And yet it does happen. Only a few weeks ago I saw a woman die on the motorway (via CCTV) she was waiting behind the Armco for rescue when a ruck left the motorway, went through the Armco and over the top of her. It seems an unlikey event, but it happens.
I think you will find that the risk is surprisingly high. True, motorways are the safest roads, but that only applies while the vehicle is moving. Stopping on the hard shoulder multiplies risk disproportionately.
Terrorism' alert on the motorway 1389The phrase "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear" presumes the authorities will act with honesty and integrity. Here are just a few examples of abuses of personal data by...
Of my work colleagues in the police and among the contractors who service the motorway, I only know of one end in a motoring accident and that was off-motorway. I'm losing track of the number of rests on-motorway, all on the hard shoulder. Last month, one contractor was closed for several days so that the staff could attend the ceremonys of four men end on the hard shoulder by a sleeping truck driver.
Terrorism' alert on the motorway 1388Cynic That's not what he stated, he posted the following: "Its the crash barrier that runs up the middle of the carriageway on a motorway, and occasionally between the hard shoulder and whatever...
Over the past six years I've been aware of two police officers end by being crushed between their vehicle and the vehicle they had stopped when HGVs wanderd onto the hard shoulder. Abd random strikes on roadside workers happen every year in the same circumstances.
-- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
