jeremy clarkson wrote:
Another truimph for Health & safety and the highways agency. How come when the police looked after the motorways, accidents could be dealt with without closing the motorway ?? This attitute of the highways agency of closing the motorway and causing traffic mayhem every time there is an accident no matter how small is a joke !

jeremy clarkson wrote:
Another truimph for Health & safety and the highways agency. How come when the police looked after the motorways, accidents could be dealt with without closing the motorway ?? This attitute of the highways agency of closing the motorway and causing traffic mayhem every time there is an accident no matter how small is a joke !

Paul Webber wrote:
As much as I like Jeremy Clarkson, comments like this indicate (to those who know what goes on)a certain ignorance about these situations.

christopher hearn wrote:
well. I have been here stuck on the motorway from about 12:20 and i have seen more than 20 emergency service vehicles go past. Most recently was a forensic examination unit a few minutes ago.

Jeremy Wright wrote:
Quite frankly, given how people tend to drive on that road, I'm not in the slightest bit surprised that this sort of thing happens - and it will continue to happen until people learn to drive properly, ie slightly more than 10cm behind the car in front, and not cutting people up/pulling in the tiniest gap possible. Yes, Mr and Mrs BMW Estate and Range Rover, I'm talking to you.

Zoe wrote:

Jeremy Wright wrote: Quite frankly, given how people tend to drive on that road, I'm not in the slightest bit surprised that this sort of thing happens - and it will continue to happen until people learn to drive properly, ie slightly more than 10cm behind the car in front, and not cutting people up/pulling in the tiniest gap possible. Yes, Mr and Mrs BMW Estate and Range Rover, I'm talking to you.

I could not agree more. I just think if people drove that little bit carefully most of these accidents would not happen. I for one am sick to death off peoples stupidity making me late for what ever I am doing, most of the time work! As for the emergency services why do you need to shut a whole motorway down in instances like this you have no regard for people they are holding up.

Zoe wrote:

Jeremy Wright wrote:
Quite frankly, given how people tend to drive on that road, I'm not in the slightest bit surprised that this sort of thing happens - and it will continue to happen until people learn to drive properly, ie slightly more than 10cm behind the car in front, and not cutting people up/pulling in the tiniest gap possible. Yes, Mr and Mrs BMW Estate and Range Rover, I'm talking to you.

I could not agree more. I just think if people drove that little bit carefully most of these accidents would not happen. I for one am sick to death off peoples stupidity making me late for what ever I am doing, most of the time work! As for the emergency services why do you need to shut a whole motorway down in instances like this you have no regard for people they are holding up.

cheska ferreira wrote:
one man has died a 4 year old girl and her mother is in hospital, the least you can do is stop arguing about why the police werent there. if you were in an accident with your children and you had traffic continueing to zoom past as you were fighting for life we'd soon see how much you'd want the motorway open.

harryhill wrote:
I am a traffic Policeman, contrary to many peoples beliefs we don\\\'t close motorways just for fun or to make life awkward. It normally means someone is dead or close to it, so spare a thought for the devastating news being delivered to a family probably as you read this. These incidents have to be investigated properly and will all be treated as major crime scenes, if it was your relative dead or dying would you not want it done properly? But it does however take time.

Zoe wrote:

Jeremy Wright wrote: Quite frankly, given how people tend to drive on that road, I'm not in the slightest bit surprised that this sort of thing happens - and it will continue to happen until people learn to drive properly, ie slightly more than 10cm behind the car in front, and not cutting people up/pulling in the tiniest gap possible. Yes, Mr and Mrs BMW Estate and Range Rover, I'm talking to you.

I could not agree more. I just think if people drove that little bit carefully most of these accidents would not happen. I for one am sick to death off peoples stupidity making me late for what ever I am doing, most of the time work! As for the emergency services why do you need to shut a whole motorway down in instances like this you have no regard for people they are holding up.

aaron wrote:

Zoe wrote:

Jeremy Wright wrote: Quite frankly, given how people tend to drive on that road, I'm not in the slightest bit surprised that this sort of thing happens - and it will continue to happen until people learn to drive properly, ie slightly more than 10cm behind the car in front, and not cutting people up/pulling in the tiniest gap possible. Yes, Mr and Mrs BMW Estate and Range Rover, I'm talking to you.

I could not agree more. I just think if people drove that little bit carefully most of these accidents would not happen. I for one am sick to death off peoples stupidity making me late for what ever I am doing, most of the time work! As for the emergency services why do you need to shut a whole motorway down in instances like this you have no regard for people they are holding up.

