Archives II

TOP 100 THREADS 2006
2006	topic title	author of topic	summary/ comments
1	What equipment do HATO officers carry in their vehicles?	smithster	the question that is on many a new member's lips is answered here at last
2	Policing on the cheap!!!!	smithster	smithster has no worries about hurt feelings, he just comes out and says it BUT IS HE RIGHT?!
3	powers? what powers?	falkor	so, the powers. Need more? Do you know them? have you USED any?
4	Driver Training?	cowboy10uk	the standard of driver training you get from the HA? good? bad? mediochre?
5	Patrol bags	Race Track	Do you use the issued HA bag, or have you privately purchased your own? what are the alternatives?
6	Powers of Detention	snafu	the time will come when you WILL have to move somebody for their own safety or even yours, but are you authorised?
7	HATO's using blues & twos!!	smithster	how many HATO's would like blue and twos on their vehicles to enable them to make progress through heavy traffic?
8	Are abnormal load escorts up to the job?	nick	well? are they?
9	Role of Duty Managers	PavementPizza	Do they go out to the scene of incidents? Do they take over in the control room? what do they do? anybody know?
10	Deep Clean Sunday	Northern Lad	Does everyone deep clean vehicles on Sunday morning? if not what else do you do on a Sunday morning then?!
11	Should TO's be issued with defensive PPE	PavementPizza	a mighty thread on whether Traffic Officers need self defence
12	supervisors	guest	the first thread ever to be locked on the site!!
13	Drink Drivers	mops1	chat on drink drivers
14	How did you find this site?	Charl_Hunter	just HOW do people arrive in this place? would be cool to know!
15	Dealing with fatals	Blackrat	a chat on fatals from the expert himself!
16	Making progress	skinner	how can Traffic Officer's make progress through miles of standing traffic?? how indeed
17	Nights	Nightstalker	what does "Nights" mean to your avearge HATO?
18	Same partner or various?	V_max	all about your work partner!
19	Ear problems.	the monk	ear pieces, discomfort? pain? irritation?
20	Calling in the information, how to help the RCC	Biffo	knowing what the RCC need may help in time of greatest need
21	HITS ON THIS SITE!!	Flash	it's November 2006 and we're at 999 hits and climbing!!
22	HGVs in lane 3	ukmedic1	it used to be simple, HGVs and coaches were prohibited from lane 3 but now there's more!!
23	web spot of the month	falkor	well we have a web spot of the month alright .... but WHICH website should be spotted??
24	CODES! WHY DONT WE SEND VIA DATA MESSAGE?	Flash	there is a facility on our Airwave Radios (Both PRs & Vehicle Sets) for us to send our status code via data message rather than speaking over the air! !
25	RCC staff should get out more	Northern Lad	should RCC go on ride outs with T.Os? might do 'em good? what do you think?!
26	torches	Blackrat	check out the latest cutting edge torches right here
27	TOP GUN?	drocto	all of a sudden - the site's gone TOP GUN crazy!!
28	HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998	TheWanderer	posted 5 days after the site was launched Don engages in how we have a right to this site!!
29	Kit wishlist?	Charl_Hunter	just what would you like in your kit if it was your decision to make?!
30	Briefings	falkor	Briefing? Debriefing? or do you just look at a board? if so, is that enough?!
31	Censorship	Renegade	seriously good thread on censorship on this site
32	cctv footage	mondeoman	seen any amazing CCTV lately?? Talk about it HERE!!
33	Off Motorway	Blackrat	have you been called off your section/ dealt with stuff off your section? Chime in HERE then!
34	H A n e t	guest	know anything about HAnet? let's hear about it then!!
35	Single crews	snafu	single crewing can be boring, ineffective and dangerous BUT WILL IT HAPPEN?
36	Temporary Responsibility Allowance	the monk	have you received Temporary Responsibility Allowance? SHOULD YOU have received Temporary Responsibility Allowance? chime in here
37	Well done	worx	powder checks, emergency buttons and goodness knows what else
38	Cleaning	Blackrat	how do you clean your motors? methods? tips? periods
39	Matrix boards	Blackrat	what are the messages that display and what do they mean?
40	Official Caps!	Flash	a cracking survey on whether members want caps or not
41	YouTube	Race Track	Ever searched YouTube for motorway? what did you see? what did you see?
42	Motorway police video	Charl_Hunter	rare video with 28000 views in 2006 alone, this you HAVE to see!!
43	any person powers <<< DO Traffic Officers need them	falkor	There is a fine line in using them but DO Traffic Officers need?
44	RTC Clearance - Duty Garage or Own Recovery	cowboy10uk	what are the rules on this? when is it an automatic Duty Garage?
45	Lunch Break	Asap	the 1/2 hr lunch break is an unpaid listening break, if a debris/rtc or anything that rcc feels is relevant comes over do you respond?
46	Emergency access sliproads	ukmedic1	cut throughs, turn points? sliproads? do you know any or have any info on barriers being enstalled?
47	CLOC's	Race Track	No, not the tick-tock one's - the Centre Lane Owner's Club otherwise know as Middle Lane Hogs!!
48	self-defence classes just as a precaution	PavementPizza	Even airline crew get taught 'streetfighting' techniques just in case, so do T.Os?
49	Hey, who forgot to invite the RCC staff?	Race Track	the RCC staff are classed as Traffic Officers (Off-road). DO we have any onboard or not?!
50	Members Who Have Not Yet Posted!!!	Flash	Flash's idea to send non-posting members PMs geeing 'em up, good idea? bad idea?!
2006	topic title	author of topic	summary/ comments

