Four car crash causes 10-mile traffic jam (From Daily Echo)
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Four car crash causes 10-mile traffic jam
9:13am Tuesday 6th October 2009 in News
Four car carsh causes 10-mile traffic jam
A FOUR-car smash on the motorway has caused tailbacks stretching back miles near one Hampshire town.
The crash happened between junctions 12 and 13 of the M3 northbound by Eastleigh at 7.10am.
Nobody was injured in the accident although firefighters had to cut a man in his 30s free from a car.
The crash caused tailbacks of up to ten miles along the M27.
The traffic jam was made worse by a car breaking down after an engine malfunction and a motorist needing first aid along the route.
A Hampshire fire and rescue spokesman said: "The accidents was just a shunt but it has caused massive tailbacks.
"It is rammed, and I mean rammed - nothing is moving."
Comments(24)
Saintbob
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9:51am Tue 6 Oct 09
Stupideditor wrote:Don't know, But the Police where REALLY busy this morning helping to hand out Surveys on Southampton Road in Eastleigh
And how many police and ambulance crews attended.
Sulaiman Al Fahim
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10:01am Tue 6 Oct 09
silent one wrote:It would appear that person is you, judging by your lack of capital letters and correct punctuation. Also, the full-stop key on your keyboard appears to be stuck.
hmmm... some one forgot to use spell check...... security - just data... how apt...
Having had to learn English as a second language, I cannot help but be amazed about how poorly British people use their native tongue in written form.
Neilsaintsfan
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10:25am Tue 6 Oct 09
Brite Spark
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10:25am Tue 6 Oct 09
hummdillillallah
and what does the bloke mean by 'rammed'?
AdrianSmith
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10:42am Tue 6 Oct 09
Brite Spark wrote:Rammed: Colloquialism meaning busy, packed.
Sulaiman Al Fahim ... hummdillillallah and what does the bloke mean by 'rammed'?
You could have just looked in a dictionary if you have a limited vocabulary, BS.
silent one
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10:47am Tue 6 Oct 09
AdrianSmith
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10:52am Tue 6 Oct 09
silent one wrote:It's your first language? Really? Honestly?
... just annoy the punctious one.... and yes i made that word up before you spout about it not being in the dictionary...poorly spelt... or lots of full stops. I am not an editor of a news paper with national & local readers ..so really don't give a monkies...It's MY 1st language and i will abrv and abuse it as much as i like....If YOU don't like what you're reading Don't read...'Next'
Besides, how come he is not allowed to comment on your mistakes but you are allowed to comment on those made by others (although I stil don't know what the hell you were referring to in the first place - I have seen no errors in the article)? Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Or, just don't be such a mong.
Brite Spark
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10:53am Tue 6 Oct 09
AdrianSmith wrote:I'm local therefore like to think that I am up to speed with our colloquialisms, but never heard of rammed being used in this sense.
Brite Spark wrote: Sulaiman Al Fahim ... hummdillillallah and what does the bloke mean by 'rammed'?Rammed: Colloquialism meaning busy, packed. You could have just looked in a dictionary if you have a limited vocabulary, BS.
How many people know what colloquial means without first looking it up I wonder?
Ciaran
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10:58am Tue 6 Oct 09
silent one wrote:Without doubt, the most pathetic comment I have ever seen on this site. And there is a lot of competition!
... just annoy the punctious one.... and yes i made that word up before you spout about it not being in the dictionary...poorly spelt... or lots of full stops. I am not an editor of a news paper with national & local readers ..so really don't give a monkies...It's MY 1st language and i will abrv and abuse it as much as i like....If YOU don't like what you're reading Don't read...'Next'
havemercy
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10:59am Tue 6 Oct 09
Brite Spark
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11:11am Tue 6 Oct 09
silent one
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11:52am Tue 6 Oct 09
Ciaran who gives a F88k mindless entertainment while i wait for the paint to dry..... although i might go cruising with bright spark INNIT...
10 Minute Man
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12:03pm Tue 6 Oct 09
havemercy wrote:That would normally be "infant school" (infant being the adjective) or "infants' school" (plural possessive).
