PETITION TO BAN SMART MOTORWAYS

[Conor]

Does this ring a bell??
Standing in a live lane exchanging insurance details after a minor bump isn’t a smart idea, especially if you happen to be stood on the M1 near Sheffield and end up loosing your life in the process.
It would have been far safer to get both vehicles to move to the nearest safe place to exchange details and argue the toss about who’s fault it is, even if the nearest safe place is 4 miles away

They could have just stood on the embankment, much of which has crash barriers. They didn't have to be standing in the live lane.

[Conor]

You need a hard shoulder in case you break down,simple as.They should put hard shoulders on the main A roads too.If you look ,theres always that waste ground available thats not doing anything.

Or people should just pay attention to their driving instead of their smartphones. Funny how it was never an issue years ago.

[Sploom]

Yes,people should pay attention and when do,then smart motorways might be safe.
We're not there yet.

[Roymondo]

Banning drivers that can't use them properly might help the problem although look at the way they drive on ordinary motorways.
Learn the rules and stick to them including keeping a safe distance would prevent most motorway accidents.

yep, I agree with all that, however, my one bug bear with these is the short refuge areas.
You have a problem and pull into one, (assuming its empty of course) once your problem is sorted out, you have to indicate and then when space allows, you pull out into a live lane possibly at 44 tonne, no option to build your speed up and filter in as you would on a hard shoulder once your at adequate speed.

You might need to revisit the Highway Code and comply with the directions on the signs...

"you MUST use the emergency telephone provided and follow the operator’s advice for exiting the emergency area. A lane may need to be closed so that you can rejoin the carriageway safely."


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[robthedog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKNQG6pSYig

Most drivers see a big reduction in their car insurance premiums when they turn 25 years old because they have become safe drivers.

However, this video shows that not all 25 year olds have become safe drivers by that age.

I wonder what her driving test examiner would have said if she had been taking her driving test at that moment?

Probably, I'm stopping this test because I don't feel safe...although I doubt he would have survived that crash.

Driving like that you deserve all you get full of self importance no sympathy at all

[nedbro]

Should never be notsmart motorways, there dangerous,all this running down the hard shoulder has now become the overtaking lane and cut you up at the last death, it's for vehicle's with a problem not a steam to the front lane, smart motorways are dangerous full stop

[nedbro]

I like them. I get to imagine that I’m a high ranking Politburo official wafting along in my Zil in my own private lane passing the slow moving proletariat as they struggle to grasp the concept.

And then just cut everyone up at the front and hold up the people in the lane behind you, whilst the ones your cutting up shout LOOK AT THIS C**T,

[nedbro]

Until they are hopefully banned, there should be a 50mph speed limit on them. It should also be optional (not mandatory) to use them, especially if there are at least 3 other lanes to use.

Maybe ban HGVs from using them, and let cars undertake on them.

Too many HGVs have run into broken down cars while on the 56mph limiter without even touching their brakes, resulting in instant death for the cars' occupants.

Should be banned full stop, and while we're at it a minimum speed for cars of 60 mph ,there's too many cars fuc*ING about at our speed thinking there driving safe but a are causing havoc also use of indicators as no one seems to use them now ( even some trucks) standard of driving in the last 5 yrs is horrendous and getting worse truck included

[the maoster]

I like them. I get to imagine that I’m a high ranking Politburo official wafting along in my Zil in my own private lane passing the slow moving proletariat as they struggle to grasp the concept.

And then just cut everyone up at the front and hold up the people in the lane behind you, whilst the ones your cutting up shout LOOK AT THIS C**T,

Are you new to driving? Why on earth would I cut everyone up at the front? I must have misread the Highway Code bit that says “make use of available lanes”.

[the maoster]

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[the maoster]

and while we're at it a minimum speed for cars of 60 mph ,there's too many cars fuc*ING about at our speed thinking there driving safe but a are causing havoc standard of driving in the last 5 yrs is horrendous and getting worse truck included

I’m actually with you on that. Yes I understand all the “it’s a limit and not a target” bollocks but I’m constantly perplexed by having to overtake cars on D/C’s and motorways in free flowing traffic only to have them re overtake me a mile later only to promptly slow down again.

[M65Chris]

It's not so much the motorways themselves but the idiots managing them and the idiots drivng on them.

I'm glad the last bit of motorway I have to drive down every day from work is one of those old fashioned thick motorways.

[Evolved]

Can we petition to ban [zb] drivers?