  Flash
added 2007
Hi, I found this site whilst searching on Google, once I had a look around and found that the members were like minded professional people, I registered immediately. I am also a serving Traffic Officer for the Highways Agency. I cant speak more highly of the job and the people I work with. My only regret is that the HA don't see the benefit of this site, to which they frown upon us using. flash.

  snafu
added 2007
Hello, I'm a HATO serving north, enjoying doing the best job I've had. Joined National Traffic after a tip off. It's great place to speak to others in the service as well as emergency service personel.

TOP 100 members 2006
# username template Location Joined Posts Member

1 Flash subSilver 'F-14 Tomcat'! 01 Nov 2006 779 44

2 Blackrat GreenMylon Midlands 09 Nov 2006 477 53

3 TheWanderer subSilver Midlands 23 Sep 2006 463 3

4 falkor subSilver Surrey 23 Sep 2006 403 2

5 Charl_Hunter subSilver Midlands 25 Sep 2006 403 8

6 Race Track subSilver Passenger seat 15 Oct 2006 319 30

7 drocto subMerged TOP GUN SCHOOL 11 Oct 2006 286 26

8 snafu subMerged Butty Van 18 Nov 2006 235 66

9 Cruise Control subSilver In a very happy place. Thankyou for asking. 07 Dec 2006 161 99

10 Northern Lad GreenMylon North 09 Nov 2006 130 52

11 PavementPizza GreenMylon Control Room 22 Nov 2006 107 72

12 the monk subMerged South west 15 Nov 2006 102 57

13 smithster subSilver Leeds 24 Oct 2006 89 38

14 fubar Elektro Central 26 Oct 2006 82 40

15 Nevr you mind subMerged Somewhere wet and warm 15 Nov 2006 78 59

16 kipper subMerged somewhere in England 05 Nov 2006 73 50

17 Discopete subSilver Midlands 08 Oct 2006 62 21

18 V_max GreenMylon North West 04 Dec 2006 58 93

19 Biffo subSilver . 29 Nov 2006 48 82

20 mops1 GreenMylon central 20 Nov 2006 46 71

21 mondeoman Elektro east 01 Dec 2006 45 85

22 ANT subSilver Greater Manchester 18 Oct 2006 42 31

23 Gerrof my hardshoulder! subMerged Middle England 06 Dec 2006 42 95

24 skinner Elektro England here there every where 31 Oct 2006 37 42

25 cowboy10uk subMerged Somewhere on the M6 15 Nov 2006 30 58

26 Martian GreenMylon Back in time! 04 Dec 2006 23 92

27 chris norman subMerged . 08 Dec 2006 23 102

28 Sharpshooter subSilver . 24 Nov 2006 21 76

29 ukmedic1 subSilver London 03 Oct 2006 20 11

30 Blakey subSilver Midlands 02 Nov 2006 20 45

31 Renegade subMerged S.W. asleep in the back seat 28 Nov 2006 20 80

32 slinky Elektro . 19 Oct 2006 19 32

33 Keokeo subMerged North of Watford 08 Dec 2006 19 100

34 ATMkiller Elektro west mids 23 Oct 2006 18 36

35 stonecold subMerged the squared circle 26 Dec 2006 18 118

36 mfowleruk subSilver . 23 Sep 2006 17 4

37 worx subSilver Devon 24 Oct 2006 15 37

38 kiwipo Elektro New Zealand 19 Dec 2006 15 110

39 lucifer subMerged HELL 22 Dec 2006 15 116

40 Village Idiot subSilver Little Britain 17 Nov 2006 14 61

41 northern monkey subSilver somewhare whare i don't know whare i am 13 Nov 2006 14 54

