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Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Accident - A27
- Thread starter Barry Izbak
- Start date
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Tch
Isnt that what you guys have CUTTING equipment for ? I would have thought a crash victim would be rather grateful to get their car back from the bodyshop complete with a smart new (if slightly jagged) sunroof cut into it. Thats assuming they dont die from multiple injuries or end up crippled after being hauled through the wreckage so that Goldstone doesnt miss brunch with the guys from IT.
- Jul 7, 2003
- 48,782
my ARSE, Goldstone.
Tell you what, I'll have a word with the Road Policing guys. Assuming your opinion is representative, they may as well just take a broom out and shove all the bits of people into a bag next time there's a particularly horrific fatal.
After all, it would take bloody ages to photograph and measure exactly where the unfortunate victim's arms, legs, fingers, toes, and sometimes head end up (sorry, but it happens), so let's not bother, in case some thirsty medical sales rep misses his morning coffee.
Sweep it all into a plastic bag and tell the relatives they can go to the mortuary and see dear old Dad in trays 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 15, 17, 18 and 21.
And allow me to apologise on behalf of Sussex Police & today's deceased for making you late.
Tell you what, I'll have a word with the Road Policing guys. Assuming your opinion is representative, they may as well just take a broom out and shove all the bits of people into a bag next time there's a particularly horrific fatal.
After all, it would take bloody ages to photograph and measure exactly where the unfortunate victim's arms, legs, fingers, toes, and sometimes head end up (sorry, but it happens), so let's not bother, in case some thirsty medical sales rep misses his morning coffee.
Sweep it all into a plastic bag and tell the relatives they can go to the mortuary and see dear old Dad in trays 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 15, 17, 18 and 21.
And allow me to apologise on behalf of Sussex Police & today's deceased for making you late.
Fortunately I left home earlier than usual, but your apologies accepted.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,994
I can understand people's frustration at being delayed but it does'nt matter whether it's roads or the railway when things go wrong there's strict rules and regulations that govern how these incidents are dealt with. After 30 years of signalling trains i've had all the abuse you can think of thrown at me about delayed trains but it wont change what I do and i'm sure the emergency services feel the same when it comes to the RTA's as well.
Don't bite!
Oh, and whilst we're here, one of the things that quite often makes fatal road traffic accidents protracted affairs is ID'ing the victim. Especially if the person is travelling alone, or other occupants are also dead / unconscious).
The police use some sort of 'sliding scale' based on what can be found / ascertained at the scene to identify the victim, before they radio for colleagues to go and knock on a door. (Edna will know more about this I guess).
Number plates and the DVLA data base are useful to a degree, but there is no guarantee that the person driving the car is the person that it is registered to. Therefore, we often end up searching the body, accompanied by 2 police officers, looking for ID. Photo ID is excellent, and helps speed things along, if everybody could bear that in mind. Ta.
As I often drive alone, and rarely have any ID on me whatsoever, may I apologise in advance to anyone inconvenienced, should I get killed.
The police use some sort of 'sliding scale' based on what can be found / ascertained at the scene to identify the victim, before they radio for colleagues to go and knock on a door. (Edna will know more about this I guess).
Number plates and the DVLA data base are useful to a degree, but there is no guarantee that the person driving the car is the person that it is registered to. Therefore, we often end up searching the body, accompanied by 2 police officers, looking for ID. Photo ID is excellent, and helps speed things along, if everybody could bear that in mind. Ta.
As I often drive alone, and rarely have any ID on me whatsoever, may I apologise in advance to anyone inconvenienced, should I get killed.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
Inconsiderate bastard. Those power breakfasts of Goldstone don't push the envelope by themselves you know.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
I tried to do the same thing, I got off the A23 at the top of handcross hill then went through Horsham to the A24. That was stuffed as well, it took half an hour to move about 500 meters just before dorking. Then the M25 was up the shitter. To top it all off I was travelling to Slough.
M25 was bad coming home as well
REDLAND
Active member
according to police reports there were 4 in the one car involved, 1 died, 1 was badly injured and 2 were caught running off from the incident, now surely the 2 caught (buy the suspiciously conveniently close police) should have been able to have id'd the other two
according to police reports there were 4 in the one car involved, 1 died, 1 was badly injured and 2 were caught running off from the incident, now surely the 2 caught (buy the suspiciously conveniently close police) should have been able to have id'd the other two
Very possibly.
But I wasn't there and I am not a police officer. But judging by the ages of the survivors, and having attended more fatal RTAs than I can recall, I can guess they either took up the option of "you do not have to say anything, but anything you don't say that you later rely on in court may harm your defence", or simply shrugged and answered "Dunno?" when asked who the dead person in the car was - hoping that it would all go away.
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REDLAND
Active member
does that happen in 'real life' then ?
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
5am in the morning, bunch of teenagers in a crashed car and one person dead. You bet it does.
"Who's this in the back mate?"
"Hitch-hiker / bloke we met at a party / friend of a mate's brother / geezer what gave us a lift" etc etc etc
I think they honestly think that at that point the police will say, 'oh, okay then. On your way.'
Edited to say that I am not commenting on this morning's incident on the A27 as I wasn't there and know nothing of the circumstances. I was talking generally.
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Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Will people just stop bloody CRASHING please.
Two mornings in a row the A23 has been f***ed (this time northbound, just north of Bolney), meaning EVERYONE comes off and ploughs through Cuckfield and Haywards Heath. An hour and a frigging quarter to get from Southwick to HH again today.
Tch.
Two mornings in a row the A23 has been f***ed (this time northbound, just north of Bolney), meaning EVERYONE comes off and ploughs through Cuckfield and Haywards Heath. An hour and a frigging quarter to get from Southwick to HH again today.
Tch.
Perhaps if people used cars and the like as their commuting vehicle of choice instead of agricultural machinery, then the morning trip to work would be a happier experience for all involved.
(My journey was slowed by some joker driving very slowly towing a cow in a horse-box. Cow. Horse-box. Idiot.)
REDLAND
Active member
Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!
Primary data is fact
Train?
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Mmm....nah.
I;m not paying to run a car AND pay a load of extortionate rail fares on top of that as well.
Why don't you move much much closer to work, like walking distance, then you should never be troubled by such problems, thus meaning we don't have to listen to your asrsed baked comments.
Go and enjoy your Little Chef muffin, loser!