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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: BoltarBoltar Date: Sep 18, 2008 04:26
On Sep 17, 3:55 pm, "Mike P" privacy.net> wrote:> Doug wrote:
>> So what will happen when this supply led demand increases and
>> congestion again becomes as bad as ever? How will the emergency
>> services cope with no vacant hard shoulder? Let me guess, more
>> motorway widening/building?
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>> "Work has begun on rolling out a scheme allowing motorway drivers to
>> use the hard shoulder in parts of the Midlands.
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>> An initiative has been on trial on the M42 east of Birmingham.
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> For at least a year, and it's worked perfectly.
Apart from those occasions where some poor sod has broken down and the
traffic has started backing up. I think using the hard shoulder is a
bad idea - they're there for a reason and that reason isn't just for
it to be used as another lane.
B2003
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