truckerbuster:
THE HIGHWAY MAN take it you will be asking for a hi viz with deeper pockets ready for the back handers for the call out also when i drive along the motorways and I see a chain or a huge tyre on the carriageway in the past you ring 999 but you sometimes get through to a different county police force is there a helpfull number you can ring I dont think there is one hence cutting out middle man allerting you boys and girls Quicker
Stop as safely and as quickly as you can and use one of the orange road side boxes. It takes you straight through to the Highways Agency control room and they will send the nearest patrol to the debris As for deep pockets, nothing to do with us poor bods on the slab Iām afraid, itās all sorted by our bosses in the ivory tower with the gold taps and the expense account
isnt there a simple number to call i know why you suggest orange box for location purposes but the hard shoulder is dangerous as the thread has often said HA think drivers are stupid if any one sees something on cariage way you have these new marker boards we are capable of giving near exact locations or like the olden days a lampost number i know you are doing your best but i supose your boses cycle to work ie no common
I think if there was a simple number to use then maybe the police would advertise it instead of putting up yellow signs requesting (in small print) witnesses to pull over and use the call box on the hard shoulder or ring [the illegible number they provide] ?
The Highways equivilant of 999 is: 08457 50 40 30.
Tell them motorway,carraigeway and marker post (the new large blue marker posts have c/way on them.Either A or B) and they will pass to relevant regional control room.
truckerbuster:
THE HIGHWAY MAN take it you will be asking for a hi viz with deeper pockets ready for the back handers for the call out also when i drive along the motorways and I see a chain or a huge tyre on the carriageway in the past you ring 999 but you sometimes get through to a different county police force is there a helpfull number you can ring I dont think there is one hence cutting out middle man allerting you boys and girls Quicker
Stop as safely and as quickly as you can and use one of the orange road side boxes. It takes you straight through to the Highways Agency control room and they will send the nearest patrol to the debris As for deep pockets, nothing to do with us poor bods on the slab Iām afraid, itās all sorted by our bosses in the ivory tower with the gold taps and the expense account
This reminds me of a story I was told recently. A friend of mine works in a control room call centre for Warwickshire police. She was retelling the story of a call she took. " Hello, can you see me?" I have crashed my car. Can you give me some details, where are you? Im on the motorway you stupid cow.
Can you tell me which motorway you are on. Im going to Birmingham, ok sir remain calm and tell me can you see any signs or numbers on the road side. Look. I have crashed, Im on the motorway, stood under a camera waving, can you see me?
Right sir. I am in a control room that controls about 300 miles of motorway that includes the M1, M69, M6, M5, M42, M45 and M40. Now can you tell me which motorway you are on, which direction you are travelling and what assistance you require. Im heading East towards Birmingham, my wife is in the car and is getting upset with me. Yes Sir I understand why. now if you cannot tell me where you are I will put the phone down too.
it turned out that this bloke had crashed his car into a road sign on the M40. They discovered this when someone called in and reported it to the same operator
My friend wanted to ring him back to sympathise with his wife and tell him the M40 actually ran North to South
Wheel Nut:
When did the highways and bye ways of Britain become a network?
It hasnāt, itās only in England! we donāt do Scotland, Wales or N. Ireland
Country discrimination
Itās just as well really, Highways Agency Traffic Officer (HATO) is easy to remember, but could you imagine the uproar if the Scottish Highways Incident Team or the Transport Wales Accident Team hit the roads!!
Personally me tinks you boys do a fine job indeed. if not a tad riskyā¦ full respectā¦ ive blocked a lane/road off for em a cupple o times. and lets not 4get it lets them nice officers of da law get on wid der bizzness of chasin after real crimminals,.hmmā¦eg reps / them big porsche drivers,honestly im not jelous at allā¦
ābout the porsches of courseā
clutchdipper:
Personally me tinks you boys do a fine job indeed. if not a tad riskyā¦ full respectā¦ ive blocked a lane/road off for em a cupple o times.
Clutchdippers a Wannabee Hato
With regards to Wheelnutās post, we had rtc into central res saturday.
āLocation pleaseā " going south 72 Miles from birmingham on the satnav"
ābut the junction weāre near has traffic lights on itā
Good job we know jnc 19 Knutsfords is about 72 miles from B/ham with traffic lights on
If you dial 999 unless you get a motorway trained 'oppo, most donāt know what a marker post is
What is most worrying is this guy is considered to be a class 1 professional, and also works on high speed roads and motorways, yet couldnāt be bothered to show any ounce of common sense to fellow roadworkers or respect to the dead truckers blown over.
