Ruddy M5 Today (1 Viewer)

[Terry and Jan]

Hate the ruddy M5 was going to be at Cheddar CC Site for 3pm got here at 6pm, Agh!!!!

 

[mike mcglynn]

You should try the M6 on a Friday its a slow motion nightmare

 

[Wildbill]

Every whare has Ben slow today
Grid locked
Three hrs to get from Goole to Skipton
Bill

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[Riverbankannie]

Hate the ruddy M5 was going to be at Cheddar CC Site for 3pm got here at 6pm, Agh!!!!

My daughter in law traveled home to Bristol from Cornwall ......with a 2 year old and a 5 year old in the back. Think yourselves lucky!

 

[JJ]

Ah... the joys of living in good old Blighty.

JJ

 

[Mikey RV]

It's that time of year.

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[Zepp]

We also got caught up in it 3 hours doing 2mph

 

[rb62]

Oldbury viaduct on M5 junctions 1 and 2 delays until spring 2019

 

[ymfb]

And this morning there is an HGV v Caravan at the Almondbury interchange, hope the HGV driver is ok, it went down the embankment!

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[ymfb]

I hope everyone is OK

 

[ymfb]

Generally we are lucky with the M5, as we only use it for the short bit at the end near Exeter. Then we have a choice A30 or A38, usually the A30, especially now the roadworks nr Bodmin are basically finished.

 

[Feltwell]

I commute up and down the M6 from J11 to J2 on most weekdays. Anyone jealous? No, thought not!

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[rb62]

I commute up and down the M6 from J11 to J2 on most weekdays. Anyone jealous? No, thought not!

where's a sympathy button when you need it

 

[Khizzie]

Our open door policy has a lot to answer for .also there is a lot of foreign lorries using all our motorways from mainly eastern bloc countries .on the A34 around Berkshire and Oxfordshire it seems as if every other vehicle is an attic which seems to enjoy causing huge tailbacks by overtaking another attic which isdoing almost the same speed ..aarrggh.

 

[Feltwell]

where's a sympathy button when you need it

Not for too much longer - I change jobs in November - I will still have the horrors of the M6 in Brum to face, but only as far as J1 of the M5, and hopefully only 3 days a week. I still have to work on the other days mind! Can I retire at 44 please?

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[ymfb]

Except when on my m/c, very early or middle of the day I have stopped using the A34. Caravanners, HGVs and bad driving makes for an unpleasant drive.

 

[MR. FUSION]

I used to travel a lot up & down the M5 when it was basically a dual carriageway

 

[WynandJean]

Don't worry. The M6 toll won't be opened to the public to alleviate the congestion around Birmingham but they will spend obscene amounts on HS2!

Wyn

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[The general]

That's good news

Generally we are lucky with the M5, as we only use it for the short bit at the end near Exeter. Then we have a choice A30 or A38, usually the A30, especially now the roadworks nr Bodmin are basically finished.

That's good news about works bear Bodmin can't wait to get down Cornwall end of year

 

[Chocy boy]

When I was considering buying a motorhome at the NEC the salesperson said no more airport delays.

 

[busby]

Our open door policy has a lot to answer for .also there is a lot of foreign lorries using all our motorways from mainly eastern bloc countries .on the A34 around Berkshire and Oxfordshire it seems as if every other vehicle is an attic which seems to enjoy causing huge tailbacks by overtaking another attic which isdoing almost the same speed ..aarrggh.

They will be doing between 50 and 56 mph ,,,,fast enough for me any day,,,BUSBY

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[rangi]

Friday is always a bad day trying to get to the south west, from Bristol down.
Tiz "Change over day" innet

Tiz either 2nd home owners coming down for the weekend, or holiday makers heading for their accommodation.
Tiz the same going the other way too.

Best day to head to Devon & Cornwall is either Monday or Tuesday

 

[denisejoe]

Quite a few years ago coming back up m5 we hit a traffic jam but it was in the outside two lanes we sailed up the inside lane at 40 mph for 10 miles and then turned off even then the inside lane was clear?

Joe

 

[busby]

Quite a few years ago coming back up m5 we hit a traffic jam but it was in the outside two lanes we sailed up the inside lane at 40 mph for 10 miles and then turned off even then the inside lane was clear?

Joe

Inside lane is always quickest when motorway is very busy because trucks don't keep braking and traffic is exiting the motorway,,BUSBy.

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[ymfb]

I used to travel a lot up & down the M5 when it was basically a dual carriageway

I used it a lot back then and remember the chaos around Bromsgrove and further south when they widened it.

 

[denisejoe]

Inside lane is always quickest when motorway is very busy because trucks don't keep braking and traffic is exiting the motorway,,BUSBy.

No I mean there was nothing in front of us in the near side lane it was empty

 

[gus-lopez]

No I mean there was nothing in front of us in the near side lane it was empty

Same today,both directions,no lorries just half wit Muppet "drivers" blocking middle and outer lanes.

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[Charlie]

Was no fun this afternoon travelling north from 22 to 7.... three lanes bumper to bumper start stopping for no apparent reason . And the tugged in the Kia with a bloody great 4 wheel caravan doing 90+ in lane 3 should be banned ! Caravan snaking over lane two and three !!!! Idiot !

 

[Cavs]

Was no fun this afternoon travelling north from 22 to 7.... three lanes bumper to bumper start stopping for no apparent reason . And the tugged in the Kia with a bloody great 4 wheel caravan doing 90+ in lane 3 should be banned ! Caravan snaking over lane two and three !!!! Idiot !

Our family went home to Devon from Bedford around lunchtime today. Apparently, there was a collision on the northbound with something buried under the tailgate of a truck/van, and several others joining in further back. It takes forever for a tailback to clear once it's developed.

Of course, they expressed due sympathy for everyone on the other carriageway.

 

[peterc10]

No I mean there was nothing in front of us in the near side lane it was empty

I think that is called the hard shoulder

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