About this British tourist!

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On the F3 here in NSW in the 100km/h dry weather zone (Jolls bridge area), a crash involving 6 vehicles yesterday. A common thing when we bunch up traffic as we do, anyhow, this bloke feared his car was going to catch fire.

So, he did the right thing and evacuated from it, and being the well trained sod he is decided to take refuge behind jersey barrier 'just in case'.

So, he lept up and over it.

All well and good, except . .

That behind this portion of barrier is a 30 metre drop to bushland below!

He was airlifted out suffering severe leg compound fractures!!


Another at about the same spot a few years back in moderate fog. Car breaksdown and stops, bloke had just seen 'lights' of houses 'some distance away' before coming to a rest in the emergency shoulder.

Bloke thought he'd walk over to them to raise help, so jumps over the barrier in the drifting fog only to land on the rocks and shrubs 10 or so metres below.

The next day an RTA staffer inspecting the bridge found his wounded body, he was immobilised. Rescued, he too was thankful.

Should I now install 'pedestrian like' fencing to stop these souls jumping, such that we have on the Mooney Mooney bridge?