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A64 smash leads to delays
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TRAFFIC tailed back five miles on the A64 this morning after a van came off the eastbound carriageway into the central reservation.
Emergency services were called at 7.45am after the Ford Transit van came off the road near the eastern A659 Tadcaster junction.
Police closed the eastbound outside lane for more than an hour, causing five-mile tailbacks snaking back to the A1/M.
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Ambulance and fire crews attended but no one was trapped or injured in the smash.
10:09am Tuesday 8th April 2008
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Posted by: ouserower, york on 11:12am Tue 8 Apr 08
A big wide road and fairly straight too. How come its so difficult to drive on it?
A big wide road and fairly straight too. How come its so difficult to drive on it?
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Posted by: read-all-about-it, Haxby on 12:16pm Tue 8 Apr 08
Because the driver clearly couldn't have been concentrating. We can only speculate as to the reasons why - using a mobile phone or falling asleep at the wheel spring to mind!
Because the driver clearly couldn't have been concentrating.
We can only speculate as to the reasons why - using a mobile phone or falling asleep at the wheel spring to mind!
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Posted by: Peter, york on 12:27pm Tue 8 Apr 08
Could also be he was avoiding someone who pulled out on him
Could also be he was avoiding someone who pulled out on him
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Posted by: the invisible man, southbank on 12:39pm Tue 8 Apr 08
[bold]Peter[/bold] wrote: Could also be he was avoiding someone who pulled out on him
Which is exactly what happened to me a few years ago. Coincidently it was a large white van that nearly killed me - they didn't stop of course.
Peter wrote:
Could also be he was avoiding someone who pulled out on him
Which is exactly what happened to me a few years ago. Coincidently it was a large white van that nearly killed me - they didn't stop of course.
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Posted by: Free Speech, York on 3:59pm Tue 8 Apr 08
a van came off the eastbound carriageway into the central reservation. Could have been a WHITE transit van? White van drivers are notorious for their fast and inconsiderate driving! Their vans should carry warning signs!
a van came off the eastbound carriageway into the central reservation.
Could have been a WHITE transit van?
White van drivers are notorious for their fast and inconsiderate driving!
Their vans should carry warning signs!
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Posted by: Guy Fawkes, Bootham on 4:08pm Tue 8 Apr 08
What with that and the contraflow on the single carriageway stretch just west of the A1 roundabout near Aberford, it must have been a fun rush hour for anyone commuting from Leeds to York this morning.
What with that and the contraflow on the single carriageway stretch just west of the A1 roundabout near Aberford, it must have been a fun rush hour for anyone commuting from Leeds to York this morning.
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Posted by: The Stigs Wife, york on 8:58pm Tue 8 Apr 08
[bold]Free Speech[/bold] wrote: a van came off the eastbound carriageway into the central reservation. Could have been a WHITE transit van? White van drivers are notorious for their fast and inconsiderate driving! Their vans should carry warning signs!
Thought vans could only do maximum 60mph?!! Majority of them anyway!!
Free Speech wrote:
a van came off the eastbound carriageway into the central reservation. Could have been a WHITE transit van? White van drivers are notorious for their fast and inconsiderate driving! Their vans should carry warning signs!
Thought vans could only do maximum 60mph?!! Majority of them anyway!!
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Posted by: Gardener, York on 9:32pm Tue 8 Apr 08
[bold]The Stigs Wife[/bold] wrote:
[bold]Free Speech[/bold] wrote: a van came off the eastbound carriageway into the central reservation. Could have been a WHITE transit van? White van drivers are notorious for their fast and inconsiderate driving! Their vans should carry warning signs!
Thought vans could only do maximum 60mph?!! Majority of them anyway!!
I've passed your comments on to the lads at the Transit forum.
The Stigs Wife wrote:
Free Speech wrote: a van came off the eastbound carriageway into the central reservation. Could have been a WHITE transit van? White van drivers are notorious for their fast and inconsiderate driving! Their vans should carry warning signs!
Thought vans could only do maximum 60mph?!! Majority of them anyway!!
I've passed your comments on to the lads at the Transit forum.
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Posted by: sc-bk on 9:50pm Tue 8 Apr 08
Transit driver was probably swerving to avoid some bint in a Nissan Micra applying her mascara and lipstick. Police reports suggest she was still ugly even with all her makeup on.
Transit driver was probably swerving to avoid some bint in a Nissan Micra applying her mascara and lipstick.
Police reports suggest she was still ugly even with all her makeup on.
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Posted by: Guy Fawkes, Bootham on 11:26pm Tue 8 Apr 08
Transit driver was probably swerving to avoid some bint in a Nissan Micra applying her mascara and lipstick.
The accident happened at 7.45 in the morning - said bints aren't usually up that early. If you're right she was probably hung over, which would explain the accident...
Transit driver was probably swerving to avoid some bint in a Nissan Micra applying her mascara and lipstick.
The accident happened at 7.45 in the morning - said bints aren't usually up that early. If you're right she was probably hung over, which would explain the accident...
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