Jaywalking On The M6?

[cleodog]

Not sure if this should be on here or motoring section? On Saturday night/Sunday morning I was driving back from a trip out with friends. We had been to Blackpool for the day. Between junctions 34 and 35 ( travelling north) I pulled out into the middle lane to overtake a large lorry and thought I was having delusions! There was a pair of feet walking across the lane in front of me! Then I saw the lower legs and realised it was a person ambling across the motorway. Whether this person had a death wish or was drunk or whatever I don’t know but it gave me the fright of my life. The lorry just missed him and so did I by a whisker. I’m saying him as I only saw the bottom of him as he was dressed in dark clothes. There was nothing in the outside lane and he was heading towards the central barrier. We got to Burton services and I rang the police. They said they would send a car out to investigate. The lad on the till said it wasn’t the first time either. So if you’re traveling on that stretch of motorway late at night just watch out for stupid jaywalkers. This was on the stretch heading north, not far past the second Lancaster junction. My friend reckoned he was taking a shortcut home as there are houses on the other side of the road. Whatever they were doing they probably won’t make it if they do it again!

[retrocop]

Probably the local poltergeists. They became poltergeists because they were jaywalking years ago on the M6!

[Peter Pedant]

In the dip on the M62 to whitefield
there is meant to be a very poltergeist
that makes cars crash !

( probable visual illusion )

[johnk]

I've had that in daylight, scary!

[Old_Geezer]

Well, that seems slightly dafter than going out on busy roads on a pedal power mechanical contraption with no protection, I suppose. On the other hand, jaywalking on the motorway will probably be encouraged by authorities as it is such a 'green' method of getting from A to B.

[ToraToraTora]

probably find that it's a short cut, a very dangerous one. There's a dual carraige way near me where the pedestrians have a long walk to cross its as it's a junction so they have walk about 400 yds down one side and then back up the other. The amount of times I've seen people dicing with death trying to cross 8 lanes is remarkable. Then I just think it's natural selection at work.

[mushroom25]

don't give them ideas O-G - before you know it, there'll be light controlled crossings every few miles.......

[237SJ]

One of the large overhead screens on the M25 the other day said "Pedestrians on the motorway" I expected to see a broken down car but there was nothing about so someone must have been taking a stroll