Horrendous journeys on the motorway following heavy rain and gusty winds

9:39am Wednesday 17th October 2012 in News

Chaos on the roads this morning brough parts of Greater Manchester to a standstill.

There were crashes on the M60, M66, M62 and M56 and lane closures were put in place. Most have since been cleared.

Two lanes on the M60 clockwise between J17, Prestwich and J18, Simister Island remained closed for longer and speed limits were down to 40mph.

Heavy rain and winds have been blamed.

Comments(10)

LS says...
4:25pm Wed 17 Oct 12

Heavy rain and wind to blame? No, idiot drivers to blame!! Think it's bad there, I'm in Greece at the moment, and when it says heavy rain, it means HEAVY rain, so heavy it brings stone walls down, causes roads to become raging rivers, washes fields into the streets, but guess how many "accidents" we saw whilst out driving.............
....NONE. We saw no accidents because everyone drove accordingly, no racing about like plonkers, each and every driver showing respect to others. Sick and tired of the weather being blamed for the indescretions and and fool hardy driving of the minority!!

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ablueroom says...
4:25pm Wed 17 Oct 12

The weather isn't to blame, it 's idiotic drivers causing the mayhem.

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Rememberscarborough says...
4:33pm Wed 17 Oct 12

I seriously doubt Greek drivers are any better or worse than ours. However, the volumn of vehicles on the roads at rush hour means the few idiots are always bound to cause chaos. Travelling on the M60 over the last week has been painful but all the side roads are just as bad. How long before total gridlock???

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bolton-born-n-bred says...
4:51pm Wed 17 Oct 12

No way are drivers better in Greece. I was in Rhodes earlier this year and hit by a double decker bus whilst walking on a Sunday afternoon in the old town, I was lucky I wasn't killed. In the evenings drivers were swerving all over the road drunk! In one bar I asked about the size of a beer and said I didn't want to drive over the legal limit, I had the reply that it didn't matter there. On my journey from Rodos to our hotel two motorbikes just missed a family with a young child on a crossing and the car that was behind that almost clipped the child, I was behind that lot whilst I was in a hire car. Police advised that most drivers don't stop after an accident, it was also very difficult to report the accident to Police as they need a med report that takes two weeks, that has to be with Police before they log the accident, bad if you are there a week. Police in Rhodes told me that they have lots of accidents, many very bad. Amount of road kill including dogs and other animals illustrates that. So no way are Greek drivers better than Brits it is the other way around! BRITS DO NOT GO DRIVING AT PEOPLE TO RUN THEM OVER ON CROSSINGS!

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Babbar Divino says...
7:18pm Wed 17 Oct 12

bolton-born-n-bred wrote:
No way are drivers better in Greece. I was in Rhodes earlier this year and hit by a double decker bus whilst walking on a Sunday afternoon in the old town, I was lucky I wasn't killed. In the evenings drivers were swerving all over the road drunk! In one bar I asked about the size of a beer and said I didn't want to drive over the legal limit, I had the reply that it didn't matter there. On my journey from Rodos to our hotel two motorbikes just missed a family with a young child on a crossing and the car that was behind that almost clipped the child, I was behind that lot whilst I was in a hire car. Police advised that most drivers don't stop after an accident, it was also very difficult to report the accident to Police as they need a med report that takes two weeks, that has to be with Police before they log the accident, bad if you are there a week. Police in Rhodes told me that they have lots of accidents, many very bad. Amount of road kill including dogs and other animals illustrates that. So no way are Greek drivers better than Brits it is the other way around! BRITS DO NOT GO DRIVING AT PEOPLE TO RUN THEM OVER ON CROSSINGS!
Well said. Brits also pay tax.

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Babbar Divino says...
7:20pm Wed 17 Oct 12

BTW Bolton Born n Bred I can't help wondering how a double decker bus found its way to Rhodes. Cliff Richard wasn't driving it was he?

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MarkAllRead says...
9:16pm Wed 17 Oct 12

I experienced horrendous wind problems this morning too. I don't think it caused any traffic problems but it might have done.

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mr.mark.c says...
12:37am Thu 18 Oct 12

Nothing but bad driving, people need to learn that tailgating will not get them there any faster, they need to back off so traffic can flow.
I cause tailbacks just by driving at the speed limit, figure that one out.

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Babbar Divino says...
9:06pm Thu 18 Oct 12

MarkAllRead wrote:
I experienced horrendous wind problems this morning too. I don't think it caused any traffic problems but it might have done.
And if my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle

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bolton-born-n-bred says...
4:30am Wed 14 Nov 12

Babbar Divino wrote:
BTW Bolton Born n Bred I can't help wondering how a double decker bus found its way to Rhodes. Cliff Richard wasn't driving it was he?
tour bus, there are a few there these days

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