M6 roadworks (18 miles) between Crewe and Knutsford

[Laurie61]

I would of thought that stretch would benefit from being a 50... Whenever I've been on it, is always been stop start stop start....

Southbound was mostly stop yesterday morning, about five miles of crawling traffic. Fortunately there were no rubberneckers on the northbound side and it was running smoothly. I did think there was more activity in the roadworks yesterday with a lot more staff/vehicles in evidence. A lot of the old central reservation had been dug out and was awaiting removal.

 

[Laurie61]

Scrap dangerous motorway hard shoulder plans, MPs warn

Plans to convert more hard shoulders into permanent driving lanes to ease motorway congestion should be scrapped, a Commons committee has said. The government intends to turn hundreds of miles of hard shoulder in England into permanent lanes, known as "all-lane running", to expand capacity.
The Transport Select Committee said the "dramatic change" would be dangerous.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36664116

 

[Gramaisc]

Scrap dangerous motorway hard shoulder plans, MPs warn

Plans to convert more hard shoulders into permanent driving lanes to ease motorway congestion should be scrapped, a Commons committee has said. The government intends to turn hundreds of miles of hard shoulder in England into permanent lanes, known as "all-lane running", to expand capacity.
The Transport Select Committee said the "dramatic change" would be dangerous.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36664116

On one of my rare forays onto UK motorways a few weeks ago, during one of the periodic torrential rain showers, I was trundling along in the very poor visibility on what was the hard shoulder, hoping that nobody was going to charge into the back of me, when I suddenly came across a broken down BMW - she had managed to get it right into the Armco, and had had the sense to get out of it, despite the pouring rain, spray and being on quite a steep embankment.

It all strikes me as a bit of a lash-up.

 

[Noah]

It all strikes me as a bit of a lash-up.

But it is a lot cheaper than "managed motorway" where they can switch traffic on and off the hard shoulder. The cost of all those overhead gantries. And they have to meet Government targets with sooo many miles of motorway to convert. You don't think safety is going to outweigh cost in making decisions do you.

 

[Gramaisc]

On one of my rare forays onto UK motorways a few weeks ago, during one of the periodic torrential rain showers, I was trundling along in the very poor visibility on what was the hard shoulder, hoping that nobody was going to charge into the back of me, when I suddenly came across a broken down BMW - she had managed to get it right into the Armco, and had had the sense to get out of it, despite the pouring rain, spray and being on quite a steep embankment.
It all strikes me as a bit of a lash-up.

But it is a lot cheaper than "managed motorway" where they can switch traffic on and off the hard shoulder. The cost of all those overhead gantries. And they have to meet Government targets with sooo many miles of motorway to convert. You don't think safety is going to outweigh cost in making decisions do you.

I keep a Pak-a-Mak in the passenger door-pocket.

In Ireland, a decent main road would have a hard shoulder, where possible. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Castletown,+Co.+Laois,+Ireland/@52.9761392,-7.5022938,3a,75y,52h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1so7i5Iq16CHD0Ah7qro_2vg!2e0!6s//geo0.ggpht.com/cbk?panoid=o7i5Iq16CHD0Ah7qro_2vg&output=thumbnail&cb_client=search.TACTILE.gps&thumb=2&w=392&h=106&yaw=52.953197&pitch=0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x485d1b314c07a70b:0xa00c7a9973180c0!8m2!3d52.9774693!4d-7.4995604

(I apologise for putting up a link to what is the Castletown By-Pass, I realise this term may be controversial here)