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Thu 5 Dec 13 09:33

Brown trouser moment... - BobbyG

Up here in Scotland we are getting some light winds.....
news.stv.tv/scotland/251681-storm-with-gales-of-up-to-142mph-batter-scotland-causing-disruption/

See the photo half way down page - I would not like to be that lorry driver, especially on the very high Friarton Bridge!!

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Thu 5 Dec 13 09:55

Brown trouser moment... - R.P.

I can sympathise with that

BTW are all Scots newspapers musical ?

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Thu 5 Dec 13 11:17

Brown trouser moment... - BobbyG

Sadly a lorry driver has been killed in another accident where the lorry has been blown over.

Which raises all the same old questions, why were they out in the wind in the first place.?
For last 3 days we have been getting warned of these winds, for last 24 hours warnings were all over the place , first item in news.

Sadly someone felt they needed the money, or were scared to say no to their boss or whatever the scenario may be. But it means that someone has gone to work today and isn't coming home. And the lorry also collided with two cars resulting in injuries there as well.

Some accidents are unavoidable, some just happen, but I believe this was totally avoidable.

Last night the rail companies advised that there would not be a train running in Scotland before 7am due to the winds. Trains started to run but were immediately pulled this morning when the extent of the risks involved were uncovered.

We don't like granny states, we don't like being told what to do, but is there times like this, to protect vulnerable lorry drivers, that instructions from govt, police or whoever are required to ban all vehicles over a certain height?

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Thu 5 Dec 13 11:34

Brown trouser moment... - Dog

>> why were they out in the wind in the first place.?

Finger points toward the transport manager, in many cases.

>>is there times like this, to protect vulnerable lorry drivers, that instructions from govt, police or whoever are required to ban all vehicles over a certain height?

Trains and boats and planes don't operate in adverse conditions, so yes, with the weather that was well forecast 'up there', high lorries should have been kept orf the highways - until conditions improved.

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Thu 5 Dec 13 11:18

Brown trouser moment... - BobbyG

>>BTW are all Scots newspapers musical ?

??? - awaiting the punchline.........

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Thu 5 Dec 13 11:49

Brown trouser moment... - Pat

>> but is there times like this, to protect vulnerable lorry drivers, that instructions from govt, police or whoever are required to ban all vehicles over a certain height?
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Most certainly yes there is.

Pat

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Thu 5 Dec 13 13:25

Brown trouser moment... - R.P.

As soon as I opened the link I was greeted with Christmas music...

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Thu 5 Dec 13 14:01

Brown trouser moment... - rtj70

That'll be the advert/video that starts playing straight away then.

It's only been a bit windy around here - but enough to blow a 20 foot tree over down the road from us. Just pushed over. Often cars parked alongside where it is so lucky it's not blown onto a car. Would have caused enough damage even though it's not a huge tree.

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Thu 5 Dec 13 14:05

Brown trouser moment... - RattleandSmoke

Been pretty bad here, a lorry has overturned on the M60 (Barton Bridge) why it wasn't closed I don't know, it is quite common for lorries to over turn there.

A load of slates have fallen on our front garden too and I have no idea where they have come from. It must be really bad in Scotland.

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Thu 5 Dec 13 14:17

Brown trouser moment... - rtj70

The Barton Bridge can be windy at the best of times - so I'm not surprised something overturned.

I hope those tiles aren't from your roof! Lucky they didn't hit anything or anyone.

Whether it's weather related but Deansgate in Manchester was shut in both directions earlier.

Edit: Looks like Thelwall Viaduct close. M66 closed one way near Junction 1 due to overturned lorry. Deansgate was/is closed because of an unsafe building.

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Thu 5 Dec 13 14:26

Brown trouser moment... - RattleandSmoke

It better not be from our roof, that part of the roof was only completely re-slated just under two years ago.

Again with Deansgate it appears something has fallen of a roof.

Wind seems to have eased now though.

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Thu 5 Dec 13 15:11

Brown trouser moment... - rtj70

>> It better not be from our roof

Might be an idea to go and check outside now the wind has died down a bit.

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Thu 5 Dec 13 15:11

Brown trouser moment... - Bromptonaut

>> A load of slates have fallen on our front garden too and I have no
>> idea where they have come from. It must be really bad in Scotland.

If they're in your front garden there's a limited number of places thy can have come from. They're jolted off the roof 'cos the whole thing flexes in wind. Once moving they obey gravity pdq.

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Thu 5 Dec 13 15:15

Brown trouser moment... - rtj70

Bromptonaut... my thoughts too. But maybe they came off next door. Fingers crossed Rattle.

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Thu 5 Dec 13 15:25

Brown trouser moment... - RattleandSmoke

Already had a look but I can't see anything obvious.

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