Car broke down in the M1 so-called smart motorway

[vikingaero]

cptsideways said:

Drive up the M1 4 lanes sections any time of the day & lanes 1 & 2 are almost always empty. Lanes 3 & 4 however are full of 60 somethings.

Same as the M6 smart sections, lane 1 is always the least busy.

I know smart motorways are a stupid idea but the most of UK's drivers are even more stupid imho.

I love it. I chill in Lane 1 all to myself with music. When it starts getting busy there is very little speed differentiation between L1 at 60mph and Lane 4 at 62mph. Your average amoeba cannot drive at 70mph. An indicated 70mph is in reality 65-67mph and amoebas cannot compensate for gradients which means the whole congested shebang of Lanes 2-4 travel at far less than 70mph.

[Alucidnation]

Tankrizzo said:

MellowshipSlinky said:

You’d be on first name terms with the officers by now.

[JonChalk]

vikingaero said:

cptsideways said:

Drive up the M1 4 lanes sections any time of the day & lanes 1 & 2 are almost always empty. Lanes 3 & 4 however are full of 60 somethings.

Same as the M6 smart sections, lane 1 is always the least busy.

I know smart motorways are a stupid idea but the most of UK's drivers are even more stupid imho.

I love it. I chill in Lane 1 all to myself with music. When it starts getting busy there is very little speed differentiation between L1 at 60mph and Lane 4 at 62mph. Your average amoeba cannot drive at 70mph. An indicated 70mph is in reality 65-67mph and amoebas cannot compensate for gradients which means the whole congested shebang of Lanes 2-4 travel at far less than 70mph.

+1, both - long live stupid drivers making lane 1/2 the place to be.

[georgezippy]

Problem with the red x lane closure sign it that you need the overhead gantries to display them every 100m or so. The smart bit of M6 I drive quite often has the gantries about a mile apart, same with the refuge areas. If you break down as you pass a refuge, you have little chance of coasting to the next one so you will stop in a live lane, no warning will be available to anyone else so you'd better get out of the car quick and really hope everyone else is paying attention.