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Driving on the hard shoulder
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Well what would you do, drive with the oil light on?
And it's 2% and 3 minors.
I think I may have misunderstood you. I thought you were meaning stop in the fast lane just to be awkward and inconsiderate. Apologies if you meant the hard shoulder.
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NP, .
I have a hard time driving in the fast lane when the car's working! I can usually keep pace with the car in front, but I get bullied by BMWs and AUDIs left right and centre.
.I have a hard time driving in the fast lane when the car's working! I can usually keep pace with the car in front, but I get bullied by BMWs and AUDIs left right and centre.
If I broke down 5 yards past a layby, there's no way Im gonna push the car the remaining 495 yards to the next one
From what I've seen of Highways Officer's, they're a danger to themselves! I've seen Highways Officers walking with the back to the traffic on a live carriage way, waving traffic on with the hands WHILST walking in to the lane! Sheer lunatics!
-RaZ
Some pretty brave & good ones too mate, have had quite a few dealings with them.
They do a difficult (at times) job for pretty crap money imo.
But there is now a long line of angry gridlocked drivers stuck behind you in the lane.......If I broke down 5 yards past a layby, there's no way Im gonna push the car the remaining 495 yards to the next one
In 90% of cases (that I come across ) a simple push to the side of the road is all thats required, do they? no!
9 times out of 10 its some daft sod like me ending up stopping to help the poor sod out....
Bah!
This thread still going
Too many keyboard warriors arguing the same points over and over
Get out in the real world and try the road for yourself!
It works – end of thread !!
yup, as simple as that
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Breakdowns are not a problem - there are large pull in laybys every 500 yards, with a phone and CCTV monitoring each one.
See photo
Is that a wind up using photoshop? Do they honestly expect say should you get a blowout to skillfully drive maybe up to 500 yards or maybe brake sharply to avoid overshooting the end of the hard shoulder? This is comical.
What happpens if someone else has broken down there? Do you just run into them? At least thats one way to stop.
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We could do this for trains as well! Have the emergency cord with a 30 second delay, just in case you accidently thought there was an emergency giving you time to change your mind.
[TW]Fox;10346519 said:
I see a broken down car every few miles on the hard shoulder. In some ways it's a great idea. In others I can see it being very bad. Imagine a accident how are the emergency service going to get there, how about when people brake down.
We need more roads and more importantly better road management.
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Is that a wind up using photoshop? Do they honestly expect say should you get a blowout to skillfully drive maybe up to 500 yards or maybe brake sharply to avoid overshooting the end of the hard shoulder? This is comical.
What happpens if someone else has broken down there? Do you just run into them? At least thats one way to stop.
I could pull up in that from 50mph, easy.
