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MPs want halt to smart motorway rollout
Alsatian:
BBC News - MPs want halt to smart motorway rollout over safety concerns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46553654
In principle I think the idea of smart motorways (where the hard shoulder is converted to a permanent live running lane) are a good way of improving traffic flow, but that means that all drivers must be fully aware of their surroundings at all times.
Unfortunately that doesn't happen, due to various reasons - including the effects of drink, drugs, tiredness, mobile phones, plain stupidity, etc etc.
Hardly a morning goes by without a warning of a delay on our stretch of the M1 (which has been converted to a smart motorway) due to breakdown and/or accident. I fail to grasp why there are so many incidents on motorways, as everyone is travelling in the same direction, therefore cutting down the possible cause(s) of accidents.
If every driver drove to the standard of driving required to pass the driving test, and concentrated 100% on driving, instead of talking on their phones (including hands free) and not driving whilst unfit through drink or drugs, then there would be far fewer collisions. Also everyone wants to get from A to B in the shortest possible time, why not set off earlier and give yourself plenty of time - then there's no need to drive like a boy racer?
It annoys me immensely when there are reports of accidents on 'dangerous' roads as there's no such thing as a dangerous road, these are roads that need a different driving technique - it's drivers themselves that are dangerous.
Rant over!
Sorastro:
As someone who drove for a living 95% of my working life knew these "smart" motorways were a bad idea from the off, and have said so on numerous occasions. A child of three could figure out that any sudden emergency concerning your vehicle it needs to be on the {constant} hard shoulder asap {out of harms way and not a danger to other traffic} these smart motorways only have a"lay-by" every few miles so it goes without saying these "safer" motorways are anything but.
The good thing is the powers that be have JUST found this out, the bad news is once again more money is going to be poured down the drain to put it right, and the sooner the better.
It makes you wonder just what these politicians are paid for, certainly not their expertise because they have none.
Alsatian:
--- Quote from: Sorastro on December 16, 2018, 11:21:57 AM ---As someone who drove for a living 95% of my working life knew these "smart" motorways were a bad idea from the off, and have said so on numerous occasions. A child of three could figure out that any sudden emergency concerning your vehicle it needs to be on the {constant} hard shoulder asap {out of harms way and not a danger to other traffic} these smart motorways only have a"lay-by" every few miles so it goes without saying these "safer" motorways are anything but.
The good thing is the powers that be have JUST found this out, the bad news is once again more money is going to be poured down the drain to put it right, and the sooner the better.
It makes you wonder just what these politicians are paid for, certainly not their expertise because they have none.
--- End quote ---
Agree 100% with you (y)
Fly:
So they spend millions putting in overhead signs, then millions more taking them out and creating havoc for years turning the hard shoulder into another lane, putting more and more expensive signs back up then decide it wasn't such a good idea after all :(
So how about they stop HS2 now before any more damage is done for no good reason.
The only thing that comes out of all this is jobs for people for a good few years.
Sorastro:
The reason politicians c*ck up is when they plan these Eureka moments they forget to ask the people who it's going to directly effect.
A few questions asked of firms employees like Eddie Stobarts, AA,RAC, the police even BEFORE they set out on this "miraculous" way of making our motorways "safer"
I think it's time we started throwing a few of these M.P.'s in jail as, like lawbreakers, they're a menace to society.
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