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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 21:51 
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Anyone driven on M1 lately near Luton? It's all dug up while they widen it and everyone has to creep along in narrow lanes at 40. But contry to what the safety partnerships would have us believe there are still plenty on crashes.

So what if instead on 3 narrow lanes there were 2 wide lanes and no restriction on speed, but a wider nomansland to protect the work force?


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Although I haven't been on it since they started digging it up i'd have a bet that:

- There's signs up saying it's going to take x years to complete
- 90% of the time there's nobody doing any work on it.

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Graeme wrote:
Although I haven't been on it since they started digging it up i'd have a bet that:

- There's signs up saying it's going to take x years to complete
- 90% of the time there's nobody doing any work on it.


there are, but is it better to have less, wider lanes and a higher speed limit or the same number of narrow lanes and all creeping along at 40 watching our speedo's 'cos of the specs cams?


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 Post subject: Re: motorway road works
PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 20:02 
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adam.L wrote:
Anyone driven on M1 lately near Luton? It's all dug up while they widen it and everyone has to creep along in narrow lanes at 40. But contry to what the safety partnerships would have us believe there are still plenty on crashes.

Really? I have a particular interest in the M1 works safety record. Do you ave a link to facts/figures?


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