CRASH! AGAIN! Just had a phone call from the missus, blocked west bound. How unusual?
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Southwick Tunnel
- Thread starter wellquickwoody
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willyfantastic
New member
- Mar 1, 2009
- 2,368
thanks for posting - will have to take the scenic route today then
shaolinpunk
[Insert witty title here]
I'm sat in the queue right now. Been completely stationary for a while now, and seen at least three fire engines, two ambulances and four police cars go past. I imagine I'll be here for some time
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Car overturned!
dougdeep
New member
Car on it's roof in the tunnel, 5 mile tailbacks and increasing. Westbound.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
It's the alien technology hidden down there. Every now and then their anti-gravity generators misfire and cause accidents.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
get the greens in charge 20mph speed limit 
saltdeanseagull1
Member
- Aug 21, 2011
- 217
Its peoples inability to drive at a reasonable speed and negotiate a curves in the road at the same time. Thats the reason Handcross Hill has been dug up for the last few years.
I was quite near the back. Saw the taillghts just after the Portslade turnoff
spongy
Well-known member
If cars collided in the tunnel then someone must have pulled out on someone else attempting an overtake. At least that's my theory anyway.....
And you're not allowed to change lanes in the tunnel, there's signs up before you enter telling you so, so hopefully someone will have their wrists slapped and get done for dangerous driving.
And you're not allowed to change lanes in the tunnel, there's signs up before you enter telling you so, so hopefully someone will have their wrists slapped and get done for dangerous driving.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
I don't think that's the main reason for all the crashes. If anything it's people driving unreasonably slow in the left lane as you go round the corner because they're shitting themselves, which in turn causes other drivers to try make what can be a tricky overtaking manoeuvre into much faster traffic in the right lane.
dougdeep
New member
Your two examples have speeds of about 5 MPH, whereas at the Tunnel they are often doing 80MPH+
There's a sign saying "Lane control signals ahead" but no "no lane changing" signs.
They should repaint the lines inside the tunnel though to thesolid double whites.
Zukey Seagull
Well-known member
I was in it on the way to work, I was stuck in the traffic for around an hour. I was on the way to littlehampton which should of been an 30 minute drive but turned out to be a 2 hour drive. I got near the tunnel then that's where the que started and I was obviously pas the hangleton turn off and got stuck then they closed that road causing mayhem.
Zukey Seagull
Well-known member
It should be 50mph leading upto and through the tunnel, like the hindhead tunnel.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Its a section of the A27 starting with the run up to the Hove turn off and ends with the Shoreham Airport lights which is really up and down and features cars slowing down more than they realise due to the hills, and in turn others putting their foot down to compensate ending up going a bit faster. You're dead right, that on the approach to the West bound tunnel, people tend to slow down on the inside lane, whereas the outside lane people are speeding up as they're on a descent from the Portslade turn off. Seen a fair few near misses as people in the left lane misjudge the speed of those coming past in the outside lane and cause lots of braking.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,588
I wonder whether people drive too fast in that section between Brighton and Worthing because they know the Worthing end is a complete nightmare and they're trying to make up as much time as they can when the road is clearer.