xdave

does anybody on here work at the coryton refinery , i heard today that a scooby driver was done for speeding by security , any truth in it ?

pezzza

Wouldn't of thought so, security have not got any powers to do such things.

Their job is to secure buildings etc, speeding drivers are usually caught by scam cams or worse still, pcso's.

Cornelius

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I used to work at Calor by the refinery, and Security do play with their speed cameras occasionally

Cornelius

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I've seen cars end up in the ditch where people take the last bend before the roundabout too fast, have head on collisions with tankers on the same bend, and car losing control, going sideways and hitting tankers.

I've worked there for 10 years, and a lot of people don't realise how dangerous the road actually is

pezzza

I wasn't aware they had any scam cams?????

Oh well, i stand corrected, didnt think anyone but hobby bobbies had them around essex.

Cornelius

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Yes mate, they're usually in the blocked off slip road by Manor Way House.

IMO it's only going to be time before Gatsos will go up along that road.
I live in Corringham and can hear cars screaming down there. Even heard a Skyline's engine go bang a couple of years ago

pezzza

A friend of mine lives right next to the traffic lights about half way down that road, and i am always having to pick him up as he only has a pogo diesel estate

Will watch my speed now, thanks for the warning.

V4JDMSTi

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yup the bend that Paul mentions is a bit lairy. know a few poeple that have come unstuck on that road.

trouble is people take it faster than they can control, lift off part way through the bend and end up with lift off oversteer and getting themselves in trouble. keep your foot in and may stand a better chance. even better still don't go hooning round it in the first place, it's just too dangerous. those trucks don't exactly hang about down their either.

ScoobyMaz

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I used to work down there for BP and got an email from the head of security letting me know I had been clocked well in excess of the speed limit whilst travelling to work. They couldn't do anything about it but it was a "friendly" warning. The police have set up cameras down there a few times, but luckily was never caught, most of the time the cameras were there were the days I cycled in!
Got stuck at work one day when a guy in an MR2 lost it on the bend and got taken away in a body bag. They closed the road for 3-4 hours when we wanted to go home!

xdave

a few years ago a car went under a bitumen tanker going round that bend to fast ,, i take it at 56mph lol

Spec'c'57

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So you actually speed down there too then.

Cornelius

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A couple of years ago, a scaffold lorry had to brake sharply and the poles went through the cab because someone jumped the lights at the top.

A car was going too fast at the said bend, and ended upside down in the ditch, the car couldn't be seen from the road and the ditch was half filled with water. It was only blind luck that the BP cameras caught the incident and got there sharpish.

a friend wrote his 3 week old bandit off after hitting a diesel spill, and he wasn't going fast (coming up to the cat cracker round about)

A car ploughed straight into the back of a tanker just past the lights heading towards the A13, driver was killed instantly.

Sweeping right hand bend after the lights, heading towards the refinery, a scoob lost control at the thurrock football club junction, and was written off.

Same junction, a friend was driving into work when a car pulled straight out of the same junction right in front of him, writing both cars off.

A few year ago, when the road was being re-tarmaced, one of my ex colleagues jumped the lights and sped off trying to race someone after the night shift and ended up driving the wrong way up the dual carriageway.

3 cars again belonging to people on the Calor night shift were playing around and had a 3 car pile up at the cat cracker.

Numerous cars bouncing off the railings, again at the cat roundabout.

That road demands respect!

Spec'c'57

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defo does, altho will admit to doing silly speeds up there a few years ago testing the P1 4DR.

ScoobyMaz

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Diesel spills at the bottom roundabout used to catch us out going into the refinery. Lost the Prelude a few times down there Made going to work a little more enjoyable though

xdave

any of you guys noticed the yellow line that has been spray painted across the road outside coryton commercials ? with start sprayed in the road aswell , i think people are racing down the road at the weekends ..

Cornelius

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Same here mate, it's a little hairy when you're driving a capri with no ballast in the back

ScoobyMaz

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Not sure about that, the road is in 24 hour use with tanker traffic and cameras monitoring it. Would be stopped pretty quickly if they tried it.

xdave

nobody stops the pikeys , racing there horses up and down there during the day time

pezzza

One day they will get hurt, and blame it all on the motorist that hit them.

Bleedin pikeys, about time the ole bill done summit about THEM instead of US!

L.J.F

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I live just behind the Bull pub and hear cars racing all the time, now i now where its coming from. I drive up and down it usually to give the car a run, but never at stupid speeds.

pezzza

Would that be the bull pub in bowers gifford?

Im just round corner from you if that is the case, wickford avenue, and hear the muppets in pitsea car park most nights!

L.J.F

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sorry i meant the Bull pub in corringham, just off the manorway.

pezzza

ah, silly me, didnt think of that one!

Can usually hear all kinds of engines late at night, bikes mainly going up A13, can hear them all the way to M25 some nights! oh, its only ANOTHER bike going past.

Cornelius

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Jeez, if I can hear them from where I live (down Gardners Ave) it must be a nightmare for you with the noise!!!!

RB5_203

Your right mate, they even got a marking disc to work out a 1/4!!!! Know a few of the people that organise it but now the police have clocked on and always turn up!

Very bad road to be doing this on and echo the above comments! A lad on a motorbike crashed there a few weeks back after mis judging the corner but he got off lightly and walked away! bike didn't!

rb5 286

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if all the above is anythign to go by I am surprised that there is no speed camera erected on this section of road - after all that is the REAL reason for them going up, to stop accidents at blackspots!!!

Cornelius

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I did hear about 18 months ago that speed cameras will go up, especially as the super port has got the go ahead now

L.J.F

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yeah it can get bad, especially as its so quite around here at night.

ScoobyMaz

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I used to fish at Woodies behind the Bull, you could hear cars going up and down most of the evening. Never heard anything that sounded organised though, although mainly fished weeknights rather than weekends.