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On the morning of 5 September 2013, more than 130 vehicles were involved in a series crashes on the southbound carriageway of the Isle of Sheppey Bridge…..
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These pileups happen in America as well. Generally in the winter under snow whiteout conditions mostly in the Midwest.
Curious 🤔 has anything like this happened on this particular bridge since this initial incident?
The flag.
I gotta ask about the flag that appears in these videos.
That black and white flag.
I remember when I was in my early 20s and it was foggy enough that people were throwing about the phrase "pea souper". I hurtled down the A14 at (what I thought was) a cautious 50mph in the outside lane, then to my amazement the inside lane was suddenly populated entirely by stationary cars; half a second later I saw a stationary car in my lane flying towards me (relatively speaking). If I'd not recently watched a programme on BBC2 about 'pumping the breaks' I'd absolutely be dead by now. After the frantic stop I looked to my left and saw the face of the guy in the car next to mine, written all over it was "With people like you on the road, we're as good as dead". As I age a great number of memories blur and disappear into the fog (ha!) but the look on that guy's face… well I'll take it to my grave.
I like the idea of a driver education since it is a broad issue. Simple tickets don't really fix the problem.
The speed limit was reduced to 50mph after the accident but it went back up to 70mph after a few years when they installed average speed cameras
Whether there is fog or no fog. There is always those who think they know the best speed for the road and drive like lunatics.
I learned today that "fog lights" are different in the US.
Can't CAD fog
This bridge has a 50mph average speed check these days.
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT IS BULLSHIT.
FGN
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheppey_Crossing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheppey_Crossing_crash
The little advert icon in the corner was a nice touch 😂
This is quickly becoming one of my favourite channels, thanks for these videos!
England's drivers are the worst,
particularly in bad weather, they
have a 'I don't care ' attitude even
if it costs lives.
Excellent video with all stages well explained. Here in California we have fog in the Central Valley which can suddenly descend, so that hundreds of cars driving 70mph in bright sunlight are instantly in zero-visibility fog. Here in Greater Los Angeles we did have a 198-car pileup due to our ordinary fog coming in from the sea, like the Sheppey disaster everyone was driving too fast, and somehow no-one was killed.
Worst bit of driving to come out of the Isle of Sheppey since this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz66wCcdzew
good video, presented well with good visuals. Shame we never knew what changes the highway agency put in place but you can't have everything.
In a hurry to get wherever. People drive so recklessly. Doesn't matter if there is dense fog and practically no visibility. Got to get there. Just keep the gas pedal pressed down.
I live within walking distance of that bridge wtf…
Completely bonkers! But you see it in very wet weather too, trucks at 60 in lanes 1 and 2 of any motorway, plumes of spray impenetrable by the human eye. Idiots in Range Rovers powering down lane 3 etc etc. To the innocent, avoiding being hit from behind in fog or spray is something we can do nothing about. Driving at a sane speed is as dangerous as the perverse 'logic' that says you are less likely to be rear-ended if you drive faster… On the speed limit note – I live in Scotland, and often drive to or past Inverness. The speed limit is not only 50 over the bridge, but for a good mile or two either side, so people get used to driving slower, and realise they will still get where they are going, but maybe a minute or two slower. No biggy. What's more, very, very few people exceed the limit, possible due to Scottish speed cameras not needing to be 'sign-posted' by bright colours, or sited too obviously. Make all the fuss you like about Big Brother or Nanny State, deaths on the roads are a fraction of what they were when I was a young driver, and there is at least ?10, 20 times the number of vehicles around now. Yes, cars are so much safer themselves, but so are most roads. There's a time for some right foot action in your fast car, but in dense fog ain't one of them ffs! Maybe cars are almost too safe, the sense of insulation from the outside world lending a false feeling of what safe actually is…
Another great video. Thank you for all the hard work.
hold up why were there no refuse points or a hard shoulder? or street lighting