M25 traffic and the lack of information

I got stuck on there on the 26th its a bad road from 10am to 6am

We recently travelled from the West and were using M4 - M25 on a Saturday. We were warned that Junctions 27 & 28 were closed, but foolishly thought the M11would still be operating. Apparently not, so everyone tried to pile off at Junction 26. There was no help or geographical advice for alterantive routes for those wothout maps who thought they only had to find the QE2 bridge, heaven help anyone trying to get to Stansted. The police kept the whole things closed from 14:00 to 20:30 and what puzzles me is why there is no agenct to get things moving more quickly. I have seen the police in the past dawdling over accidents and apparently completely unaware of traffic. Perhaps we need another agency with different priorities; certainly to care for the injured quickly, but, that having been done, to get traffic moving again. What foreigners must think I cannot imagine.

You're wise to avoid the M25. It's very busy at the best of times.

If the motorways are closed then it overloads the local road network, it's far easier to keep the motorway open and keep the congestion to one road rather than 43 in the surrounding area. As to the lack of communication, that is very bad, but I've found that the accuracy of the Matrix signs has increased over the last few years. It's just bad that the M25 is nearly the busiest motorway in the UK and they can't keep track of each stretch of road. I mean, some sections of it are so ancient, they are probably unaware of queues building up.

My advice? Avoid the M25 during the daytime altogether.

why do drivers ignore safety warnings on motorways driving rain on sundayon m25 m11 signs for spray plus 50mph ,drivers whizzing by me causing spray making it difficult ,with the spray lashing on the windsreen to drive safetly why do these idiots put other road users at risk these warnings are there for a reason with adverse weather conditions etc

Try Walking Matey. Good for the body, good for the soul, good for the spirit, good for the earth, good for politics etc. To see the world from your own 2 feet and to admire the land is an honour and most journeys are unnessecary.

Using our road now is becoming very frustrating and unproductive, the issue appears to centre on the lack of skilled management in controlling road closures (a modern phoneme) Its just too easy to close the road. We need a change in the accountable managers and put people in place that understand the need to keep the roads open. Remember some one somewhere has to earn the income to pay that tax that keeps these people.

2 hours??? Try 4.5 hours for a 29 mile journey
2 hours??? Try 4.5 hours for a 29 mile journey
2 hours??? Try 4.5 hours for a 29 mile journey
2 hours??? Try 4.5 hours for a 29 mile journey

The M25 is nothing but a huge car park. It was not like this a few years ago but then, we didn't have as many people on this Island as we do now.

I really love traffic jams, I don't get frustrated at all. I enjoy wasting precious fuel (burn more fuel stationery than in motion), the sweet aroma of the clutch, stops and starts and in-car entertainment of watching the fuel gauge elevate.

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You are obviously on their team are you Mickey or Pluto.

M25 - Why didn’t they just close the junctions?

Because the Department of Transport or, whoever controls your section of the M25, couldn't organise a bun-fight in a bakery.

Lorries should be made to travel at certain time and keep within the slow lanes, these vehicles should be checked for road worthiness (they are not)


Said Lisa.

Lorries are checked for faults EVERY 6 weeks in a garage unlike cars which only need to be checked once a year.


What time do you suggest lorries should be limited to travelling at?. Night time when you are in bed and being woken by the noise?, after rush hour? imagine the carnage when they all come back on the road at the same time, and where would they all go at that time?, lorry parks across the country are closing to make way for housing and industrial estates and are not being replaced.

The problem on the M25 is the emergency services its far too easy for them to shut the roads for as long as they want to they have no incentive to open the roads as soon as any accident has been cleared, A lot of idiots in cars dont know where they are or where they need to be so a large amount of them cut across the paqths of lorries at a moments notice to get off at the junction they need, causing the lorries to lose control.

As for lorries I presume Lisa you have driven one or at least have travelled in one and can comment on their unfair use of the roads?.


Or were you just held up one day on the way to work?.