Hard Shoulder Driving

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1232522,00.html

Not such a great idea IMHO, not least that once a queue has formed and
people start to use the hard shoulder, how will the emergency services
get through when required?

 

In France, Plod is very strict on this and regularly stop and fine
bikers for doing exactly this.

 

You tell us!

"The agency said that the Netherlands had been allowing traffic to
use some hard shoulders for a decade and had recorded a decline
in crashes."

 

About time, the roadworks for this on the M42 finished earlier this
year.

 

Controlled conditions only as far as I see - such as coned roads. Oh
and some of the motorways have an "extra" lane, which you may or may
not use depending on the Green/Red gantry sign above.

 

A fucking stupid pikey government idea. So we'll have laybys every 500m?
That'll be handy when you breakdown 100m after one. And let's not crash
when it's running eh?

 

The really amusing thing is, that nobody is using it.

Every day this week the gantry signs have been saying "Congestion: Use
Hard Shoulder" and everyone is merrily ignoring it.

 

Oh, and they've built lay-bys all the way down the stretch so it you
break down you can get out of the traffic.

 

**** the emergency services, what about us? That's *our* fucking lane.


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In uk.rec.motorcycles, DoetNietComputeren belched forth and ejected the
following:

Not only that, but:
"It could also be implemented within two years instead of the 10 years
it takes to plan and construct additional lanes, the paper says.".

So, in 10 years, the road will need widening again.

Why not just build a bypass type arrangement like on the M6?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Cab belched forth and ejected the following:

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