 Poster: A snowHead
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...please don't forget to leave your vehicle in gear with the handbrake on.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Even just in gear would've done the trick! 
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Eurotunnel chock every vehicle against such muppetry. Do the ferries not do so (any more)?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
| Eurotunnel chock every vehicle against such muppetry. Do the ferries not do so (any more)? |
When we travelled to Dieppe they only chocked the one near the door, presumably so that it didn't roll forward and damage any mechanisms
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@Dave of the Marmottes, I haven't travelled on a ferry very often but I don't ever recall the vehicle being chocked. Handbrake on and if necessary in gear.
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well it ain't gonna roll away is it
My car has only ever been chocked when first or last in the row, or when parked at a weird angle on one of the ferries where you do a u-turn on the car deck with both loading and unloading at the same end of the boat. I probably triple check it's in gear and the motion sensor alarm deactivated. Yes I have been on DFDS/P+O overnight and heard car alarms going off all night long.
They should do a check, and call out all reg plates over the tannoy and make drivers do the walk of shame to sort their car out
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@Dave of the Marmottes, eurotunnel only do first and last in each carriage section.
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OK must have always been one of them.
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At least they turned off the alarm 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Hells Bells wrote: |
| @Dave of the Marmottes, eurotunnel only do first and last in each carriage section. |
We were first in our carriage section last Friday. No chocks here. We stayed in gear.
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@Owlette, You are always told to do that on the announcements and by staff walking through carriage. We had some fidiot trying to open the tailgate of their VW van in front of us last time. She then wanted her hubby to try and move it forward. I was waiting for her to ask us to reverse as we were last in. Come to think.of it cant remember staff chocking the rear wheel. Ill have to see if they are still doing it on my way home
Maybe they've stopped.
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You know it makes sense.
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Ill have to see if they are still doing it on my way home
Maybe they've stopped.[/quote]
They only tend to do that when they know the crossing is going to be a bit choppy.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Hells Bells wrote: |
| @Dave of the Marmottes, eurotunnel only do first and last in each carriage section. |
They do that to stop any errant vehicles impeding the doors as they open and close them remotely, its just to make sure nothing is going to get snagged and prevent normal door operation.
The doors are fully specified for crash loading as I understand it, in the event of high speed arrest scenario each kinetic block is self contained.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@ski3, I hope I'm never on it should they have to put it to the test 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Brittany Ferries chock every car on a rough crossing, but other than that they don't bother.
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FAQ
that shall remain nameless got the message on the ferry tannoy "will the owner of vehicle reg no ........ please return to the car deck immediately!" on our return from the BB about 6 yrs ago 
