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Hard shoulder use
Evilgoat:
Its cost cutting. For example, two stretches of the M27 are scheduled for an additional lane. If they use this scheme the motorway wont need to be widened and this millions will be saved.
Until the first lawsuit.
missroadrage:
the main problem on that stretch is the overhead speed limiters. Before they started restricting the speed limit it had the occasional queue now they are guaranteed
UDTrev:
Of course the speed limiters are on, they need their cash cow !!!
you know the score - "we got em paying a hefty premium for their Road Tax, we got the rake off on their Insurance, we got a King's Ransom on Fuel Duty, how can we now rip off the drivers ?"
Trev
NeilWilson:
Isn't that the stretch that has the cameras that calculate average speed so you can't cane it between the gantries & then cruise under them looking all innocent ?
Neil
landyman37:
--- Quote from: "Evilgoat" ---Its an astonishingly STUPID idea.
Scenario one. Someone losses a wheel, major drivetrain component and stops in the main lanes dead. They are toast. So it happens and they get into the hard shoulder. No matter how good the system is, the warning will be dealyed. So Cue Sales rep in vectra on the phone :
Bang, driver of first car and rep seriously injured probobly fatally
Cue EU trucker loaded up on caffine and deadlines - Bang, innocent is dead, and probobly massive multiple pile-up.
Scenario 2, signs are up, one of the above too is too much in a hurry to see, same result.
Scenarios 3, catastrophic failure on any of the normal lanes oops, no escape route. Maybe lucky, maybe another multiple, because in rush hour everyone drives SOOOOOO well.
The hard shoulder is not safe without cars in it. What totall and utter moron thought this up.
I reckon Fatality within the next 2 months.
--- End quote ---
But if the hard sholder is being used.There must be traffic jams as they are only open during rush hour so speed should not be a problem i would have thought.
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