Re: Smart motorways
Originally Posted by
JBR
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I completely agree.
Some bright spark came up with the idea that another lane was needed, but that money could be saved by converting the hard shoulder to an extra lane.
He (I assume it's a he, because the dimmest humans on God's earth are male) was so proud of his genius idea that the possibility of danger due to lack of a hard shoulder never crossed his tiny mind.
I shall here predict that eventually all smart motorways will be restored to those having a hard shoulder,
but not until the requisite number of fatalities has been achieved.
Absolutely agree JBR and Muddy.
People with this sort of brainwave need their heads examined.
So now, if we break down, what are we supposed to pull over?
Will they also be taking the emergency phone's away, as it sure won't be safe to use them!
Crazy, mental people given the power to implement these decisions is scary stuff.