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Ruffy · 12-01-22, 08:42 PM

So the rollout has been shelved for now

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59956911

I did a quick search and couldn't find a recent thread on these. I know as bikers we tend to try to avoid motorways but I'm sure we all use 'em from time to time, in cars/vans if not on bike.

So what's your view on these and this situation?

Personally I think calling them 'smart' was a terrible thing to do. But I appreciate the concepts, hazards, risks and trade-offs involved pretty well and so overall I think they were a reasonable solution in the circumstances to the growing traffic issues we were/are seeing in this country.

12-01-22, 08:42 PM	#1
Ruffy Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: nr. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Posts: 321	Smart Motorways So the rollout has been shelved for now https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59956911 I did a quick search and couldn't find a recent thread on these. I know as bikers we tend to try to avoid motorways but I'm sure we all use 'em from time to time, in cars/vans if not on bike. So what's your view on these and this situation? Personally I think calling them 'smart' was a terrible thing to do. But I appreciate the concepts, hazards, risks and trade-offs involved pretty well and so overall I think they were a reasonable solution in the circumstances to the growing traffic issues we were/are seeing in this country. __________________ Spannering the wife's SV650S K5 pointy in Black, and son's SV650 X curvy in Blue. RIP SV650 X curvy, crashed and written off December 2019. I'm (procrastinating about) fixing up an old Yamaha FZ600 to get myself fully back on the road.