Car broke down in the M1 so-called smart motorway

[saaby93]

No hard shoulder these days

The guy has pulled over as best he can, and presumably done what he's had to do while trying to sort out what to do with it.

Luckily the police took the car to the pound out of the way
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorksh...

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vikingaero said:

Eh? The driver ABANDONED the car as "they had somewhere to be".

Aren't you allowed to abandon things?
Say you have a wedding to be best man at, or maybe an appointment which isn't going to move.
Isnt that why hard shoulders are useful. You can 'abandon' the car there - get a lift to get some petrol and youre on your way

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Jockman said:

98elise said:

I don't get the hate for smart motorways.

What's the point in having 1 lane permanently out of action just in case there is a breakdown. Its better to have it out of action only when needed.

There are plenty of multi lane A roads that cope perfectly well without.a hard shoulder.

Agreed. Especially when you look at the different types of smart motorways.

If you mean Dual Carriageways they're a different bag with all sorts of road users allowed on them
Even so, new ones often have a side strip for parking up in.
Motorways have higher speeds and if its safer there's a move to go to 80mph limit which will help differentiate them.

If a smart motorway was as smart as is alleged there'd be no need for the guy to pull over tight, the cones or the HATO,
The lane would automatically close as soon as it detects someone's parked up in it.

Never mind - no harm done

Edited by saaby93 on Saturday 21st July 16:38

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TooMany2cvs said:

If you've run out of fuel, you're an idiot.

You may well be, but currently it's not an offence you can be charged with

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poo at Paul's said:

Whats the tiny yellow car in front of shot?

That could be a thread on its own
I was thinking Volvo 850 but the scale is wrong.

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poo at Paul's said:

saaby93 said:

poo at Paul's said:

Whats the tiny yellow car in front of shot?

That could be a thread on its own
I was thinking Volvo 850 but the scale is wrong.

It does look quite boxy!! Also looks like it may have some sort of splitter spoiler on the front? Like a horrendous mini convertible Bentley!! Maybe some sort of kit car...?

Scale wise, the car on it's ns looks like a megane or laguna estate?

Not many cars in that colour - scimitar ss1

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mygoldfishbowl said:

saaby93 said:

poo at Paul's said:

saaby93 said:

poo at Paul's said:

Whats the tiny yellow car in front of shot?

That could be a thread on its own
I was thinking Volvo 850 but the scale is wrong.

It does look quite boxy!! Also looks like it may have some sort of splitter spoiler on the front? Like a horrendous mini convertible Bentley!! Maybe some sort of kit car...?
Scale wise, the car on it's ns looks like a megane or laguna estate?

Not many cars in that colour - scimitar ss1

I.m thinking possibly a Capri with bolt on spot lights.

White car on nearside hyundai tucson or kia equivalent
Weren't cars once easily recognisable

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JonChalk said:

poo at Paul's said:

No, I don't think it is. Could be repainted, but there is not many yellow cars about and that looks most unfamiliar!!
Why are motorway CCTV cameras so st quality!!

This was at Silverstone Classic;
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPmqo8l_-WN71...
..so southbound on the M1 would be right..

I'll be back in a minute to credit the correct thread / post owner.

ETA : https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... courtesy autofocus

This one?

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poo at Paul's said:

Could be that GTR from Auto focus' photo. Or even that Maser Biturbo or whatever it is?

This Maser - what a great album

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227bhp said:

I expect that one day there will be a nasty incident where a truck or something hammers into the back of someone who can't get off the motorway, or swerves to miss a vehicle half on/half off and causes some kind of huge accident, it's only a matter of time.
I'm all for expanding motorways and can see why they've done it this way (lack of funds to do it properly), but it's just another Grenfell tower type situation in waiting.
There should be less barriers, or they should have been moved further away to allow a 'soft shoulder' for emergency break downs.
They could also make the early warning messages actually work properly, I have never, ever, ever driven through a set of warning signs to find 'Debris on the carriageway', 'People on the carriageway' or rarely any good reason to be doing 50 when it was supposed to be 70. They just seem to put them on and leave them on for 6hrs after the event creating a 'Boy who cried wolf' situation. To me it just means don't slow down at all, just be extra vigilant.

worse than that.. ease off a bit for the first sign just in case it's real. If nothing by the second pick up speed but vigilant
If by the third, still nothing, theyve been left on by mistake, as you were.
Covered in previous threads