Originally Posted by

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:14:14 +0000
David Walters wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:48:05 +0000 (UTC), d
d wrote:
I'm wondering what genius decided to put a width restriction in the tunnel.
Was it to deliberately case immense traffic jams or was it just for a laugh?

It seems TfL did and they give some of their reasons at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/27385.aspx

Hmm.

"The tunnel is now over 100 years old "

And what? For a tunnel in london thats comparatively young.

"will significantly reduce the risk of vehicle collisions,"

Translation: It'll reduce the traffic flow to a trickle.

" spillage of flammable materials, and fires in the tunnel."

Translation: This is our pretend "real" reason for doing it but we know its
BS and we know you knows its BS but there's nothing you can do about it and
we don't care anyway.

So there's already pressure on thames river crossings in the east and
TfL just go and make it even worse. Seriously, there should be a medal for
an organisation this stupid.