I had to stop on the "hard shoulder" (now lane 1) with my hazards to pull the now-burning plastic-weave sack off my exhausts.
Happily all the traffic using the hard-shoulder as lane 1 were really awake and changed lanes early. Off course the clouds of black smoke might have provided more obvious early-warning than my hazard-lights!
'Twas an interesting experience all told.
Glad you and your Mog are OK!!
Did the "Traffic Officers" monitoring the CCTV immedeatly return the lane to hard shoulder use? I'll be they didn't. The lane is supposed to be switched back to "hard shoulder" status within 90 seconds in case of a serious emergency, and a car on fire certainly should be considered as such.
If they ignored it I'd probably make a formal complaint, it should all be recorded, but the cynic in me says I'll bet it has been wiped.
Oh, and how much time did it take to properly clean up the motorwhen you got home?
