2006-10-03 01:16:34 · 8 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
So people dont pull into the bays. Police usually reverse back into the bays.
2006-10-03 01:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are there because when the motorways were first built, Police Vehicles used to sit on them waiting for speeding traffice.
The problem with that is that drivers got to know there the police would be & also the Police Vehicles when pulling out could cause an accident. So now the patrol vehicles cruse up & down the Motorway between certain junctions.
2006-10-04 08:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by Joolz of Salopia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several reasons I guess, firstly the cars can overshoot causing an accident when going on, (I do know of 1 incident). They have to reverse up now!! (On a Motorway!!!)
secondly, don't think all coppers can drive!!!
Suspension on some cars caused the vehicle to ground out, this does not happen in reverse.
2006-10-03 08:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by rinfrance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen several of these (recently, on the A21). I have also seen a police car pull over on the hard shoulder and reverse back into the space.
Rogermewt...'s idea about 'grounding' sounds like a good possibility. The ones on the A21 seem to be very steep sided....
2006-10-03 08:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by SeabourneFerriesLtd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're talking about those ones in the middle of the highway that you can enter or exit from either side? They probably blocked them off because people are using them to make illegal u-turns and maybe it has caused an accident
2006-10-03 08:36:52 · answer #5 · answered by sparkles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have noticed that til i seen a poilce car stop and reverse into one yes reverse on a motorway i thought was illegal
2006-10-03 08:20:09 · answer #6 · answered by colin050659 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have probably sold the patrol car on ebay to fund another money making speed camera, so don't need their little pull ins any more.
2006-10-03 08:19:15 · answer #7 · answered by iusedtolooklikemyavatar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They aren't blocked you are wrong
2006-10-03 08:18:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