Soldato
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i thought the highway code has a bit about not holding people up regardless of speed
Glad I'm not a northerner
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This is such a staggeringly stupid and irresponsible scheme that you have to wonder if it isn't some kind of practical joke. These incompetent, and frankly dangerous idiots need removing from any position where they can make such decisions (and preferably removed from the gene pool entirely).
The motorways are by far Britains safest road system. Putting cretins in the third lane to block faster traffic is not only against the highway code, but is simply negligent. This will lead to road rage and the inevitably stupid driving/risk taking that goes with it. I wonder if someone will need to be killed in a accident caused by this gross incompetence before the powers that be understand how utterly flawed this scheme is?
The motorways are by far Britains safest road system. Putting cretins in the third lane to block faster traffic is not only against the highway code, but is simply negligent. This will lead to road rage and the inevitably stupid driving/risk taking that goes with it. I wonder if someone will need to be killed in a accident caused by this gross incompetence before the powers that be understand how utterly flawed this scheme is?
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Morba said:
Agreed. It's about time people threw some initiative towards this sort of thing.
It gets my vote 100%.
rofl adz 
gg freefaller! we need to support ideas like this!
in reality we really do need to support it, because its going to fail, the more backing and public support it has, the bigger fall it will have. the bigger idiot the person who came up with the idea will be. then they will realise that stupid ideas are not the way forward!
gg freefaller! we need to support ideas like this!
in reality we really do need to support it, because its going to fail, the more backing and public support it has, the bigger fall it will have. the bigger idiot the person who came up with the idea will be. then they will realise that stupid ideas are not the way forward!
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Oh another good idea. Make the overtaking lanes on the inside and middle lanes, and the regular lane right up by the barrier... that'd be nice and safe and sensible
Freefaller said:Oh another good idea. Make the overtaking lanes on the inside and middle lanes, and the regular lane right up by the barrier... that'd be nice and safe and sensible
Heh. Don't tempt them Freefaller. The idiots who are in charge of stuff like that may just decide that's a good idea....
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As if there arnt enough numpties in the 3rd lane already.
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I'm bewildered. As already said, how can anyone consider it to be a sensible idea. All it will do is result in huge numbers of cars storming up behind a queue travelling at a lower speed. Look at mathematics and queue theory and you could result in in places whereby traffic flow will stop completely for periods of time. Mix in the likely number of rear end shunts from people incapable of maintaining a safe braking distance because they're even more wound up than normal and it's not a pretty picture.
Maybe it was dreamed up by the same dozy pratts who wasted £100k on trying to save a whale with no bloody sense of direction. Hadn't they heard of Darwinian evolution. Let the bloody whale die as otherwise you'll have 100s of the bloody things up the Thames. More to the point, £100k in the right Japanese ministers pocket would probably have reduced their "scientific cull" by a larger amount.
Maybe it was dreamed up by the same dozy pratts who wasted £100k on trying to save a whale with no bloody sense of direction. Hadn't they heard of Darwinian evolution. Let the bloody whale die as otherwise you'll have 100s of the bloody things up the Thames. More to the point, £100k in the right Japanese ministers pocket would probably have reduced their "scientific cull" by a larger amount.
From what I can tell this is a bad bit of journalism.
Read the actual scheme here:
http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/Living_...reets_and_Roads/Community_Pace_Car_Scheme.asp
Whilst potentially people would be doing a 70mph pace, there's nothing in there about specifically targetting the outside lane on motorways and pacing traffic. It also looks like they're normal cars with normal drivers.
Read the actual scheme here:
http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/Living_...reets_and_Roads/Community_Pace_Car_Scheme.asp
Whilst potentially people would be doing a 70mph pace, there's nothing in there about specifically targetting the outside lane on motorways and pacing traffic. It also looks like they're normal cars with normal drivers.