed, in the process of helping another driver out.
This scenario can be avoided by moving over or slowing down when thereās people working on the hard shoulder.
Which you did, so thanks.
Just to inject (no pun intended) a bit of humour into an otherwise serious thread - I heard thereās quite a lot of those in various cities around the country
Back to serious mode: men working in the road - even if standing on the back of a truck = slow down markedly.
No I would not do 50, as I have for the last few weeks on the a38 at night I would keep my speed at 56. The lads working on those stretches donāt even look up when Iāve went past at speed so that will do for me.
cieranc:
OTS:
If there was no speed limits posted, i asked what would you doI know, see above
OTS:
and i did slow downGood lad, sign of a professional driver
OTS:
so get of your [zb] high horse , jobsworthSorry. Iām one of them lads who has to work on the hard shoulder (heavy recovery), and 3 times I been lifted clean off my feet by the draught of an artic. Twice been thrown into lane 1 (the draught lifts you up then throws you around the back of the trailer, and youāve no control over it whatsoever), but luckily enough there was nowt behind it for a couple hundred yards, I was able to roll quickly back to the hard shoulder.
Third time was in heavy but fast traffic, and the only thing that stopped me being thrown into the road was the straps on the tautliner I was working on, I managed to grab them on the way past!
If I hadnāt managed to grab them straps, Iād have been thrown in front of the next artic, about 20 yards behind this one, and also on the limiter.If I come across as being on my high hore, itās because Iāve been close to being killed, in the process of helping another driver out.
This scenario can be avoided by moving over or slowing down when thereās people working on the hard shoulder.
Which you did, so thanks.
sorry, but if you are trying to do your job on hard shoulder and it really is unsafe ask the Highways Agency to get a unit to implimenta lane one closure, you can also ask the RCC staff via the #sos box to put up signs they sometines do to assist.
discoman:
cieranc:
OTS:
If there was no speed limits posted, i asked what would you doI know, see above
OTS:
and i did slow downGood lad, sign of a professional driver
OTS:
so get of your [zb] high horse , jobsworthSorry. Iām one of them lads who has to work on the hard shoulder (heavy recovery), and 3 times I been lifted clean off my feet by the draught of an artic. Twice been thrown into lane 1 (the draught lifts you up then throws you around the back of the trailer, and youāve no control over it whatsoever), but luckily enough there was nowt behind it for a couple hundred yards, I was able to roll quickly back to the hard shoulder.
Third time was in heavy but fast traffic, and the only thing that stopped me being thrown into the road was the straps on the tautliner I was working on, I managed to grab them on the way past!
If I hadnāt managed to grab them straps, Iād have been thrown in front of the next artic, about 20 yards behind this one, and also on the limiter.If I come across as being on my high hore, itās because Iāve been close to being killed, in the process of helping another driver out.
This scenario can be avoided by moving over or slowing down when thereās people working on the hard shoulder.
Which you did, so thanks.sorry, but if you are trying to do your job on hard shoulder and it really is unsafe ask the Highways Agency to get a unit to implimenta lane one closure, you can also ask the RCC staff via the #sos box to put up signs they sometines do to assist.
Thats the nature of the job im afraid , never understood why the hard shoulders wasnt made a lot wider, Isnt it the traffic wombles jobs now to assist in these situations so recovery agencies can carry out there work in a safezone. As for tempory lane closures, surely its in there s.s.o.w. to put up these signs to protect themselves.
i do slow down a bit when lane closures ,workmen in road etc etc
obviously 50 isnāt slow enough on a dual carraigeway because on the a631 a few weeks ago they reduced it from 50 to 30 for the roadworks
OTS:
discoman:
sorry, but if you are trying to do your job on hard shoulder and it really is unsafe ask the Highways Agency to get a unit to implimenta lane one closure, you can also ask the RCC staff via the #sos box to put up signs they sometines do to assist.Thats the nature of the job im afraid , never understood why the hard shoulders wasnt made a lot wider, Isnt it the traffic wombles jobs now to assist in these situations so recovery agencies can carry out there work in a safezone. As for tempory lane closures, surely its in there s.s.o.w. to put up these signs to protect themselves.
Trouble is gents, if the casualty vehicle is fully on the hard shoulder, the HA aināt going to shut lane 1.
To be fair, shutting lane 1 every time thereās a broken down car/truck on the hard shoulder would cause chaos.
In these cases, the best the HA will do is sit behind with the flashy lights going.
This isnāt going to stop that draught the artics produce when they pass on the limiter.
Only thing thatāll reduce this risk is for the driver to either move over, or slow down.
Despite popular belief, the HA aināt at our beckon call, weāre finding increasingly we ring for backup and theyāll tell us āno one available, be half an hour- an hourā.
As I understand it, they no longer āpatrolā the roads either, canāt afford the diesel 
So theyāll park up somewhere and wait for people to ring them. Funny that we ring, no-one available 