Thread: drama in melbourne

Oh not good.

Good to hear they had suitable safety measure which seem to have worked effectively... not sure about walking out and leaving the keys in the car though... a good opportunity for thieves but can see the logic in it though

lets see
A you dont have choice as way forward is blocked by accident
B you cant reverse out of the tunnel as cars behind you blocking
C you been instructed to evacuate the tunnel via emergency exits
D if you lock you car rescue crews cant move it and they will use force to move it damaging it
E your going to be hanging around the emergency exit waiting to access you car in hours and hours time once they cleared the tunnel

so yes l would leave my keys in the car that l have to abandon in an emergency

the tunnel design incorporated the safety features learn't from the Mount blanc tunnel disaster there are exits along the tunnel for pedestranian egress and high volume smoke stacks and water sprinklers whihc they say doused the fire out before the fire crews arrived.

pity about the 3 deaths

given the volume of traffic going through the tunnel l am surprised it hasn't happened earlier.

they did ban at one stage any petrol or gas tanker truck from tunnel don't know whether ban still applies or if lifted would be reimposed

I see in an unrelated incident some rail and tram services are shut down after power was cut off because of a gas leak in Glenferrie road. Best of luck anyone (anywhere) in Melbourne in a hurry to get home tonight! Even if they get the gas leak stoppage fixed in time it will have caused chaos to traffic and tram and train timetables, add the tunnel closures......

John

yes all dangerous goods are banned from all australian tunnels
I sit on (give technical advise to) an advisery committee on the matter
Jase

Domain is open again

Michael.