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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Enter Anti SPAM Code: Click here to refresh this page Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Miriam Binder[/i] [br]It appears that the scheme that allows for Hard Shoulder driving, during peak hours, is to be rolled out to cover several other motorways. [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7061188.stm"]Roads to be considered for the system include the M1, M6, M25, M4 and M20.[/url]. I really do not do [i]that[/i] much motorway driving and tend to, having the luxury of choice, avoid peak times when I do. I do however have a number of reservations not least of which is the issue of vehicular breakdown. Having designated 'breakdown' areas is all very well but what if your vehicle decides it has had enough at some distance from one of these areas? There is also the matter of cost ... Establishing these 'breakdown' areas is going to be costly. Is it really saving money in the long run, thereby giving us value for money, or is it a 'sticking plaster' approach that will serve as a temporary solution to the problem of capacity long term? [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.