by Phoenix » Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:28 am
J15 is well known, me & the guy in front took care. We spotted the queue way ahead, slowed down to a gentle stop. I hadn't noticed the guy behind at first, he was a distance away as we started to slow. Obviously he either wasn't looking ahead or his eyes were shut from what he said and he just didn't slow down. Fortunately no one had managed to go any faster than 40 since J11 otherwise I doubt I'd be typing now.
Worse was the police telling us to get behind the barrier. Next time you go past J15 north, look at the triangle of grass surronuded by M6, J15 exit and J15 entrance. We were on that!
Waiting for the police, I'll tell you why there's so many accidents there. People that know there's often queues at J15 actually start to turn off, they go along the slip road until the last moment when they can see whether there's a queue on the M6 or not. No queue, they pull back onto the motorway. We watched 8 do it last night including a break down truck with 2 cars on the back and another in tow.