I once saw an old bloke on a very old bicycle happily peddling down the hard shoulder of the M6 near Lancaster i suppose it was inevitable this would happen one day.
Strange things you have seen on the motorway.
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Ah! Great subject! Believe this or not!
About 20 years ago we were off on holiday,north bound...probably Scotland. We were accelerating a slip road to join the motorway,in traffic,so no stopping...on the gravel at the side of the road...a Labrador size dead cat..black tip tail and ears...the real deal!
If I could I would have stopped and got it to prove big cats are in UK...
About 20 years ago we were off on holiday,north bound...probably Scotland. We were accelerating a slip road to join the motorway,in traffic,so no stopping...on the gravel at the side of the road...a Labrador size dead cat..black tip tail and ears...the real deal!
If I could I would have stopped and got it to prove big cats are in UK...
Richie_asg1
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Shoes - any amount of shoes.
Whatsallthataboutthen?
Whatsallthataboutthen?
Golf balls...few years back a 4*4 truck in front with a big big box on the back...sprung open and 1000's if golf balls fell out! I changed lanes rather sharp and watched in the mirror as they bounced everywhere!
Camping stuff...
Richie_asg1
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Several Trains on low loaders. You would think as they run on rails it would technically be easier to shuffle them around on the rail network, but apparently not.
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Have you been watching Twister again?
MmmBeer
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Some years back I was driving up the M11, when I saw a stepladder, open, but on its side in the fast lane. Managed to swerve it, then half a mile further on I saw a van parked on the hard shoulder, with the driver jogging back to retreive it.
Have also seen a cyclist on the hard shoulder of the M40.
Have also seen a cyclist on the hard shoulder of the M40.
MmmBeer
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An 85 year old man is pulled over while attempting to drive the wrong way on a motorway sliproad at 3 a.m. Sunday morning.
Officer: "Can I ask where you are going to sir?"
Driver: "I'm going to a lecture on the dangers of staying up late and drinking too much."
Oficer: "And who exactly is giving this lecture at this time of day?"
Driver; "My wife."
Officer: "Can I ask where you are going to sir?"
Driver: "I'm going to a lecture on the dangers of staying up late and drinking too much."
Oficer: "And who exactly is giving this lecture at this time of day?"
Driver; "My wife."
Cwrw666
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Once saw a bloke step out from behind a bush wearing a raincoat and stockings and suspenders, nothing else. Just waving to the traffic passing by. I won't say what with...
Linalmeemow
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All those bottles of apple juice left on the central reservation and hard shoulder. Who'd have thought lorry drivers were so keen on the stuff?
Someone driving at 70mph. I know, unbelievable.
Usually just a single shoe or boot, whatisthatallabout?
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Driving up the M1 I was starting to overtake a flat-bed lorry when I saw a 2 metre length of 6" x 6" rolling along the bed towards the offside of the lorry.
I had a car on my inside, a car close up at the back of me (he had flashed me to come out) and I reckoned that the 6" x 6" A) Wasn't going to stop rolling. and B) Would hit my car or the car at the back of me!
I hit the Emergency Lights and dabbed at my brakes (hoping that the car behind would slow down) and at the same time hit the accelerator to get past the lorry. Amazingly, it worked!
The car at the back of me slowed down and in my rear-view mirror, I saw the 2 metre length of 6" x 6" hit the road in the "fast lane" of the motorway, bounce twice about two metres into the air and then disappear into the central reservation without hurting anyone!
Everyone carried on and I doubt if the driver of the lorry ever knew what had happened to the big lump of wood he had been carrying on the back!
Personally, I am just glad that my hurried "plan" actually worked okay and I thank the Lord that I and my fellow motorists survived what could have been a major incident.
I had a car on my inside, a car close up at the back of me (he had flashed me to come out) and I reckoned that the 6" x 6" A) Wasn't going to stop rolling. and B) Would hit my car or the car at the back of me!
I hit the Emergency Lights and dabbed at my brakes (hoping that the car behind would slow down) and at the same time hit the accelerator to get past the lorry. Amazingly, it worked!
The car at the back of me slowed down and in my rear-view mirror, I saw the 2 metre length of 6" x 6" hit the road in the "fast lane" of the motorway, bounce twice about two metres into the air and then disappear into the central reservation without hurting anyone!
Everyone carried on and I doubt if the driver of the lorry ever knew what had happened to the big lump of wood he had been carrying on the back!
Personally, I am just glad that my hurried "plan" actually worked okay and I thank the Lord that I and my fellow motorists survived what could have been a major incident.
Crappyfish
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I once saw some road on the M1 that hadn't got a queue or any road works on it
Not having that! It'll be pumas and tree trunks next. .pah!
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About 20 years ago, happened to a colleague of mine whilst in Ireland. Just driving around a bit in his car, touring the greener parts of Ireland. Great country, lots of nature. Lot of it not on the regular maps at the time.
So he took a turn aaand... hit the brakes because an army guy was standing in the road, aiming an anti tank weapon at him. Yeah, he accidentally entered a military zone, must've missed some signs.
After an exchange of explanations (and several packs of Dutch tobacco) he didn't get to make pictures and also wasn't taken into barracks for questioning.
So he took a turn aaand... hit the brakes because an army guy was standing in the road, aiming an anti tank weapon at him. Yeah, he accidentally entered a military zone, must've missed some signs.
After an exchange of explanations (and several packs of Dutch tobacco) he didn't get to make pictures and also wasn't taken into barracks for questioning.
Not a motorway, but a main road in Iran that ran past a Gas Plant that we were commissioning.
Just before noon, we all heard a loud "bang" as a saloon car driver dozed off in the afternoon heat and "shunted" into a car that had stopped at some roadworks.
Nothing really unusual in that scenario in Iran, except that the saloon car was carrying a body on the roof!
The body (the dead father of the saloon car driver) detached itself with the impact, bounced over the roof of the car that had just been "shunted" and landed in the roadway just short of the roadworks!
The body lay in the road for about an hour while the two drivers argued over who's fault it was, before they both hefted it up on to the roof of the saloon car and carried on with their journeys!
Happy Days?
Just before noon, we all heard a loud "bang" as a saloon car driver dozed off in the afternoon heat and "shunted" into a car that had stopped at some roadworks.
Nothing really unusual in that scenario in Iran, except that the saloon car was carrying a body on the roof!
The body (the dead father of the saloon car driver) detached itself with the impact, bounced over the roof of the car that had just been "shunted" and landed in the roadway just short of the roadworks!
The body lay in the road for about an hour while the two drivers argued over who's fault it was, before they both hefted it up on to the roof of the saloon car and carried on with their journeys!
Happy Days?
Driving down the M1 from Belfast heading towards Enniskillen for a job,I was approaching a tipper lorry doing 60mph.As I was travelling at 70mph was in the process of overtaking when a stone dislodged between the rear double wheels and come straight at the windscreen causing it too split from one side to the other.Near shhhhht myself and the lorry had pulled off at the adjscent junction.The most ironic thing was the screen had just been replaced that morning after getting broken the previous week.Needless to say my boss was not a happy camper.....
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