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Tailbacks after accident

6:42pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

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By Thom Airs »

An accident involving a lorry and a car is causing tailbacks on all approaches to the Green Road Roundabout in Headington, Oxford.

The collision is said to be blocking the Barton exit and causing traffic james on the A40 London Road and Eastern Bypass.


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MARTIN, barton says...
9:51pm Tue 22 Jul 08

this was a very trivel collision and did not need to cause as much trouble as it did as the female driver of the car left her car even though it was not badly damaged and the truck driver refused to move as did the lady driver till police arrived when they did they rightly was annoyed as all it needed was to go and find somewhere to exchange detail the police should take action against these 2 drivers for causing this much chaose as there could of been more accidents there witch could of caused injury or could of caused a delay to fire or ambulance crews if there was a life and death situation .
also why did it take ages for police to get there?
i point to remember if u have a accident and you can move the cars please do ,then get details dont bloke road unless injurys or sever damage .expecially on roundabouts

ox4 gooner, cowley says...
5:00am Wed 23 Jul 08

What do you expect from a woman driver. She probably broke a fingernail, and then had to have her hair done before anybody could see her.

David, Headington says...
8:29am Wed 23 Jul 08

It was indeed, very annoying and irritating.

Being completely avoidable makes it even more so!

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9:31am Wed 23 Jul 08

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ann oyed, Oxford says...
10:19am Wed 23 Jul 08

Yes it was a trivial accident, blocking the roundabout in a manner likely to cause a more serious one that had already happened. Can anyone from TVP explain why it took over an hour for any sign of a police or traffic vehicle to alleviate the problem?

Leah, TVP says...
11:34am Wed 23 Jul 08

Grrrrr - makes me so angry. I myself am a woman but unlike this silly cow my first thought would be to get out of the way for everybody else - not stay and wait for police!! How ridiculous, and selfish! It causes so much agro for everyone else, I was sat in that traffic jam for nearly an hour with my 3yr old in the back and didnt know what had happened until now, now I find out it could have been avoided!!

Matt, SIXTV says...
11:50am Wed 23 Jul 08

I agree with Leah TVP -it was selfish of the woman to hold everyone up. Why are people allowed to drive when they clearly have no concept of the people around them. More to the point why did the people at the front of the cue help out. They are worse than two people involved. Someone could have photo'd the scene and acted as a witness so the traffic could have been moved. TVP should have acted quicker however

Matt, SIXTV says...
11:53am Wed 23 Jul 08

REPOSTED DUE TO TYPO ABOVE
I agree with Leah TVP -it was selfish of the woman to hold everyone up. Why are people allowed to drive when they clearly have no concept of the people around them. More to the point why didnt the people at the front of the cue help out. They are worse than two people involved. Someone could have photo'd the scene and acted as a witness so the traffic could have been moved. TVP should have acted quicker however

Leah, TVP says...
12:08pm Wed 23 Jul 08

There wasn't a need for TVP to attend as it was such a trivial 'accident' I've had 'accidents' bigger than that before but have not felt the need to call the police as I wouldnt want to waste their time

David, Headington says...
12:11pm Wed 23 Jul 08

Matt wrote:
REPOSTED DUE TO TYPO ABOVE I agree with Leah TVP -it was selfish of the woman to hold everyone up. Why are people allowed to drive when they clearly have no concept of the people around them. More to the point why didnt the people at the front of the cue help out. They are worse than two people involved. Someone could have photo'd the scene and acted as a witness so the traffic could have been moved. TVP should have acted quicker however
Matt,

Understand your point completely and posted earlier to express the anoyance factor being caught up in it.

What must be bourne in mind is that any individual who attempted to move, or even touched the vehicles involved becomes a culpable witness.

This could lead to claims against the individual being persued for interference with evidence. (Think Compo Time!)

In this current climate it is far safer to not get involved.

Sorry to be very negative but this is the modern trend.

As for TVP; well1111

Burgs, Oxford says...
12:23pm Wed 23 Jul 08

Matt wrote:
REPOSTED DUE TO TYPO ABOVE I agree with Leah TVP -it was selfish of the woman to hold everyone up. Why are people allowed to drive when they clearly have no concept of the people around them. More to the point why didnt the people at the front of the cue help out. They are worse than two people involved. Someone could have photo'd the scene and acted as a witness so the traffic could have been moved. TVP should have acted quicker however
You think THAT was the only typo?

headington resident, oxford says...
3:05pm Wed 23 Jul 08

both these drivers should be charged with wasting police time. also all the drivers who were sat in the traffic as far back as the cowley flyover should claim compo for the wasting of costly fuel and their time.

Matt, SIXTV says...
3:18pm Wed 23 Jul 08

Burgs wrote:
Matt wrote:
REPOSTED DUE TO TYPO ABOVE I agree with Leah TVP -it was selfish of the woman to hold everyone up. Why are people allowed to drive when they clearly have no concept of the people around them. More to the point why didnt the people at the front of the cue help out. They are worse than two people involved. Someone could have photo\'d the scene and acted as a witness so the traffic could have been moved. TVP should have acted quicker however
You think THAT was the only typo?
You are right. I also wrote cue instead of queue. Congratulations for being so fantastic and great. I am honoured that you should take time out of your clearly busy day to bring me up to speed on this pressing matter. I hope that nothing important happened in the real world while you were writing to me or you may get your status as 'Worlds Greatest Superhero' withdrawn!

Burgs, Oxford says...
6:41pm Wed 23 Jul 08

Matt wrote:
Burgs wrote:
Matt wrote: REPOSTED DUE TO TYPO ABOVE I agree with Leah TVP -it was selfish of the woman to hold everyone up. Why are people allowed to drive when they clearly have no concept of the people around them. More to the point why didnt the people at the front of the cue help out. They are worse than two people involved. Someone could have photo\'d the scene and acted as a witness so the traffic could have been moved. TVP should have acted quicker however
You think THAT was the only typo?
You are right. I also wrote cue instead of queue. Congratulations for being so fantastic and great. I am honoured that you should take time out of your clearly busy day to bring me up to speed on this pressing matter. I hope that nothing important happened in the real world while you were writing to me or you may get your status as 'Worlds Greatest Superhero' withdrawn!
Matt,

It is not a problem; Just sending this via my Blackberry. Stuck in a traffic jam; again!

Nothing better to do.

Perhaps you were playing snoker at the time you wrote cue?

Back to more salient points; traffic and Oxford do not mix. End of story!

Sally, says...
10:28pm Wed 23 Jul 08

I find the sexism in some of the comments on this thread absolutely disgusting. The sex of either driver is not relevant.

MachLieod-O'hOg'ai n, fenwick says...
11:16pm Wed 23 Jul 08

You lot really are boring!!!!!!!!

Matt, Oxford says...
10:18am Thu 24 Jul 08

MachLieod-O'hOg'ain wrote:
You lot really are boring!!!!!!!!
And comments with such wizardry and word play you must be an absolute wow at parties, and not the slightest bit boring.

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