Farmer Giles lost a trailer load of bales about an hour ago near Tring. Bales land off the carriageway near a large roundabout, traffic passes it without trouble.
Along comes PC Plod who decides the road must be closed while Farmer Giles picks up his bales (distinct lack of load straps). Why do they turn something minor into a major incident?
In fairness it appeared Farmer Giles was getting a telling off, so hopefully the justice system will treat him as we are so treated.
In reality, this’ ll probably happen.
Turn up at court in Barbour jacket and wellies sticking of pig ■■■■.
Plead poverty, blaming flooding, wheat prices, vet bills for daughters’ horse etc.
remember the large bale of hay/(ROLL) that ran down a field through a hedge and took the head off an ex Rock star ( I think) driving along a country lane minding his own business, the van was crushed. couple of years ago.
Came back along the M4 last week, not far from junction 17 there was what must have been a whole lorry load of big bales in the verge on the westbound side…blown over?..no one hurt i hope.
edited for inappropriate remarks…didn’t realise there was a fatal accident involved, my humble apologies for any offence caused.
Juddian:
Came back along the M4 last week, not far from junction 17 there was what must have been a whole lorry load of big bales in the verge on the westbound side…blown over?..no one hurt i hope, if so apologies for being flippant…nice neat grouping even though they were in the dyke!!!..is dyke still a PC word?..
I believe this accident was a fatal. Read somewhere the driver had just picked the straw up to be delivered to flood victims in the South West.
Juddian:
Came back along the M4 last week, not far from junction 17 there was what must have been a whole lorry load of big bales in the verge on the westbound side…blown over?..no one hurt i hope, if so apologies for being flippant…nice neat grouping even though they were in the dyke!!!..is dyke still a PC word?..
I had a nearside super single let go a couple of weeks ago, on the A508 Northampton-Milton Keynes, on a wide section.
So I pulled over as far as I could without going in the verge & called the office. It was 16.45 on a Friday afternoon, just getting dark, so I left my side lights on & my hazards, very few people were getting held up & there were no cars backing up too far.
1 hour later Dee Dar Dee Dar turns up, parks behind me & puts his Blue Lights on all Flashy & Dramatic, (cars start to queue now) then starts asking me if I can move it up to a right hand turning because it’s creating a big ‘Footprint’, I said that I would ring the office & ask permission because it will probably tear the tyre off when I make the turn (I had 24 tons of Pop on board)& it will cost £200 for a new tyre, within 5 minutes Frank the Tyre Fitter turns up & has to park behind Mr Plods ‘Blue Flashing’ Car, (now we’ve created an even bigger footprint, cars were queuing both ways now) Frank agrees with me & also points out that if I knacker a brake chamber as the tyre gets ripped off, no one is going anywhere ! (Road was nicely backed up by now)
We all finally agreed that Frank, with me helping (push the tyres around for him) would change it in 10 minutes (he already had one on the rim) a bit like an F1 Pit Stop. Lol.
15 minutes later I pulled into the yard & all the traffic was on their way home & Plod was off looking for another ‘Big Footprint’ to knacker.
Juddian:
Came back along the M4 last week, not far from junction 17 there was what must have been a whole lorry load of big bales in the verge on the westbound side…blown over?..no one hurt i hope, if so apologies for being flippant…nice neat grouping even though they were in the dyke!!!..is dyke still a PC word?..
I believe this accident was a fatal. Read somewhere the driver had just picked the straw up to be delivered to flood victims in the South West.
Thats the one Santa. A mate of mine actually went onto a farm just off the M4 who’d loaded a wagon with straw that morning but never did hear if it was the same wagon.
Muckaway:
Farmer Giles lost a trailer load of bales about an hour ago near Tring. Bales land off the carriageway near a large roundabout, traffic passes it without trouble.
Along comes PC Plod who decides the road must be closed while Farmer Giles picks up his bales (distinct lack of load straps). Why do they turn something minor into a major incident?
In fairness it appeared Farmer Giles was getting a telling off, so hopefully the justice system will treat him as we are so treated.
In reality, this’ ll probably happen.
Turn up at court in Barbour jacket and wellies sticking of pig [zb].
Plead poverty, blaming flooding, wheat prices, vet bills for daughters’ horse etc.
Get let off.
Celebrate by ordering a new combine harvester.
Muckaway ,where do you get the time to spend so much on trucknet,i allways thought tippermen were flat out and paid by the load,if thats the case you must do a paper round and a milk round to make a descent wage
Juddian:
Surprised they left the straw there though, thought it would have been carted away whilst the road was shut, maybe the wind made that too dodgy.
This seems to be happening more and more. Accidents are getting left for a few days and are cleared at weekends or overnight when the roads are quiter. I’ve also noticed that barriers are no longer repaired straight away anymore. Normally a temporary barrier goes up and it’s months until a permanent repair is made. I’m wondering if the HA is struggling financially and are not doing the work until insurance companies have made payouts?
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The guy was Mike Edwards (Electric Light Orchestra) Happened late 2010 in Devon.
■■■■■■■…never knew that…only listening to them last night…
they did some great songs…
The Old Bill have always been known as " All noise and nusance " for years…
They certainly played some great tunes.
I didn’t know that about Mike Edwards either.
Went on ■■■■■■■■■■■ and the only note they have about is…“Edwards was killed on the A381 road between Harbertonford and Halwell near where he lived in Totnes in Devon, on 3 September 2010, when a cylindrical hay bale weighing 600 kilograms (1,300 lb) rolled down a hillside and collided with the van he was driving. A court case concluding on 19 November 2012 resulted in two defendants being found not guilty of health and safety charges relating to the accident.”
seth 70:
Muckaway ,where do you get the time to spend so much on trucknet,i allways thought tippermen were flat out and paid by the load,if thats the case you must do a paper round and a milk round to make a descent wage
Sat in the road closure for 20 minutes as it clearly wasn’t safe for anyone to pass. I don’t need to rush about, gaffer gets a guaranteed day rate so my way of working suits his ideals.
Note I was in the front door by 4pm and just eaten me dinner.
JLS Driver SOS:
remember the large bale of hay/(ROLL) that ran down a field through a hedge and took the head off an ex Rock star ( I think) driving along a country lane minding his own business, the van was crushed. couple of years ago.
