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Post by Northy on Jan 18, 2019 12:39:35 GMT
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Post by skemstokie on Jan 18, 2019 13:04:09 GMT
Which will lead to tailback on 18 southbound and junction 19 northbound😉 |
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Post by Dresden_scfc on Jan 18, 2019 13:13:09 GMT
Be glad when all that's done 50mph is annoying
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Post by lancashirelad on Jan 18, 2019 13:42:25 GMT
Be glad when all that's done 50mph is annoying Over the last couple of years i would have been happy to get upto 50mph through the roadworks. Sadly many times sat there awaiting the grand prix starts before the next drivers speed off then bump into other cars thus causing more hold ups. Like most i have also had to divert via knutsford and other towns to get to Stoke games. Prior to roadworks it was around 90 minute journey and the average journey since have been around 2 hours plus. Great news though if that bit opens fully. |
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Post by M on Jan 18, 2019 13:45:10 GMT
To be fair I don't mind the 50mph as long as it is that fast. Wasn't and aren't a huge fan of there being no hard shoulder but really like the logic of smart motorways changing the speed depending on how many cars there are on the road with the idea of avoiding standstills because that's what screws everything up and creates serious delays...
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Post by yeokel on Jan 18, 2019 13:48:35 GMT
Be glad when all that's done 50mph is annoying Just set the cruise control to about 53mph and then sit back and smugly watch the few who overtake you trundle on towards their next speeding ticket. What's what I do anyway  |
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Post by M on Jan 18, 2019 13:58:58 GMT
Be glad when all that's done 50mph is annoying Just set the cruise control to about 53mph and then sit back and smugly watch the few who overtake you trundle on towards their next speeding ticket. What's what I do anyway Adaptive cruise control. Fucking love it and works a treat. Gutted though because until about two years ago I was living on the motorways doing at least 4-5k+ each month without it. If I'd have had it then I swear I'd not lost the will to live like I did. |
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Post by felonious on Jan 18, 2019 14:19:16 GMT
Which will lead to tailback on 18 southbound and junction 19 northbound😉 Now it's "smart" it will be 40, 50, 60, 50, 40 ,50, 60, 50, 40............all the way  |
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Post by Northy on Jan 18, 2019 14:58:45 GMT
Which will lead to tailback on 18 southbound and junction 19 northbound😉 then at the end of March it will be all OK, until you hit the sections 15-14, 13-12, 4-2,  |
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Post by raythesailor on Jan 18, 2019 16:14:27 GMT
It has been a nightmare throughout with almost daily RTC causing severe congestion.
I do wonder if it would have been easier, and more cost effective long term, to build a new parallel motorway, M6/2 going North and old M6 going South, with a HS railway running up the middle.!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 20:38:03 GMT
You can make all the "smart" motorways you want, but while they are full of absolute bellend drivers there will always be traffic jams.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Jan 18, 2019 21:56:42 GMT
I could drive up and down the M6 every day for the next 40 years and I probably wouldn't save the time these roadworks have cost me.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jan 18, 2019 22:01:04 GMT
Be glad when all that's done 50mph is annoying Just set the cruise control to about 53mph and then sit back and smugly watch the few who overtake you trundle on towards their next speeding ticket. What's what I do anyway Ditto. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 0:50:32 GMT
I use the smart motorway, M! through South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, quite often. It is brilliant. Works really well. I was very sceptical before it opened, but now it has improved my quality of driving life substantially.
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