Lots of us, actually, who have an education beyond infant's school.
Otherwise I'd ask myself "what infant are you talking about".
And you'd say "wtf mate?"
Ciaran
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1:14pm Tue 6 Oct 09
silent one wrote:I do love cyberwarriors. They make the tedium of the day go that little bit quicker with their unintentional humour.
oh how bloody funny - The spelling mistake that i first referred to has been amended...!! But would it be fair for me to call you a MONG for not noticing.... I have no problem with anyone commenting on any mistake i have made in life or on the Daily Echo comments page.... Ciaran who gives a F88k mindless entertainment while i wait for the paint to dry..... although i might go cruising with bright spark INNIT...
yummy_mummy
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1:27pm Tue 6 Oct 09
S!mon
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1:28pm Tue 6 Oct 09
10 Minute Man wrote:Or be asking "which infant are you talking about?"
havemercy wrote: Lots of us, actually, who have an education beyond infant's school.That would normally be "infant school" (infant being the adjective) or "infants' school" (plural possessive). Otherwise I'd ask myself "what infant are you talking about". And you'd say "wtf mate?"
OSPREYSAINT
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2:13pm Tue 6 Oct 09
Police say that the traffic is at a crawl and they hope to stop it as soon as they can.
This Junction is getting a bad record, perhaps a public enquiry should be set up to investigate why accidents keep happening here?
mooky9
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2:48pm Tue 6 Oct 09
Saintbob wrote:4 cars involved in a big crash on a motorway - you'd think people would be greatfull the Police and Ambulances turned up - what a pointless statement.
Stupideditor wrote: And how many police and ambulance crews attended.Don't know, But the Police where REALLY busy this morning helping to hand out Surveys on Southampton Road in Eastleigh
As for the Police in eastleigh - they were paid to be there by the council NOT the Police to assist in a census, in case of any traffic issues - another great H&S requirement from the government.
Carpe Diem
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3:47pm Tue 6 Oct 09
OSPREYSAINT wrote:I think it's partly poor road design and partly poor driving.
He probably meant jammed? Gridlocked, tailbacked, queued, clogged, e.t.c. Police say that the traffic is at a crawl and they hope to stop it as soon as they can. This Junction is getting a bad record, perhaps a public enquiry should be set up to investigate why accidents keep happening here?
In the space of a mile that section of the motorway has 6 lanes merging into 3 - M27 eastbound and westbound, plus A33 out of Southampton - quickly followed by J13.
All of this is topped of by the usual morons who have to get into the outside lane as quickly as possible - even though the other lanes are all moving at roughly the same speed.
Warsash
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3:55pm Tue 6 Oct 09
PORK saint
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11:15am Wed 7 Oct 09
yummy_mummy wrote:Yummy mummy in locksheath? who would that be then?
Finding it mildly amusing that 99% of the comments on here have nothing to do with the story itself!
S!mon
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11:27am Wed 7 Oct 09
PORK saint wrote:She must have lost way and ended up in Locksheath.....
yummy_mummy wrote: Finding it mildly amusing that 99% of the comments on here have nothing to do with the story itself!Yummy mummy in locksheath? who would that be then?
Ozmosis
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12:34pm Wed 7 Oct 09
AdrianSmith wrote:I do still see an error in the photo caption though: "Four car carsh causes 10-mile traffic jam". Even my browser spell checker picks that one up!
silent one wrote:It's your first language? Really? Honestly?
... just annoy the punctious one.... and yes i made that word up before you spout about it not being in the dictionary...poorly spelt... or lots of full stops. I am not an editor of a news paper with national & local readers ..so really don't give a monkies...It's MY 1st language and i will abrv and abuse it as much as i like....If YOU don't like what you're reading Don't read...'Next'
Besides, how come he is not allowed to comment on your mistakes but you are allowed to comment on those made by others (although I stil don't know what the hell you were referring to in the first place - I have seen no errors in the article)? Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Or, just don't be such a mong.
Stupideditor says...
9:47am Tue 6 Oct 09