Comments on: Hauliers up in arms over hard shoulder use! http://arrowlighthaulage.co.uk/arrowblog/249/hauliers-up-in-arms-over-hard-shoulder-use/ Same Day Courier Services, Driving and packaging for safer delivery 0800 917 7084 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nigel Grainger http://arrowlighthaulage.co.uk/arrowblog/249/hauliers-up-in-arms-over-hard-shoulder-use/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Nigel Grainger Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:47:01 +0000 http://arrowlighthaulage.co.uk/arrowblog/?p=249#comment-340 The use of the Hard Shoulder is controlled by overhead signs and can only be used when indicated. It has been trialled on the M42 and has worked very well. Also the speed on all lanes is reduced when the Hard Shoulder is used. It will save couriers time lost in delays and jams in the long run. The use of the Hard Shoulder is controlled by overhead signs and can only be used when indicated. It has been trialled on the M42 and has worked very well. Also the speed on all lanes is reduced when the Hard Shoulder is used.
It will save couriers time lost in delays and jams in the long run.

]]> By: Simon http://arrowlighthaulage.co.uk/arrowblog/249/hauliers-up-in-arms-over-hard-shoulder-use/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Simon Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:22:09 +0000 http://arrowlighthaulage.co.uk/arrowblog/?p=249#comment-335 Right behind you on this one. Where the hard shoulder is already removed i.e. bridges and roadworks, it seems to work, but in the first case, they are very small stretches of road and in the latter, the speed limit is reduced and monitored to lower the accident risk. For this to work, the hard shoulder would need to be reduced to a 40mph speed limit to give enough stopping distance if someone has broken down there, but then who's going to use it? As you said though, this would hinder the emergency services so could turn a 'I was very lucky' incident into a mass grave... Right behind you on this one. Where the hard shoulder is already removed i.e. bridges and roadworks, it seems to work, but in the first case, they are very small stretches of road and in the latter, the speed limit is reduced and monitored to lower the accident risk.

For this to work, the hard shoulder would need to be reduced to a 40mph speed limit to give enough stopping distance if someone has broken down there, but then who’s going to use it? As you said though, this would hinder the emergency services so could turn a ‘I was very lucky’ incident into a mass grave…

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