42 nick subMerged North West 17 Nov 2006 12 63

43 Asap Elektro . 01 Dec 2006 10 88

44 Larkford Elektro South West England 07 Nov 2006 8 51

45 DragonBall-GT Elektro . 14 Oct 2006 7 28

46 big-si subSilver . 24 Sep 2006 6 6

47 lieutenant fatman subSilver . 27 Sep 2006 6 9

48 Nightstalker subMerged midlands 16 Nov 2006 6 60

49 19 Ton GreenMylon South West 19 Nov 2006 6 68

50 aa man subSilver . 03 Oct 2006 5 12

# username template Location Joined Posts Member

51 davesdad subSilver birmingham 11 Oct 2006 5 25

52 Dangerous subMerged . 07 Dec 2006 5 96

53 The Vicar subMerged . 12 Dec 2006 5 107

54 SteveScooby subMerged . 26 Dec 2006 5 117

55 Melrailplastic subSilver . 02 Oct 2006 3 10

56 Haywain subMerged Somewhere on the Network! 13 Nov 2006 3 55

57 neo19k subMerged . 08 Dec 2006 3 105

58 Whippet subSilver East I think!! 09 Oct 2006 2 22

59 Toploader subMerged East Midlands 14 Nov 2006 2 56

60 C Montgomery Burns GreenMylon somewhere near springfield 19 Nov 2006 2 69

61 hatonorthwest subMerged lancashire 28 Nov 2006 2 79

62 SC225 subMerged East 08 Dec 2006 2 103

63 darren subSilver . 05 Oct 2006 1 15

64 sueb subSilver sunderland 05 Oct 2006 1 16

65 Sug1e subSilver Midlands 10 Oct 2006 1 23

66 gaza Elektro London, UK 15 Oct 2006 1 29

67 C.B.L. International subSilver North West, England, 25 Oct 2006 1 39

68 bozzy subMerged . 17 Nov 2006 1 62

69 southyorks subMerged sheffield 18 Nov 2006 1 65

70 Ijustwant somebreakfast subMerged . 26 Dec 2006 1 119

71 mISC subSilver Hiding in the cupboard from the misses 31 Dec 2006 1 121

72 Single Malt subMerged Heart Of England 31 Dec 2006 1 122

73 fred GreenMylon . 24 Sep 2006 0 5

74 Denis506 Elektro . 24 Sep 2006 0 7

75 rtruck subSilver . 04 Oct 2006 0 13

76 Magic subSilver . 04 Oct 2006 0 14

77 Little Lamb subSilver . 07 Oct 2006 0 17

78 ethel Elektro . 07 Oct 2006 0 18

79 BUTLER subSilver . 07 Oct 2006 0 19

80 tommy boyce subSilver . 07 Oct 2006 0 20

81 west mids elite subSilver West Midlands 10 Oct 2006 0 24

82 richl subSilver . 12 Oct 2006 0 27

83 Bobby_Mun17 Elektro PL 21 Oct 2006 0 33

84 ponsoby-smythe subSilver . 23 Oct 2006 0 35

85 Carl210 Elektro . 31 Oct 2006 0 43

86 chunky98 Elektro . 30 Oct 2006 0 41

87 Peter Pomont subMerged . 04 Nov 2006 0 46

88 Gobb subMerged . 04 Nov 2006 0 47

89 Rambo subMerged . 04 Nov 2006 0 48

90 Pigeon Fancier subMerged . 04 Nov 2006 0 49

91 01mterr1 Elektro . 19 Nov 2006 0 67

92 Ganzic subMerged . 18 Nov 2006 0 64

93 the saint GreenMylon SW 20 Nov 2006 0 70

94 tyrannosauras Elektro . 01 Dec 2006 0 87

95 Hatomarkiemark GreenMylon Reading 23 Nov 2006 0 73

96 Oggie subMerged . 23 Nov 2006 0 74

97 red or dead subMerged london 23 Nov 2006 0 75

98 Badger subMerged Essex 24 Nov 2006 0 77

99 Hard Shoulder Runner subMerged Cumbria 25 Nov 2006 0 78

100 Yranaangel Elektro USA 30 Nov 2006 0 83

# username template Location Joined Posts Member
above top 100 compiled on 1.1.07