Re: Two held after frozen canal drive



Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Vicko Zoomba submitted this idea :
Two men have been charged with reckless conduct after a car which was
being driven on a frozen canal plunged through the ice.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8454242.stm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -

The photo leaves me wondering why there is a need for the traffic cones and the POLICE ACCIDENT sign - were they anticipating a canal boat to suddenly appear at full speed steaming around the bend?

They're not worried about boats, far worse things than cars get left in canals for boats to run over. The sign will be so that every walker/runner, cyclist and angler with a mobile phone doesn't call 999.

--
Douglas
.



Relevant Pages

  • Re: A bit of nothing.
    ... speed digitalised society we now live in. ... Our canals really are remarkable as they truly are the secret way ... Boats break down. ... You can't move for elfin safety regulations. ...
    (uk.rec.waterways)
  • Re: Minimum Speed on the Macclesfield?
    ... Are you talking about long term moorings or short term moorings? ... they will be unaffected by wash from boats at full speed. ... majority of narrow canals. ... Obstruction of the channel profile by moored craft ...
    (uk.rec.waterways)
  • Re: The moored narks!
    ... job that our canals aren't used commercially anymore. ... He also talks about Packet Boats that carried passengers. ... Departing on Day 2, lunch was taken at Ecluse de Beteille, and the second ... pass through nearly 80 lock chambers on the original route of the canal. ...
    (uk.rec.waterways)
  • Re: SOW - When Assets become Liabilities [XP]
    ... down the canal navigation for health & safety reasons. ... been used as an excuse on Deepcut Flight, ... if they start closing down canals instead of ... boats on the system where they all are and how many are not licenced. ...
    (uk.rec.waterways)
  • Re: Speeding Boats on the Llangollen
    ... - the licence I fork out for covers all BW canals and rivers, ... (I presume this poster likes to go nice ... Boats 'move around' anyway. ... that all boaters should be teetotallers is ridiculous. ...
    (uk.rec.waterways)