Miserable Motorway Moanings - "Smart Motorway"...

[@hutchy177]

The smart motorway thing would be okay if it worked but the main problem is having to do 50 because of 'the workers' that are never there..

[@Paranormalcoffeelounge]

It's 50 because lanes are narrow drivers safety and workers safety. As for smart system needs be banned stupid system

[@CNCycle]

Monitoring a pole.

[@lwkleijn]

I've noticed they tell you there is an accident waaaay ahead of where te accident actually is. Almost in another county.

[@FIGHTTHECABLE]

so the next step must be, accidents from other countries. Bus accident in France - many dead children, bus driver OK.

[@SimmanGodz]

+sir charles There is an accident. Not here, but make sure to slow down anyway.

[@ProfessorPanyck]

Perhaps all the construction guys are working from home

[@LordSandwichII]

More like wanking from home! XD

[@eoghanhennessy15]

speed cameras should be illegal on motorways, adding bloody obstacles for people to dodge.

[@jerombolo2688]

50% of the people are working from home? So 50% are people who work in offices? Wouldn't say that this will happen.

[@hommebizzare]

+Jerombolo I have an office job, and I can't imagine it would ever work as well, working from home, as it does actually being there with your colleagues

[@jerombolo2688]

Martin Fisker I'm logistician, still an apprentice, and in my company we have people who buy and sell stuff... normal. They couldn't work from home ever. If we have a problem they need to see it not just be informed about it on the phone as they then mostly don't understand what the problem exactly is

[@SirJambo14]

+Jerombolo Probably just hyperbole. I personally reckon between 15-20% in the future.

[@JnqzArts]

+Jerombolo Think he just pulled a figure out of the air, because that's doubtful

[@Addy29plus5]

Hardly any jobs can be done from home. Except some office jobs. I worked in a field where clients needed to be seen and bundles etc needed to be submitted to court etc. Too much hands on, confidential discussion, translators etc

[@illuminaticonfirmed1055]

I know EXACTLY what you mean. You cannot filter on the M3 because the fucking lanes are so narrow while they fuck about. Whats that? The so called "smart" motorway has got rid of the brake down lane to increase traffic flow? Whats that? A SINGLE car has broken down? MOTORWAY FUCKED. TALE BACKS FOR MILES

[@Beagleman1996]

Average speed cameras on motorways are something I especially hate. By slowing cars down to 50mph (and it takes their average speed over a distance so you're forced to do 50), you're putting more cars into one space at any given time, which surely must contribute to congestion (as well as increased emissions).

[@autobahnwaybab7608]

Beagleman1996 lool no one cares! People be like "dont speed, no ticket" ahahaha

[@TheIrishHooligan]

Saturday morning baron? I LOVE IT!

[@BaronVonGrumble]

+TheIrishHooligan its the only time i have now between work, cleaning the house, changing nappies and eating junk food..

[@TheIrishHooligan]

+BaronVonGrumble what a time to be alive!

[@frzen]

+BaronVonGrumble careful you don't mix those up and change the house, clean up the junk food and eat the nappies

[@gafferjoe]

it's a Hyundai accent 1.3 gsi. If you think the exterior's bad wait until you see the interior! Loving the 44teeth channel btw, so much better than the, quite frankly stale, MCN lot.

[@onthethrottle9230]

+Joe Yeah, mate GSI init, pusssssssaaayyy patrol.

[@9mmArts]

Bike world is also good

[@eoghanhennessy15]

+Joe MCN is terrible

[@gafferjoe]

+TheOneNo20 it didn't work for the Sun, it won't work for them!

[@gafferjoe]

+Meterz. cheers for the heads up! subscribed too!

[@whittluk3339]

I hate those signs that say " my daddy works here, take extra care" 6 miles down the road later and daddy still hasn't been seen "working"

[@HamSpamJamLamb]

Thanks for the tip at the end!

[@storm7078]

+HamSpamJamLamb This time I'll take the Jam or Lamb. And you changed it to "Lamb" did you not?

[@HamSpamJamLamb]

Seems I have a stalker! That profile pic is creepy af btw

[@storm7078]

***** Likewise... Ham, Spam, Jam and Lamb? How could you think of something so evil?

[@HamSpamJamLamb]

You're obsessed sir. Seek help.

[@theejabroni]

+HamSpamJamLamb Isn't the tip always at the end? ;)

[@dbs1uk]

Spot on about the trustworthiness of those "smart" signs - often find myself ranting to my wife about them. The closest thing to "smart" motorways is using something like Waze which actually shows you real-time traffic speed & incidents. I find those signs are wrong 90% of the time and Waze is right 90% of the time. Rarely drive without it now.