You nasty piece of work. What exactly do you do that makes it so important you get to work in time anyway. The emergency services shut a whole motorway so that they could attempt to save someones life and then attempt to establish what happened. They dont enjoy seeing this scene- it is very upsetting and doesnt help when ungrateful bast@rds like you make careless remarks. Your selfish anger at this situation and how it affects you simply illustrates that perhaps as a person with such an irrational temper, it is you that is likely to cause accidents. Please print your real name, then i will be sure NOT to treat you or your family in an emergency.

hmm wrote:
"junctioon five of the motorway" Proof reading outsourced to India?

Sienna wrote:
Anyone who has the cheek to complain about the motorway being closed due to an accident are SICK IN THE HEAD, ARROGANT, RUDE AND OBNOXIOUS! Spare a thought for those who have been involved, especially those young children who were airlifted to hospital, as a mother of two small children it sickens me that there are NASTY, SELFISH INDIVIDUALS out there who couldn't care less about anyone else but themselves, until it's their turn to be involved in an accident, then it will be a whole diffrent kettle of Fish, DONT CRITICISE THE EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TRYING TO SAVE LIVES!! If it means motorway closure than so be it! GROW UP!!!

sarah wrote:
lets look at the facts:- 20-year-old woman driving a Vauxhall Corsa The driver of a Renault Clio, a 20-year-old woman NEED I SAY MORE - cat & mouse comes to mind! Im a mum and my heart goes out to those children and their extended families - its not just Emergency services that will suffer mentally from this it will be the A&E staff also, child death or RTA's are never easy - I know i used to work their, people should stay their distance and drive not "PLAY"

Denzil wrote:
It took me an hour to get out of cackerville / Fareham today. I'm very annoyed.

J wrote:
Only in the UK people shut a motorway for half a day to create traffic disruptions other, sensible European countries investigate scenes of accidents way more efficiently. The sooner I move out of this country the better!

Sienna wrote:

J wrote: Only in the UK people shut a motorway for half a day to create traffic disruptions other, sensible European countries investigate scenes of accidents way more efficiently. The sooner I move out of this country the better!

OFF YOU GO YOU SELFISH SILLY MAN!! One less to worry about, Let's just hope that maybe one day you and your family members aren't involved in a fatality, You are obliviously not HUMAN, so maybe you should go and volunteer to live on the moon, as you are definetley NOT ON THIS PLANET!! HOW INSENSITIVE OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

J wrote:
Only in the UK people shut a motorway for half a day to create traffic disruptions other, sensible European countries investigate scenes of accidents way more efficiently. The sooner I move out of this country the better!

Rocket wrote:

christopher hearn wrote: well. I have been here stuck on the motorway from about 12:20 and i have seen more than 20 emergency service vehicles go past. Most recently was a forensic examination unit a few minutes ago.

You are not even allowed to use a mobile phone while you are in your car, let alone a bloody Laptop.

J wrote:
Only in the UK people shut a motorway for half a day to create traffic disruptions other, sensible European countries investigate scenes of accidents way more efficiently. The sooner I move out of this country the better!

Bus Driver wrote:

Rocket wrote:

christopher hearn wrote: well. I have been here stuck on the motorway from about 12:20 and i have seen more than 20 emergency service vehicles go past. Most recently was a forensic examination unit a few minutes ago.

You are not even allowed to use a mobile phone while you are in your car, let alone a bloody Laptop.

Your not allowed to walk on the motorway either, but when the traffic isn\'t going anywhere at all, and your stuck there of a few hours,,, WHAT else have youin mind.. Or do you want more emergency services rushing to the scene of a DVT case in the queued traffic????

Treble 9 wrote:
I work for the ambulance service and, quite frankly, I couldn't give a monkeys if I have to hold some of you up in order to do my job properly. All I care about is my patient, not whether some of you morons get home on time.

Treble 9 wrote:
I work for the ambulance service and, quite frankly, I couldn\'t give a monkeys if I have to hold some of you up in order to do my job properly. All I care about is my patient, not whether some of you morons get home on time.

k sheppard wrote:

Treble 9 wrote: I work for the ambulance service and, quite frankly, I couldn\'t give a monkeys if I have to hold some of you up in order to do my job properly. All I care about is my patient, not whether some of you morons get home on time.

I totally agree,We all need to back our emergency services.They all do fantastic jobs.They deserve our support!

Derek wrote:
I\'m sure that everyone appreciates that the Emergency services have to do their job. When the Motorway is at a standstill after an accident why can\'t the carriageway be blocked by a police car at the previous junction and the cars allowed to turn under police supervision and get off the motorway by driving back one junction. I can\'t see this being practical for juggernauts but at least it would save the smaller vehicles from being stuck for hours on end.

