RE: M-way screens to stop rubbernecking
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As reported by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20851775
The sets of screens will hide the scenes of accidents on motorways
More than 3,000 screens have been bought by the Highways Agency to stop drivers in England rubbernecking when passing motorway accidents.
The partitions will be put up to deter drivers who slow down to look at crashes on the opposite carriageway and therefore slow down the traffic behind.
They form part of a Department for Transport initiative to improve accident clear-up times.
The government said the screens would "keep the motorways flowing".
The DfT's CLEAR - collision, lead, evaluate, act and reopen - initiative was launched last year to help ensure motorways and roads reopen quickly following major accidents.
As part of this scheme, 105 sets of incident screens will be made available for use by the Highways Agency next year.
'Great advantage'
Each set has 30 screens which are loaded onto purpose-built trailers and can screen up to 75m if used end-to-end. The individual screens are approximately 2.1m by 2m high.
The total cost of the purchase was £2.3m, with each set costing £22,000.
Roads minister Stephen Hammond said: "This will be another great advantage to hopefully clearing up collisions but also getting the roads moving rather more quickly afterwards.
"People will recognise these screens, recognise that something's happening behind it, but actually realise it won't impact on their motorway - there's nothing to see, and we want to keep the motorways flowing."
RAC Foundation director, Stephen Glaister, said the use of the screens should be welcomed.
"Incident screens reduce disruption to traffic following an incident [and] assist the emergency services," he said.
"Ensuring that motorists not involved in an incident complete their journeys safely and on time is important.
"The economy relies on an efficient road network. Traffic jams following incidents increase frustration and the risk of low speed collisions.
Seems like a good idea to me
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20851775
The sets of screens will hide the scenes of accidents on motorways
More than 3,000 screens have been bought by the Highways Agency to stop drivers in England rubbernecking when passing motorway accidents.
The partitions will be put up to deter drivers who slow down to look at crashes on the opposite carriageway and therefore slow down the traffic behind.
They form part of a Department for Transport initiative to improve accident clear-up times.
The government said the screens would "keep the motorways flowing".
The DfT's CLEAR - collision, lead, evaluate, act and reopen - initiative was launched last year to help ensure motorways and roads reopen quickly following major accidents.
As part of this scheme, 105 sets of incident screens will be made available for use by the Highways Agency next year.
'Great advantage'
Each set has 30 screens which are loaded onto purpose-built trailers and can screen up to 75m if used end-to-end. The individual screens are approximately 2.1m by 2m high.
The total cost of the purchase was £2.3m, with each set costing £22,000.
Roads minister Stephen Hammond said: "This will be another great advantage to hopefully clearing up collisions but also getting the roads moving rather more quickly afterwards.
"People will recognise these screens, recognise that something's happening behind it, but actually realise it won't impact on their motorway - there's nothing to see, and we want to keep the motorways flowing."
RAC Foundation director, Stephen Glaister, said the use of the screens should be welcomed.
"Incident screens reduce disruption to traffic following an incident [and] assist the emergency services," he said.
"Ensuring that motorists not involved in an incident complete their journeys safely and on time is important.
"The economy relies on an efficient road network. Traffic jams following incidents increase frustration and the risk of low speed collisions.
Seems like a good idea to me
charltjr said:
Hidden on one of ph's many pointless sub forums in my defence 
SSBB said:
Over £700 a screen. Couldn't they have wrapped a tarp over a wire fence with some concrete feet?
No, because they need to be fast to deploy and take up, and fit on a lorry, and not intrude on the carriageway too much (so feet design needs to be good). And not blow over in the wind.How the f
k do they arrive at £22000 per set. They look like glorified Herras panels which you can buy brand new for around £20 a piece so even if you ramped it up to the obscene price of £300 each to cover the tarp the foot and the clipping system which will be very similar no doubt, it still only comes to £9000 per set. fk me with a rough cut lenght of wood our government does know how to spend our money. I bet the stuffs made in the Fatherland or anywhere apart from here.
k do they arrive at £22000 per set. They look like glorified Herras panels which you can buy brand new for around £20 a piece so even if you ramped it up to the obscene price of £300 each to cover the tarp the foot and the clipping system which will be very similar no doubt, it still only comes to £9000 per set. fk me with a rough cut lenght of wood our government does know how to spend our money. I bet the stuffs made in the Fatherland or anywhere apart from here.0a said:
Might make people look even more as the screens signal real carnage, bodies being carried off, helicopters etc
Surely the point will be that with 3,000 sets their use can be routine (i.e. not just at fatals). After a time people will learn that there's nothing to see, so will eventually help reduce rubber necking.marmitemania said:
How the fk do they arrive at £22000 per set. They look like glorified Herras panels which you can buy brand new for around £20 a piece so even if you ramped it up to the obscene price of £300 each to cover the tarp the foot and the clipping system which will be very similar no doubt, it still only comes to £9000 per set. fk me with a rough cut lenght of wood our government does know how to spend our money. I bet the stuffs made in the Fatherland or anywhere apart from here.
This isn't the comments section of The Daily Mail, mate.k do they arrive at £22000 per set. They look like glorified Herras panels which you can buy brand new for around £20 a piece so even if you ramped it up to the obscene price of £300 each to cover the tarp the foot and the clipping system which will be very similar no doubt, it still only comes to £9000 per set. fk me with a rough cut lenght of wood our government does know how to spend our money. I bet the stuffs made in the Fatherland or anywhere apart from here.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff