03-11-21, 06:00 PM
(03-11-21, 12:49 PM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote: How many brain cells does it need to calculate that a 5 mile tailback with 3 lanes will obviously be shorter if theres 4 lanes to fill up instead?
A new question for the GCSE maths exam?
Quote:What they failed to remember was that cars and trucks breakdown regularly and are not always able to travel the extra 0.5 or 1 mile needed to get to a refuge.
Yep, if your engine suddenly quits, or you get a puncture because of something that came off another vehicle, exactly how far are you going to be able to roll before you run out of momentum?
Quote:before, they were on the hard shoulder and more or less out of harms way
Even that isn't (wasn't) guaranteed. I've just had a look and found this...
24 vehicles crash into stationary cars on the hard shoulder every week
Between three and four vehicles crash into stationary cars on the hard shoulders of major roads every day according to new data
(My emphasis).
What change are you going to have on a motorway where there is *no* hard shoulder? At least a bike is narrow enough that it's less likely to get hit.
Also it's easy enough to get off such that you can get over the safey barrier before someone who's on their phone or daydreaming ploughs into your pride and joy...
Quote:The hard shoulder was removed as it is cheaper than building a whole new lane.
What? It was done because it was cheaper than the safer option? Say it isn't so...