George Clooney wrote:
Just because Jeremy Clarkson says his name is Jeremy Clarkson, doesn't mean it's THE Jeremy Clarkson! Get a grip guys... seriously.. I swear if that's the real JC then my name is George Clooney (well it says it is, so therefore according to a few daft posts here, it must be!) **** where's my Oscar gone!!! haha

jessica hope wrote:
my neice is the 4 year old x

jessica hope wrote:
my neice is the 4 year old x

Fireman wrote:
I work for the emergancy services and get really p****d off with the way you lot moan every time your held up, its about time you lot got a f*****g life, grow up, one day you might need us and we'll treat you with the same care and compassion that we treat even the non-whingers

Paul Webber wrote:
As much as I like Jeremy Clarkson, comments like this indicate (to
those who know what goes on)a certain ignorance about these situations.

Ema wrote:
To all you insensitive inconsiderate morons!!
Spare a thought for the familes who have to read "How you was late for
work" or "couldn't get home on time"
I had to read reports from morons like yourseleves when my Dad was in a
car accident and yes the motorway was closed back in November 07...The
accident was so fatal that My dad did not pull through. The Police and
emergency services were absolutly fantastic and could not of asked for
better people!!!
My Heart goes out to all those involved, or had to witness this fatal
incident....IReally hope that people out there can put themselves in
our shoes and think how they would feel if they got a call saying a
loved one would not be coming home!!

cheska ferreira wrote:
one man has died a 4 year old girl and her mother is in hospital, the least you can do is stop arguing about why the police werent there. if you were in an accident with your children and you had traffic continueing to zoom past as you were fighting for life we\'d soon see how much you\'d want the motorway open.

J wrote:
Only in the UK people shut a motorway for half a day to create traffic disruptions other, sensible European countries investigate scenes of accidents way more efficiently. The sooner I move out of this country the better!

debs wrote:

J wrote:
Only in the UK people shut a motorway for half a day to create traffic
disruptions other, sensible European countries investigate scenes of
accidents way more efficiently. The sooner I move out of this country
the better!

Hey J, if you need any help packin mate, I'll make
myself available to ya anytime of day or night ;-)
The sooner individuals like you leave the country the better!

George wrote:

Ema wrote: To all you insensitive inconsiderate morons!! Spare a thought for the familes who have to read \\\"How you was late for work\\\" or \\\"couldn\\\'t get home on time\\\" I had to read reports from morons like yourseleves when my Dad was in a car accident and yes the motorway was closed back in November 07...The accident was so fatal that My dad did not pull through. The Police and emergency services were absolutly fantastic and could not of asked for better people!!! My Heart goes out to all those involved, or had to witness this fatal incident....IReally hope that people out there can put themselves in our shoes and think how they would feel if they got a call saying a loved one would not be coming home!!

Complaining about it is just a way of releasing frustration. Like it or not, it IS frustrating to have the motorway closed and be stuck on it for ages, regardless of the reason. To suggest that something stops being frustrating because of what\\\'s caused it is ludicrous. Oftentimes you won\\\'t even know why it\\\'s closed. All you\\\'ll know is, you\\\'re sat in traffic for ages, which, sorry, if you don\\\'t find that frustrating, you can\\\'t possibly be human. There\\\'s nothing heartless about being frustrated, or saying you\\\'re frustrated. Don\\\'t lend too much weight to these seemingly insensitive comments, it\\\'s just the British public doing what they do best: moaning. Who wants to live in a world where your every word is policed for potentially offensive content? I don\\\'t Please, don\\\'t waste your time with the old \\\"how would you feel if it was your family?\\\" line, I have had that phone call, several times, thankfully without a fatality. But please remember, these ARE only comments, they\\\'re only as offensive as YOU allow them to be. If they upset you, simply stop reading them Thoughts go out to the family at this time

Ema wrote:

George wrote:

Ema wrote: To all you insensitive inconsiderate
morons!! Spare a thought for the familes who have to read \\\"How you
was late for work\\\" or \\\"couldn\\\'t get home on time\\\" I had to
read reports from morons like yourseleves when my Dad was in a car
accident and yes the motorway was closed back in November 07...The
accident was so fatal that My dad did not pull through. The Police and
emergency services were absolutly fantastic and could not of asked for
better people!!! My Heart goes out to all those involved, or had to
witness this fatal incident....IReally hope that people out there can
put themselves in our shoes and think how they would feel if they got a
call saying a loved one would not be coming home!!

