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11th October 2019, 18:16 | #1 |
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October 2018 M4 crash with mini bus
Saw this on the news yesterday.
Lorry ploughs into mini bus killing 3 with one or more with life changing injuries. Easy to blame lorry driver for going into back of mini bus but here is apparently the truth, I only refer to footage, nothing else https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...fatal-m4-crash Lorry driver has been cleared of wrong doing. macafee2 |
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Incredibly sad - and the question has to be why and what caused the minibus to come to a halt in lane one? Was blocking off whole sections of the motorway hard shoulder for work to be done on it to convert it to a “smart motorway” (with no hard shoulder ) sensible as this left the driver of the minibus no opportunity of a safe zone to pull into? |
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This of course could happen on a smart motorway where the hard shoulder becomes lane 1. macafee2 |
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This type of accident will sadly become more common as so called "smart' motorways spread further and there is no safe haven for stranded vehicles leaving them no option but to stop in a live lane.
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They would then see what a farcical idea the 'smart' motorway is, my heart goes out to the camera operators in the control rooms that have to witness incidents like this.
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12th October 2019, 07:28 | #6 |
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Totally agree Ian - and this is why I see nothing “smart” about the concept at all!
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I've never liked the idea of "smart" motorways since the first day they were spoken about.
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