SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
Being talked about in the news quite a lot at the moment.
I'm a professional driver (pcv) so I've done many thousands of miles up and down the country and used smart motorways a lot. In my opinion they work well, if people obey the rules. Unfortunately sa with most things some people think the rules don't apply to them and thats where problems happen.
People seem to be under the impression that its just about using, or not having, a hard shoulder, but there's more to them than that. They are designed to pre-empt traffic build up and slow approaching traffic down before the concertina effect takes full hold and everything grinds to a halt.
You do have to ask though with the newly built ones if there's enough room to build the refuge areas then surely there's enough room for a full hard shoulder?
I'm a professional driver (pcv) so I've done many thousands of miles up and down the country and used smart motorways a lot. In my opinion they work well, if people obey the rules. Unfortunately sa with most things some people think the rules don't apply to them and thats where problems happen.
People seem to be under the impression that its just about using, or not having, a hard shoulder, but there's more to them than that. They are designed to pre-empt traffic build up and slow approaching traffic down before the concertina effect takes full hold and everything grinds to a halt.
You do have to ask though with the newly built ones if there's enough room to build the refuge areas then surely there's enough room for a full hard shoulder?