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       #Post#: 62687--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Red X on motorway - for what distance are they applicable?
   DIR By: sparx
       Date: March 15, 2025, 1:33 pm
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       --- Quote from: Dave Green link ---
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       > [quote author=andy_foster link=topic=5507.msg62385#msg62385
       date=1741894910]However, for competent drivers, any hazard
       should be able to be visible from far enough away to react at
       the national speed limit.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Any hazard?
       What if the hazard is a reported diesel spill, something that
       may be invisible or not be visible until extremely close or it
       could be a vehicle that has totally left the carriageway making
       it hard or impossible to see and the potential hazard could be
       glass or similar in the active lane.
       [/quote]
       Not sure that either of these, if not visible from a car at NSL,
       would be a hazard to a car. A motorcycle? Possibly. But with the
       majority of motorways being relatively straight even a diesel
       spill becomes less hazardous.
       You could say the same for the lorry that overfilled its tanks
       at a rural petrol station, then emptied the excess in the first
       right hander following the fuel station. No hazard signs, no
       forward warning that it's there except for Mk1 eyeball and
       observations.
       #Post#: 62790--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Red X on motorway - for what distance are they applicable?
   DIR By: roythebus
       Date: March 16, 2025, 4:56 pm
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       A diesel spill on a tarmac road often means a resurfacing jobby.
       I'e seen instances on the northern bit of the M25 where there'
       been a red X over a carriageway around J25, then blank gantries
       all the way to the end of the M25. Common sense has to prevail
       sometimes.
       #Post#: 62809--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Red X on motorway - for what distance are they applicable?
   DIR By: nigelbb
       Date: March 17, 2025, 4:27 am
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       --- Quote from: roythebus link ---
       >
       > A diesel spill on a tarmac road often means a resurfacing
       jobby.
       >
       > I'e seen instances on the northern bit of the M25 where there'
       been a red X over a carriageway around J25, then blank gantries
       all the way to the end of the M25. Common sense has to prevail
       sometimes.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       If there is a red X over a carriageway followed by blank
       gantries then any vehicles joining the motorway will be unaware
       of the previous X so the blank gantries must mean that all
       carriageways can be used.
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