>> I am not so sure. I have pretty good experience with some of them,
>> pre and post "smartening" peak and off peak. Mostly M1
I tend to agree. Presumably the scrapping just means that they're reverting lane 1 to permanent hard shoulder as opposed to the variable speed limits.
The only time I've seen the VSL cause big problems is when they let the work experience kid at the Highways Agency set the limits differently per lane (ie 20 | 30 | 50 | 60), which leads to chaos because no one knows which limit the cameras are set to.
The motoring lobby groups want the whole lot stripped out because of the speed cameras. Perhaps a fair compromise would be to switch to average speed between junctions instead of the GATSO style. Nothing more irritating than someone overtaking you and then stamping on the brakes as they pass under every gantry on the motorway.
Although the good thing about LED headlights is that it's possible to give a very convincing double-flash when the car doing 100+ goes under a gantry ahead of you.
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