Roger9650

As you wish.

I thought it would be obvious that they close the roads to reduce incidents. It goes without saying that the less time the the road is open the fewer accidents there will be. A bit puzzled because the series of events you portrayed will all have happened well before the road can be closed. The road closure has no impact on the traffic already ahead of it.

Maybe I'm cynical but it seems quite obvious that the police have a policy of closing the road at every opportunity. The story about having to because of H&S and their officers at risk is nonsense. They must be confusing themselves with marshalls who do have the unenviable task of going into the road protected by just a yellow flag, which seems to indicate to a lot of riders a 5mph reduction in speed. Not all road users are sensible but I would be amazed if anybody totally ignored blue flashing lights up ahead.