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A41 reopens (From Watford Observer)
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A41 reopens between Watford and Hemel Hempstead
4:26pm Monday 3rd September 2012 in News
A41 remains closed
A section of the A41 between Watford and Hemel Hempstead has reopened, alleviating hours of gridlock in Kings Langley.
Police say they were called to section of dual carriageway north of the M25 at around 12.15pm due to concern for the welfare of a man on the road.
The road was subsequently closed in both directions with northbound traffic diverted through the centre of the village along Hempstead Road.
Road blocks were removed at 4.22pm.
A man in his 20s has been detained by the police.
Comments(9)
Willow99
says...
10:35pm Mon 3 Sep 12
LSC
says...
12:36am Tue 4 Sep 12
Harry H Hornet wrote:I agree. YOU should be the priority, not the incident itself.
The police are useless they make no attempt whatsoever to get the traffic moving or alerting the public that there is a problem.
Too busy setting up mobile safety cameras.
So what if a man was running around with a machine gun? Why should you miss Eastenders when you weren't personally at risk?
I must say it is very comforting to know that if a member of your family was at risk you would be begging the police officers dealing with it to worry about traffic flow first.
Harry H Hornet
says...
4:30am Tue 4 Sep 12
Toshhorn
says...
10:15am Tue 4 Sep 12
I thought it was some "at risk" bloke wandering around on the A41??
The police love making a drama out of nothing, good for the overtime you know.
Now if he was some sort of trouble maker (say right wing/left wing extremist)
he would have been taken down immediately
LSC
says...
1:10pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Toshhorn wrote:I was being facetious. I turns out it was a man attempting to take his own life, and in the process might easily have caused the death of innocent motorists too.
Machine gun??? who said??
I thought it was some "at risk" bloke wandering around on the A41??
The police love making a drama out of nothing, good for the overtime you know.
Now if he was some sort of trouble maker (say right wing/left wing extremist)
he would have been taken down immediately
In these situations time is a factor and confusion reigns. Should they have drafted in 100 extra police to divert traffic and then the man gives himself up in under a minute? Or might he have stayed on the bridge 10 hours?
Worst of all, he might have jumped in which case I expect the road would still be closed and appropriate diversions in place.
Harry H Hornet
says...
3:55pm Tue 4 Sep 12
LSC wrote:100 extra police was not necessary, a handful of traffic cops and turn off the traffic lights on the A41 - M25 roundabout would have had an impact on easing the congestion.
Toshhorn wrote: Machine gun??? who said?? I thought it was some "at risk" bloke wandering around on the A41?? The police love making a drama out of nothing, good for the overtime you know. Now if he was some sort of trouble maker (say right wing/left wing extremist) he would have been taken down immediatelyI was being facetious. I turns out it was a man attempting to take his own life, and in the process might easily have caused the death of innocent motorists too. In these situations time is a factor and confusion reigns. Should they have drafted in 100 extra police to divert traffic and then the man gives himself up in under a minute? Or might he have stayed on the bridge 10 hours? Worst of all, he might have jumped in which case I expect the road would still be closed and appropriate diversions in place.
Not rocket science just common sense.
pr76uk
says...
12:12pm Wed 5 Sep 12
LSC
says...
1:24pm Wed 5 Sep 12
Harry H Hornet says...
5:34pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Too busy setting up mobile safety cameras.