Complaining
about it is just a way of releasing frustration. Like it or not, it IS
frustrating to have the motorway closed and be stuck on it for ages,
regardless of the reason. To suggest that something stops being
frustrating because of what\\\'s caused it is ludicrous. Oftentimes you
won\\\'t even know why it\\\'s closed. All you\\\'ll know is, you\\\'re
sat in traffic for ages, which, sorry, if you don\\\'t find that
frustrating, you can\\\'t possibly be human. There\\\'s nothing
heartless about being frustrated, or saying you\\\'re frustrated.
Don\\\'t lend too much weight to these seemingly insensitive comments,
it\\\'s just the British public doing what they do best: moaning. Who
wants to live in a world where your every word is policed for
potentially offensive content? I don\\\'t Please, don\\\'t waste your
time with the old \\\"how would you feel if it was your family?\\\"
line, I have had that phone call, several times,
thankfully without a fatality. But please remember, these ARE only
comments, they\\\'re only as offensive as YOU allow them to be. If they
upset you, simply stop reading them Thoughts go out to the family at
this time

Complaining and being **** right insensitive is bang
out of order. If a Motorway has been shut then it's for a good reason
not because "they feel like it" I am sorry people feeel frustrated they
have to sit in traffic whilst someone fights for there life..they
should just perhaps think of others instead of themselves or where they
have to be, coz least they will get there eventually!!
Don't tell me "Don't waste my time" You should know how it feels and
you was lucky enough to have that loved one come home, I didn't,in-
compassionate morons like yourself should a least feel a little
sympathy!!!
Thinking every minute about the little girl and others involved x

Ema wrote:

George wrote:

Ema wrote: To all you insensitive inconsiderate
morons!! Spare a thought for the familes who have to read \\\"How you
was late for work\\\" or \\\"couldn\\\'t get home on time\\\" I had to
read reports from morons like yourseleves when my Dad was in a car
accident and yes the motorway was closed back in November 07...The
accident was so fatal that My dad did not pull through. The Police and
emergency services were absolutly fantastic and could not of asked for
better people!!! My Heart goes out to all those involved, or had to
witness this fatal incident....IReally hope that people out there can
put themselves in our shoes and think how they would feel if they got a
call saying a loved one would not be coming home!!

Complaining
about it is just a way of releasing frustration. Like it or not, it IS
frustrating to have the motorway closed and be stuck on it for ages,
regardless of the reason. To suggest that something stops being
frustrating because of what\\\'s caused it is ludicrous. Oftentimes you
won\\\'t even know why it\\\'s closed. All you\\\'ll know is, you\\\'re
sat in traffic for ages, which, sorry, if you don\\\'t find that
frustrating, you can\\\'t possibly be human. There\\\'s nothing
heartless about being frustrated, or saying you\\\'re frustrated.
Don\\\'t lend too much weight to these seemingly insensitive comments,
it\\\'s just the British public doing what they do best: moaning. Who
wants to live in a world where your every word is policed for
potentially offensive content? I don\\\'t Please, don\\\'t waste your
time with the old \\\"how would you feel if it was your family?\\\"
line, I have had that phone call, several times,
thankfully without a fatality. But please remember, these ARE only
comments, they\\\'re only as offensive as YOU allow them to be. If they
upset you, simply stop reading them Thoughts go out to the family at
this time

Complaining and being **** right insensitive is bang
out of order. If a Motorway has been shut then it's for a good reason
not because "they feel like it" I am sorry people feeel frustrated they
have to sit in traffic whilst someone fights for there life..they
should just perhaps think of others instead of themselves or where they
have to be, coz least they will get there eventually!!
Don't tell me "Don't waste my time" You should know how it feels and
you was lucky enough to have that loved one come home, I didn't,in-
compassionate morons like yourself should a least feel a little
sympathy!!!
Thinking every minute about the little girl and others involved x

Rocket wrote:

k sheppard wrote:

Treble 9 wrote: I work for the ambulance service and, quite frankly, I couldn\'t give a monkeys if I have to hold some of you up in order to do my job properly. All I care about is my patient, not whether some of you morons get home on time.

I totally agree,We all need to back our emergency services.They all do fantastic jobs.They deserve our support!

