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MuddyMike:
Left the NEC by the M42 on Tuesday and had my first experiance of the new innovation of using the hard shoulder as a traffic lane. Overhead gantries all showing 50 MPH and directing traffic to use the hard shoulder.
Seemed to work well.

Mike

blade:
i think it a stupid idea what happens when someone breaks down?
when theres an accident how are the emergency services going to get through?

NeilWilson:
The overhead signs will push you off into the main traffic lanes when there is trouble ahead. Quite often they show the hard shoulder as closed to traffic as well outside of peak periods.  There are emergency refuge laybys off of the hard shoulder as well for broken cars etc.

Neil

muddyjlx:
so your car will break down conveniently right next to a breakdown bay. :lol:

UDTrev:

--- Quote from: "muddyjlx" ---so your car will break down conveniently right next to a breakdown bay. :lol:
--- End quote ---


Yeah, and it will be full of foreign lorries taking a break because they are out of hours !!!  :D  :D  :D  :D


Trev

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