Will a custodial sentence give him more time to consider his future actions ? Itās bad enough working in pitch black conditions with 20 miles between lamposts without pricks like simpson making it any harder .
But letās look on the brightside most truckerās are more switched on than that guy .
I wouldnāt mind, he only lives 2 minutes walk round the corner from me, guess who wont be telling him what I do for a living next time I bump into him
extrucker:
The Highways equivilant of 999 is: 08457 50 40 30.
Tell them motorway,carraigeway and marker post (the new large blue marker posts have c/way on them.Either A or B) and they will pass to relevant regional control room.
extrucker:
The Highways equivilant of 999 is: 08457 50 40 30.
Tell them motorway,carraigeway and marker post (the new large blue marker posts have c/way on them.Either A or B) and they will pass to relevant regional control room.
extrucker:
The Highways equivilant of 999 is: 08457 50 40 30.
Tell them motorway,carraigeway and marker post (the new large blue marker posts have c/way on them.Either A or B) and they will pass to relevant regional control room.
extrucker:
The Highways equivilant of 999 is: 08457 50 40 30.
Tell them motorway,carraigeway and marker post (the new large blue marker posts have c/way on them.Either A or B) and they will pass to relevant regional control room.
What is the alternate 01 number please
From Say No To 0870 it is 0121 3358300
Is that for all HA regions or just one
There is seven regions and numerous local RCC numbers
South East RCC Godstone 01883744114
East RCC South Mimms 01707608506
The 0845 7 50 40 30 is a local rate number The motorway sos boxes
are FREE.
extrucker:
The Highways equivilant of 999 is: 08457 50 40 30.
Tell them motorway,carraigeway and marker post (the new large blue marker posts have c/way on them.Either A or B) and they will pass to relevant regional control room.
What is the alternate 01 number please
From Say No To 0870 it is 0121 3358300
Is that for all HA regions or just one
That is the alternativeto the 0870504030 number which is the HAIL number nationwide
Simon:
There is, I think, a brilliant road worker safety poster.
Itās on the North bound side, near the start of the roadworks at Carlisle.
The poster is very simple, it shows a photoā of a road workers back.
The road worker is wearing a hi-vis waterproof jacket and hard hat.
Across the back of his jacket is printed the safety message, it says quite simply -
Loved Ones At Work
Before slagging anyone one else off, think about that message for a minute.
This could be you or me wearing that jacket, or recovery, or a tyre fitter, or Police, or a HATO, or a Paramedic, or a road worker, etc.
The point is whatever label we get due to our job, we are there to do a job not there to intentionally cause anyone hassle.
Someone loves us (OK, maybe with the exception of HATOs ).
Someone expects us home after our shift, however long that shift may be
there is a giant poster up in scunthorpe steel works saying something similarā¦
nothing you do here today is more important than going home to your wife and kids tominght.
Before slagging anyone one else off, think about that message for a minute.
This could be you or me wearing that jacket, or recovery, or a tyre fitter, or Police, or a HATO, or a Paramedic, or a road worker, etc.
I think about two years ago a HATO patrol attended a broken down car on the hard shoulder of the M56.
A foreign HGV (driver drunk) ploughed through the scene. Sadly the women driver was killed and both HATO were seriously injured.
One has since returned to on road patrol, the other only fairly recently returned to work, office based as he is still fit enough to go out on road.
Love us or hate us, we are in the line of fire trying to do the job, rightly or wrongly, that we were given and applied for.
Same goes for many Fire, Police, Ambo, road workers etc. who had there lives ended or ruined doing there jobs.
I think about two years ago a HATO patrol attended a broken down car on the hard shoulder of the M56.
A foreign HGV (driver drunk) ploughed through the scene. Sadly the women driver was killed and both HATO were seriously injured.
One has since returned to on road patrol, the other only fairly recently returned to work, office based as he is still fit enough to go out on road.
Love us or hate us, we are in the line of fire trying to do the job, rightly or wrongly, that we were given and applied for.
Same goes for many Fire, Police, Ambo, road workers etc. who had there lives ended or ruined doing there jobs.
Didnt envy the ones on the A42 near Measham yesterday morning at around 2.30am, raining, really windy, they were dealing with a broken down van in the nearside lane, fair play to them
As for deep pockets, nothing to do with us poor bods on the slab Iām afraid, itās all sorted by our bosses in the ivory tower with the gold taps and the expense account
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Why dont you go out on patrol too along side Coffee