[@patricksargisson9498]

FUCK YEAH NEW VIDEO WOOOOOOOOOO

[@patricksargisson9498]

I am now calm - Thanks for the ramble Baron, been looking forward to a new video :)

[@M4BoarBiker]

Baron you are so right, I'm a truck driver and I work nights. Closures everywhere I go - M5 M4 M42 M6 M1, people just wouldn't believe it, that's not even mentioning A roads. Smart motorways don't even work once they are finished unless it is purely done to fine the motorist. They still get traffic jams on the M4 near Bristol and on the M42, it really is a total waste of time and money. By the way I have been on the M42 numerous times in the early hours and the speed limit signs have shown 40 then 20 then 40 then national limit ... and for what ? Just me and a reliant 3 wheeler on the road !!!! Bull Bull Bull..

[@Shifther404]

Agreed. I'd way rather deal with aggressive drivers who are paying attention than drivers who are texting and not focusing on the road.

[@bedninja68]

The M60/M62 'smart' clusterfuck is so bad that I left the area after living there for 16 years. I just couldn't take that shit any more; congested, depressing, and dangerous.

[@AJHDuk]

I see the sights on a daily basis ... why I choose to view them again on weekends is a mystery... must be the HILARIOUS COMMENTARY! Play a bit of Baron when I'm stuck on the A3 to make time fly by quicker... Legend!

[@npr1300A8]

I totally agree with your opinions here!!!! So many people do just sit back and put up with crap and when someone complains such as you and I, we're considered weirdos! The motorist contributes around £70-100 BILLION per year to the treasury and 9% gets spent on the roads! Smart motorway? What's fecking smart about losing the hard shoulder???? Great video.

[@simonhool3073]

You cant say the sign is lying when you don't know what the full situation is. If you want safer, higher quality road surfaces, you have to accept that you will face traffic. You have to consider that the government build and upgrade things to fit most people in the population. They do work at night time more because most people are spending time with their loved ones.

[@kingkarrotyt5277]

Actually the system does lie, once I was on the M6 it said accident and two lanes closed and there was nothing there,I was on the M25, it said broken down vehicle, two lanes closed, stuck for 2 hours, nothing there and I'm on the M20 it said queue ahead 40 and no queue

[@TheWeepingDalek]

@@kingkarrotyt5277 right because when there is an accident or a brokedown car they tend to leave it there all day. maybe the cleared it before you got there.

[@MOTOPT]

A lie told often, becomes true, but it was there 50 years ago, now people are smarter. When seriously no one will believe. Great video. Big V.

[@freshprince8484]

At first they told us the reason for speed cameras is because speed kills Now on smart motorways they say slow down as if you ignore the speeding signs you might end up in a traffic jam!!!! It is an insult to the public that they can get away with this.

[@TheRoadWarrior96]

Love the way you go from impassioned speech to 'BLACKED OUT ASTRA VAN INNIT', had me giggling :)

[@nigelbradshaw8266]

Classic Baron on top form. Funny, smart, incisive, relevant, articulate. Baron should be chairing a road users pressure group, he voices the real issues and frustrations that ordinary people face every day. Brilliant on so many levels.

[@MrMisterLondon]

I drove down the M3 J1-4 today and had this EXACT rant with my other half! Really funny coming home to this vid.. I spend hours a day stuck in traffic on the A3, wishing I was on my bike so find your channel very therapeutic! Keep up the great work and ride safe ;-)

[@BillieSebastian]

As a civil engineer.. Roadworkings are 9/10 times (Motorways/highways) Are genuinly at night. This is because of the Nen-EN euro safety codes.. But regarding the design of the "Smart motorway"You're a 100% right.. because its indeed uttterly shit

[@jztgatjdtkgt]

In NYC the Cross Bronx Expressway construction began about 50 years ago and was only completed in the last few years. At one point, the master architect/engineer died and no one knew what he'd done with the plans so they had to reconstruct the design in mid-project. Fun!

[@NBarker1993]

+2ndchildhood wow. tax payers money down the drain then!

[@NBarker1993]

+2ndchildhood wow. tax payers money down the drain then!

[@jztgatjdtkgt]

Anon San For decades. Some of those roads have potholes large enough to swallow up a small car.

