The British road network is :censored:
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Apologies for the Wail link, but I think it highlights a frightening and rather depressing picture of British roads in the 21st Century. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2954313/Ha...
My take is that there are simply too many cars on an overcrowded network, with stressed and angry "f
k you, me first!" people all trying to get somewhere as fast as possible. And it only takes a fairly minor event, such as the broken down lorry on the North Orbital Road this evening to bring large parts of the network (M25/M1 in this case) to a grinding halt.
I know we all love our cars and the freedom they give us, but I'm not sure how much longer this mayhem can go on without something giving. Is there a viable solution?
My take is that there are simply too many cars on an overcrowded network, with stressed and angry "f
k you, me first!" people all trying to get somewhere as fast as possible. And it only takes a fairly minor event, such as the broken down lorry on the North Orbital Road this evening to bring large parts of the network (M25/M1 in this case) to a grinding halt.I know we all love our cars and the freedom they give us, but I'm not sure how much longer this mayhem can go on without something giving. Is there a viable solution?
heebeegeetee said:
A solution to what though? A solution to a problem we created, that didn't exist before?
I'm not sure about the freedoms we have - a lot of it just seems to be a freedom to waste hours of our lives travelling further than we should.
With regard to the accidents in the link - the overwhelming majority of people travel the same routes at the same times in the same vehicles almost all of the time, and the moment they don't, such as a bank holiday weekend, there is chaos.
I'm not sure about the freedoms we have - a lot of it just seems to be a freedom to waste hours of our lives travelling further than we should.
With regard to the accidents in the link - the overwhelming majority of people travel the same routes at the same times in the same vehicles almost all of the time, and the moment they don't, such as a bank holiday weekend, there is chaos.
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