Is the M5 Tunnel.....

always so stinky?

Rode across to Liverpool today to pick up a new triple clamp and
ignition switch for my daughters ZZR250.

The heat in the tunnel had to be up around 40C and the pollutions was so
bad my eyes were watering - visibility was /way/ down. It was like being
in a smog in the UK in the early sixties. Just to make it worse on the
outbound leg the traffic was stop-go all the way through.

I had to be the only bike in there.

N/

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:44:25 +1100
Nigel Allen <"dna at edrs dot remove this com dot au"> wrote:
> The heat in the tunnel had to be up around 40C and the pollutions was so
> bad my eyes were watering - visibility was /way/ down. It was like being
> in a smog in the UK in the early sixties. Just to make it worse on the
> outbound leg the traffic was stop-go all the way through.

There was talk of signs warning motorcyclists not to use the tunnel.

It's OK if the traffic's light enough for you to do 50-60 through it,
any slower and it's downright dangerous I think.

Zebee