Fair play to all of our Emergency Services, my job isn't the most glamorous but I don't think I could handle the sights that you lot must see day after day, so here is a message to all of the people out there that were annoyed about getting home late (FOR THEIR DINNER) spare a thought for the Emergency services,who are out there 24hrs every day, 365 DAYS PER YEAR, also thoughts to all involved in Todays accident.

ex sot'on wrote:
Some of the comments made in many of the previous items are indeed vile
and very insensitive. My travel to Hedge End yesterday was terrible.
First local bus did not arrive, walk to town, 1 mile, to catch another.
Fire in a locomotive between Oxford and Didcot shut line for 45
minutes, late into Southampton by 55 minutes. Bus to Hedge End, No 3,
then put flowers on Mum and Dad's grave then walk to Sainsburys for
lunch at 1 o'clock, Accident, and immediate traffic hold up. Obviously
something nasty as when we came out of the shop there were no No. 3
buses, so not sure what to do. Got on bus to Eastleigh took hour or so
to reach Airport station, first piece of luck that day the 16.20 train
was 30 minutes late because of cracked rail at Ashurst. I was unlucky
with my travel certainly, but reading the report of the M27 accident
today, I didn't fare so badly as I had previously thought. May the
injured in the smash get to a full recovery as soon as healing will
allow, and for the ever-so-self-importa
nt tossers that career about the motorways everywhere take some pity
and have some consideration for other travellers, we are all going in
the the same direction in life. Save your venting for something more
important and take heed to what is happening about you.

quote

Banker wrote:

debs wrote:

J wrote: Only in the UK people shut a motorway for half a day to create traffic disruptions other, sensible European countries investigate scenes of accidents way more efficiently. The sooner I move out of this country the better!

Hey J, if you need any help packin mate, I\'ll make myself available to ya anytime of day or night ;-) The sooner individuals like you leave the country the better!

Yep. The sooner individuals who wish the world was a better place leave this country, the better. I absolutely agree. They\'re only in for a disappointment if they stay here, where you are repeatedly attacked for not sharing someone elses opinion

Sid wrote:

Zoe wrote:

Jeremy Wright wrote: Quite frankly, given how people tend to drive on that road, I\\\\\\\'m not in the slightest bit surprised that this sort of thing happens - and it will continue to happen until people learn to drive properly, ie slightly more than 10cm behind the car in front, and not cutting people up/pulling in the tiniest gap possible. Yes, Mr and Mrs BMW Estate and Range Rover, I\\\\\\\'m talking to you.

I could not agree more. I just think if people drove that little bit carefully most of these accidents would not happen. I for one am sick to death off peoples stupidity making me late for what ever I am doing, most of the time work! As for the emergency services why do you need to shut a whole motorway down in instances like this you have no regard for people they are holding up.

The air ambulance and forensic unit being mentioned previously didn\\\\\\\'t tip you off that this was a very serious accident?? The people involved have family and friends who are very likely (HINT) to be reading insensitve comments like this. Think before you criticise the emergency services for doing everything they can to save lives - even if it does make you late for work. I\\\\\\\'m sure your employers will understand.

some one wrote:

Sid wrote:

Zoe wrote:

Jeremy Wright wrote: Quite frankly, given how people tend to drive on that road, I\\\\\\\'m not in the slightest bit surprised that this sort of thing happens - and it will continue to happen until people learn to drive properly, ie slightly more than 10cm behind the car in front, and not cutting people up/pulling in the tiniest gap possible. Yes, Mr and Mrs BMW Estate and Range Rover, I\\\\\\\'m talking to you.

I could not agree more. I just think if people drove that little bit carefully most of these accidents would not happen. I for one am sick to death off peoples stupidity making me late for what ever I am doing, most of the time work! As for the emergency services why do you need to shut a whole motorway down in instances like this you have no regard for people they are holding up.

The air ambulance and forensic unit being mentioned previously didn\\\\\\\'t tip you off that this was a very serious accident?? The people involved have family and friends who are very likely (HINT) to be reading insensitve comments like this. Think before you criticise the emergency services for doing everything they can to save lives - even if it does make you late for work. I\\\\\\\'m sure your employers will understand.

What would you think if it was a member of your family and eveyone was able to drive past and just stare! What would happen of the emergency vehciles couldn't get to the scene soon enough. Stop being selfish, presumably you arrived at work alive. Some people die and all you can think about is yourself how very quaint.

Becki c wrote:
regardless of being entitled to your opinion or not,alot of the comments on here are totally insensitive to the people involved, whom actually is of my best friends and her daughter. This accident could of been a hell of alot worse . so weather you were stuck in the traffic or p****ed of with the brillant emergency services for the closure of the m-way lets thank god no1 was killed. if any1 has found this offensive then you know who u are people with little better to do than moan and whinge and need to get a life. a few hours waiting on that motorway has saved a little girls life i think that is well worth it!