Re: OT Airport security

Ralph B said the following on 31/10/2007 09:09:

On the subject of idiotic H&S rules: The loutish Jeremy Clarkson
raised a good point in the last Top Gear. Why do the motorways get
closed down for several hours after every car crash nowadays? The M25
was closed for 6 hours (FFS!) when a pedestrian was knocked down
recently (http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/
newsid_7065000/7065124.stm)

It has nothing to do with H&S, it's because the police consider it a crime scene and need the closure to gather forensic evidence. The particular story you refer to even more so since the IPCC is involved and the police would be severely reprimanded if they opened the road without gathering all the evidence.

Colin
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