Originally Posted by
HarryHolden68
Much of the A1 North of Baldock has 2 lanes and no hard shoulder. I've been driving up and down it for 20 years without incident. You have to drive to the conditions and expect the unexpected. And the bends driving North towards Black Cat roundabout that cannot be taken at the speed limit makes any motorway bend look like a ruler.
But that’s an A road not a motorway. I’ve travelled north on the A1 a couple of times in recent months and it’s not good in places but we are not expecting a motorway.
In the UK we used to know what a motorway was - hard shoulder, long slip roads, no stopping except in an emergency, only certain classes of vehicle allowed etc. Taking away the hard shoulder makes things very different.
Anyway that’s my rants for the day done. I now need to go and prepare for a very long motorway drive!