Revised Poll - Dangers of Motorway Aires

androidGB · Last edited by androidGB on Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:21 pm; edited 1 time in total

With more and more of us going to France and beyond there is a temptation to use a convenient motorway Aires. However the general advice is not to do so.

There has been a previous poll on this subject but it seems to have disappeared and I wondered if this would be a good time to resurrect it.

Can we stick to first hand experiences, prevent the thread from turning into a gassing discussion, and also avoid the "why use motorways you're on holiday, use the N roads and take your time" discussion.

If you can also post a few words we can keep the thread on the front page and get some useful data.

Remember personal experience only

Andrew

PS Unfortunately there seems to be a limit on the no of options on the poll so I've had to simplify it

PPS As suggested it would be helpful if you have experienced a problem to state which month it happened in, to see if there is a seasonal element

asprn

I don't feel as if I can take part, as it seems to me there's an implication on the options that I have stayed at least once on aire (which I haven't). Why not put a further option saying "I've never stayed on an aire"?

Dougie.

Telbell

I agree with that-I've never stayed on a Motorway "Aire" and probably never will as my perceoption is that they are not wholly safe-it's only a perception though so I'm disqualified from the Poll

geraldandannie · Moderator

RAH

We are visiting, so are very unfamiliar with the actual crime encountered. We have stayed several times on Motorway Aires and were happily surprised at the dump facilities provided. When large trucks are nearby, we are quite happy, but when it is lonely (anywhere) you always have some doubts about safety. We will continue to use them as transit stops and just be diligent, as we are anywhere.

Now we would never leave the coach there unattended though, although we would at a motorway fuel service area for short periods during the day.

androidGB

asprn, Telbell, and geraldandannie the reason I didn't add that option was because I was trying to draw some conclusions from personal experiences.

There doesn't seem to be a great deal of merit from discovering whether people would or wouldn't stay on Aires, opinions are well supported in the various threads.

In the same way for example the opinion or someone who has swam the Channel is more valid that someone who says they intend to, or would not.

Andrew

geraldandannie · Moderator

Ah, good point, Andrew. Sorry Embarassed

Gerald

sallytrafic · Campsite DB Admin

You still need another option 'none of the above but I'm interested in the result' otherwise I and the others who have already commented can't tell how the voting is going

fatbuddha

can I suggest as a sub survey you ask what time of year people stayed on aires when they had problems??

I suspect that most incidents happen in summer rather than winter due to the fact there is more traffic using the aires so offering a greater temptation to the perps.

just a thought