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Sir Lex - 24 Mar 2008 09:38 GMT

5th Gear motorway pile up. Good video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSEl2ueCATs

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Atheist Chaplain - 24 Mar 2008 23:42 GMT

> 5th Gear motorway pile up. Good video:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSEl2ueCATs

so the secret is to be the first car in the jam, not the last one :-)

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RainbowWarrior - 25 Mar 2008 07:34 GMT

> 5th Gear motorway pile up. Good video:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSEl2ueCATs

It was all caused by the Supid Arbitrary 30mph sign, if it had been
derestricted instead it wouldn't have happened.
<Sarcasm Mode Off>

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Toby Ponsenby - 25 Mar 2008 08:09 GMT

>> 5th Gear motorway pile up. Good video:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSEl2ueCATs
>
> It was all caused by the Supid Arbitrary 30mph sign, if it had been
> derestricted instead it wouldn't have happened. <Sarcasm Mode Off>

Why?
The imbeciles notionally stopped for the experiment were trying to do the
30, and buggered it up because the correct speed for the conditions was
appreciably less.
That's why they stopped in the first place - a low-speed shunt. Vehicle 2
driver was speed limit conditioned, vehicle 1 driver was driving to
conditions without regard to the SASL, and so on.

Get it?

BTW, I did ALL that with sarcasm mode 'off'.

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