No one who uses the motorways regularly would think so called SM's are a good idea.
I use the recently opened Northamptonshire section, 16 thru to 19, probably 4 times a week and usually in the early hours when its dark, and boy is it dark on that wholly unlit section.
Most of it has an Armco barrier to the nearside so even in a light and nimble car it's impossible to get the car off the motorway as you finally roll to a halt (which i think most switched on drivers would do), and if you have total electrical failure so no lights, it doesn't take much imagination what the possibilities are.
If politicians and senior apparatchiks or other more equal than others were the likely victims of these scenarios this would not be happening, ie ring of armed steel round parliament, God help the rest of poorer London.
On the other hand, the roads cannot cope with this artificially rapidly increasing population, and a country teerering on bankruptcy cannot build enough new infrastucture, not as we have the land anyway, and if they did build more roads they'd just put up more barrack like housing and more warehouses full of far eastern tat near the various junctions.
We are where we are, all we can do is make sure our vehicles are as reliable and cared for as possible so lessening the chances of it being us as the next victims of the idiots in charge..
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