Bloody rain, putting drivers at risk
Terrifying moment £50k super car spins out of control on M66 in heavy rain
"This driver had a lucky escape" after the Ferrari spun out and hit the central reservationwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Something they do right in places like France and Germany; different speed limits in wet weather. Just reinforces in peoples' minds to drive differently in bad weather, something you all too often don't see in the UK.
Isn't that part of what smart motorways are about? There are elements of smart motorways which I'm not that keen on but the general idea of adapting speed limits to suit conditions (whether they be weather conditions or weight of traffic) is sound.
Smart motorways are about adding an extra lane at the expense of the safety of the hard shoulder. Variable speed limits have been around since long before the smart motorway. But in other places it is a fixed thing:
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Variable speed limits to manage traffic flow have been on the M25 since the mid 90's, they do work well, but I have only ever seen them come on in heavy traffic and not for bad weather.
Yes but that was in quite a primitive way. It was very reactive and relied on humans monitoring intermittent cameras. It usually only kicked in when there had been an incident or when whoever was monitoring the cameras saw a traffic jam. They also quite frequently forgot to change the speed limit back to normal after the traffic had cleared hence the joy of matrix signs telling you to do 50mph when the road was clear.
This is all real time and mostly computer operated now. It aims to be proactive and prevent jams before they happen as much as is possible and weather conditions play a part in that. Getting rid of the constant accelerating than breaking hard which caused shockwave traffic jams is a positive i think even if that means we have to drive at 50mph a lot more. We'll still get to our destination quicker. That's the theory anyway.
Dangerous, 17 minutes to spot a broken down car in a live lane: Are smart motorways dangerous? The safety issues around the highways explained
Doesn't bother me of course, sitting pretty three lanes away in the four rings lane...
Dream on. The message is getting through to drivers that it's 6 points and a minimum £200 fine just for having a phone in your hand now. You still see the occasional dick using one but it's pretty rare now.
Are there any stats on smart motorways vs non-smart motorways? The m42 has been around for many, many years as it was the pilot (and anecdotally flows way better since than it did before), and the M6 section north of Birmingham also so I'd think we'd have some real world stats as to how much of a difference a full hard shoulder vs the live lane + refuge spaces actually makes.
38 dead in five years over a relatively tiny number of motorway miles. The AA will not attend broken down cars in lane one any more as they deem it too dangerous.
38 killed on smart motorways in last five years
Panorama reveals for the first time how many have died on roads that no longer have a hard shoulder.www.bbc.co.uk
he figure of 38 deaths over five years on the smart motorway network is significant because it only makes up a small proportion of the total miles of road.
Figure is meaningless, needs to be a comparative figure with non-smart networks per miles travelled.
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but that doesn't actually tell us what we need to know.
Figure is meaningless, needs to be a comparative figure with non-smart networks per miles travelled.
article says
but that doesn't actually tell us what we need to know.
The AA will not attend broken down cars in lane one any more as they deem it too dangerous.
Saw a cyclist looking at his phone the other night, one hand steering the bike, wobbling all over the place.
He probably swerved to avoid a drunken cyclist.(sorry, I cant get vid on its own). Start counting very slowly when the woman moves away!
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Drug driver mowed down cyclist at 100mph after all day bender
A DRUG driver ploughed into a cyclist at 100mph the morning after an alcohol and cocaine “bender”.www.theargus.co.uk
Variable speed limits to manage traffic flow have been on the M25 since the mid 90's, they do work well, but I have only ever seen them come on in heavy traffic and not for bad weather.
The majority of drivers do break the speed limit. Try travelling at 70 on a motorway...only lorries will go slower.
Virtually no one obeys the 20 limits in my neck of the woods, even on side roads, where its more important to obey them.
Judging by the comments on the Facebook post, it appears a number of people are aware who the driver is, with several congratulating him, one saying “Only him.”
That actually made the news in Brighton?Update: Police investigating video of Brighton driver deliberately clattering wands on emergency bike lane
“There you go, mate, they get a proper little bashing for you … Ooh, I’ve knocked me wing mirror off”road.cc
They'll (mostly) be checking their work. Blame the apps that have replaced restaurants' in-house delivery drivers and lazy fuckers who want cheap food brought to their door.I see an awful lot of delivery scooter riders checking their phone while on the move. All of all the modes of transport to do so, a fucking motorised bike it's arguably the worst by some margin.