welcome to the website dedicated to our Highways Agency Traffic Officers. We talk Smart Motorways, single manning, hard shoulders, TOVs, Supervisors, Red X cameras, the lot, can you join the party on such discussions? England's motorways have seen HATOS for many years now and motorists have come to expect their assistance at the drop of a hat, which normally is the case too :slhehe: This is National Traffic JOIN US
  • Recent Topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post

  • what's been happening in the last 24 hours?

  •         LO-DOWN CENTRAL - THE LAST 24 HOURS

    New posts 0 • New topics 0 • New users 0
    In total there were 437 users :: 1 registered, 3 bots, 0 hidden and 433 guests active over the last 24 hours


  • Introductions
    who are you? where are you? what do you do? do you go sailing down the Thames? canoeing down the nile? or trainspotting at Clapham junction?
    Moderator: R C C
    139 Topics
    2776 Posts
    Last post by falkor View the latest post
  • Front Door
    for Recruitment and General Issues
    Moderator: R C C
    625 Topics
    13718 Posts
    Last post by falkor View the latest post
  • Briefing Room
    for "operational issues"
    Moderator: R C C
    503 Topics
    11685 Posts
    Last post by falkor View the latest post
  • Off Topic
    for OFF DUTY and leisure topics: so chat about whatever you like except issues that should go into areas above this
    Moderator: R C C
    1257 Topics
    7490 Posts
    Last post by falkor View the latest post
  • Site problems
    Site slow? Links not leading to the right place? Sloppy design? Inaccurate text? we want to know!!
    Moderator: R C C
    143 Topics
    1049 Posts
    Last post by falkor View the latest post
  • Applications
    Only start topics in this area if you are applying for a Highways Agency post. If not please use a different area!
    62 Topics
    838 Posts
    Last post by andy3665 View the latest post
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:09 pm
    Off to fill the patrol car, catch you soon ;)
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:02 pm
    I've been single crewed non stop for 12 months
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:01 pm
    Jees , no new boys joining for 18 months, blimmen heck Slab, so I guess single manning is now the norm then?
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:00 pm
    We haven't had any newbies for 18 months, training is frozen because its awkward during the pandemic
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:59 pm
    And from the sound of it that is a lot more indeed :slsad: a pay freeze is pretty fliipin bad, what is recruitment like nowadays? do you see fresh faced new lads joining?
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:58 pm
    Thats a issue way above my pay grade! I leave that to people who get paid a lot more than me ;)
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:57 pm
    Yeah I see that ... the most ridiculous statement of the month surely is that Highways England has 'no duty of care to motorists' and had no reason to monitor traffic for stranded vehicles according to Highways England's own barrister Nicholas Chapman
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:56 pm
    We still advise to phone jobs in them so we can pinpoint their correct location
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:55 pm
    Yeah but everyone has a mobile phone, SOS phones are so last generation, distressed motorists are straight on their mobile
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:54 pm
    Thats if the sos phones are working!
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:53 pm
    Wow it all depends on motorists phoning in?
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:53 pm
    We don't have any cameras on my patch. ;)
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:52 pm
    But the calls you go to emanate from Cameras surely?
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:52 pm
    Thats a different department to me, we don't get involved in that side of it
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:51 pm
    Ok so we have found out that nobody has responsibility for monitoring cameras along a motorway, that is a fact put forward by the Doncaster coroner investigating the latest smart motorway death
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:50 pm
    We don't have them and there are no intentions of installing them
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:50 pm
    Haha I love that, your Grandma was cool :slshd: bless her
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:50 pm
    I was once told by my grandma growing up, if you have nothing good to say, say nowt! ;)
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:48 pm
    And another way a new smart motorway is being put together as we speak in Hampshire slab, do you have a good word to say on Smart Motorways?
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:48 pm
    Its probably to do with our safety imperative, we are using a number of ways to keep the motorway safe, this is one of them
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:46 pm
    How can it be worth the cost to H.E , I cant see why they bought it, do you?
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:46 pm
    I've seen that on our intranet, quite a few truckers have been talking about it over on trucknet
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:44 pm
    That is pretty cheap cor so to motorways UK, there is a Highways England HGV cab. STAFFORDSHIRE Police has BORROWED it off Highways England? have you seen it Slabber?
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:44 pm
    Its a lot quieter since Tango died but its a safe haven for a few mates to have a laugh. It only costs me £5 a month for hosting
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:43 pm
    Sounds like you are back on the road, what an achievement !!
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:42 pm
    So I bit the bullet, got my techie mate to download new software and we relaunched
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:42 pm
    Flippin heck Slab, well my goodness, you could write a book on that :n172:
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:41 pm
    Not a lot, I tried contacting his partner, but all phone numbers were dead
  • User avatar
    falkor • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:40 pm
    JEEES that is such a mountain to climb, ok what else could you do?
  • User avatar
    slabber • Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:39 pm
    Yep, he had cancer and passed away, I got in touch with the hosting company but because everything was in his name, I couldn't get a copy of the database, this was nearly 3 years ago
No one is chatting

  • Newest Posts
    Top Active Users
    Newest Users

Who is online

In total there are 50 users online :: 1 registered, 0 hidden and 49 guests (based on users active over the past 10 minutes)
Most users ever online was 318 on Thu May 30, 2013 7:27 pm

Who is chatting

No one is chatting based on users active over the past 10 minutes

Statistics

Total posts 59466 • Total topics 3590 • Total members 366 • Our newest member josefle

Activity over the last 24 hours

New posts 0 • New topics 0 • New users 0
In total there were 437 users :: 1 registered, 3 bots, 0 hidden and 433 guests active over the last 24 hours

  • who is Your Moderator today?