Deckchair holiday by the motorway. No thanks!

Most people in their 70's would opt for a deckchair on a sandy beach in Eastbourne or Bournemouth given the choice of a break away from watching Gardeners World on TV, and counting their marbles.  Apparently not all of them though.  On the top of a motorway bridge the other way were a couple in their 70s, camped out on deckchairs, in yellow vests.  The weather was cold and foggy, but the man was in shorts. 

Presumably therefore, theyd run out of marbles to count and decided they needed a change!  I'm guessing they were counting cars for some random project, but 8 hours on, when i returned along this road they were still there... and still in shorts.  Surely they must have something better to do?

Raising the Motorway limit to 80mph

The government has announced today that they will be looking at reviewing the current speed limit on the UK Motorways of 70mph, and will consider raising it to 80mph.

Their reasons for doing so are due to improved car safety the risk to life at 80mph if a crash happens is now reduced. Also that millions will be saved every year because people get to where they want to go quicker.

Firstly, WELL DONE for thinking about this, and not before time!  However, its not going to make any difference.  People will still drive at 90 - 100mph, there will be no difference to journey times, all that will happen is that the number of people getting stopped for speeding on a motorway will be reduced, meaning the police forces in the UK will have to think of another way to catch people and make money, otherwise the government will need to either cut their budgets, or raise our taxes in some other way.  It will come back to bite us in the end!

The government has also said that its only able to think about this now because its got hot on uninsured and drunk drivers.  Yes, I am sure they have - They can now take their £50 cars off them -  but that's not to say they do not exist anymore. There is always going to be some monkey who will decide car insurance is too expensive, or they've just had a few pints and they've only got to drive a few miles.  If they got hot on people who cant drive, and should be off the roads - then they could open up the motorways to an "any speed you want to" policy!  Think about how much money that would save!  Winchester to Portsmouth in 10 minutes in a Lamborghini! Yes please !

Cars dont kill people - stupid drivers do.

Yet another example today of a stupid driver causing potential risk to lives.

On the on slip to a busy motorway i was following four cars, about to merge onto the motorway at 60mph. The traffic was light and there was adequate space for us all to merge onto the motorway.  All of a sudden the car in front braked heavily and i had to stamp on the brakes to not hit it.  What appeared to have happened is that the front car had decided to stop at the end of the slip road, instead of merging into traffic. I can only assume they'd suddenly remembered they'd left the iron on at home and the house was currently burning to the ground, or that they'd just found out they'd won the lottery.  Surely it must have been something important to stop like that?

No - it would appear that they forgot the rules of the motorway and was treating it like a normal road junction.  If the cars behind them hadnt been on the ball, this could have been a major pile up, and potential risk to lives.  These sort of people are the ones who should be banned until they can prove they are a good driver. A lap of the nurburgring in under 10minutes, in a mini cooper s would be a good basis for passing and demonstrating this.