I was once very near the front of a queue caused by a multi vehicle collision on an autobahn. I didn't go for a close look but it seemed a real mess and I was there for hours.
With no hard shoulder on what we'd call dual lane carriageway (but with unrestricted speed) the cars parted to the side of their respective lane to allow the emergency vehicles to come up the middle of the road. My recollection is that, including the small posse of road cleaning lorries which were last to arrive, 28 emergency vehicles attended. The helicopter also turned up.
I recall when I was taken on patrol twice on busy Friday evenings with a local m'way cop he said there were only 2 traffic cars covering the whole of Berkshire and into neighbouring counties at the time... that was a few years ago now!
Last edited by: smokie on Tue 16 May 23 at 15:40
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