[@snarkievlogs]

Interesting you say 60fps is blurry for you. I know you're using a Drift but I get the same problem on my Hero 4 when shooting any 4k footage. I reckon some cameras just aren't powerful enough to record at the frame rates and resolutions that they're rated at

[@thomaswilliams4543]

Apart from being 20 minutes quicker, I think HS2 is also meant to free up space on an already full existing main line. This means there is more room for local trains and freight.

[@SniperssOnly]

You've just blown my mind with the north/south divide idea, I never thought about it before. It would be best to get in on it early before house prices catch up and equalise, but damn, it's exciting to think about!

[@Griz2k1]

Here in the US, there is a "high speed" train from Boston to New York. Only problem...? It's on "low speed" tracks, so it takes just as long as the regular train, but costs twice as much!

[@pingu42069]

The reason they lie is so they can put the speed limit down to say 40mph. Consequently, the speed cameras turn on. Then they are getting money off you and there is nothing you can do. Fuck the roads

[@Morrismarina]

I think you make a valid point about the 'bullshit' albeit it's fortunately(?) only a minority of drivers who - out of arrogance, stupidity or frustration - actually choose to ignore the reduced speed limits because they think they know better (eg. that the stated reason for the delay is untrue). But here's why I think you're right about the "traffic engineering." I'm in SE London and regularly use the Blackwall Tunnel. There are currently proposals for additional river crossings downriver from Tower Bridge, including the possibility of another tunnel (at Silvertown) or a revised ferry. For quite some time, things have been at the 'consultation' stage. A while back, I started noticing that whenever I'd go there (only ever on a bike, I know it too well to take a car there) there would probably be major queues. Not just the weekday rush hour but any time of day and even weekends, too.It was almost as if someone *wanted* that traffic chaos, so that all the drivers stuck in it would reach breaking point and be ready to say 'Please, give us something ... *anything* ... that will give us an alternative to this, and make it quick!' Can you actually "engineer [the conditions that can create] traffic"??? I do believe you can!

[@TommyBrun17]

Baron, i love you, but bruh... You are complaining about loosing 20 minutes because of road works. Then immediately afterwards telling us how stupid a new train, which is 20 minutes faster, is...

[@BaronVonGrumble]

i see what you are trying to articulate, but it didnt work ;)

[@AnFonE]

+TommyBrun17 Road works delay you for up to 20 minutes a day, there and back, for work that is effectively not going to make much improvement when it finally DOES come into action. When it does get completed, your journey will be no quicker than it was, so your 3-4 years of delays is time you will not save at any point in the future.

[@MrSlowestD16]

+TommyBrun17 At the cost of 30 years they want to build this thing 20 minutes doesn't mean shit.

[@tjdier1650]

Looks like the working from home prediction really panned out!

[@chrisryan3445]

Know exactly what you mean. The M4/M5 interchange in Bristol is now "smart" and every morning there is a queue on the M5 turn off usually with a 40 MPH limit, so what do they do? Put the same 40MPH signs up over the completely clear M4 heading to Wales... The best one I seen was after an incident on the M4 way before the tunnels in South Wales, after filtering to the front of the queue the accident was plain to see, the police let me and couple of other bikes through - there was no space for cars - literally NO traffic for the rest of the run bar the odd car coming on at the junctions and still the congestion signs lit up for miles with 40MPH restrictions in place due to the invisible congestion.

[@MrScififan]

Couldn't agree with you more dude - Question...how do you find the GS compared to your Gixxer 1000?

[@101crazybiker]

I have just been made aware of the purpose of "smart motorways". Caught speeding (68mph) on an empty M25 in a variable speed limit area. Dry roads, bright conditions, no traffic. 6 points and £650 fine. Glad to see that the police are addressing the problem motorist. Look for the easy buck officers that's the best way of effective policing.

[@philipbilsbury8501]

They're doing the m60 near me. What it actually means is that at certain time the hard shoulder can become a lane, and that any of the speeds given over the lanes is enforced by speed cameras on the back of the matrix above the motorway.

[@mrobserver474]

WE THE DRIVERS ARE IN CONTROL - SIMPLE EITHER HAVE A DRIVE SLOW PROTEST ON ALL SMART MOTORWAYS UNTIL THE HARD SHOULDER IS REINSTATED OR BOYCOTT THEM ALTOGETHER

[@CountMiffed]

I work from home as do most people in the company I work for. I don't understand why more companies don't do it, saves them and us money/time.

[@paianis]

You've got the definition for smart motorways mixed up. Generally the term is used for sections of motorways that allow the hard shoulder to be used as either a temporary or permanent running lane. In the case of the M3, the hard shoulder will cease to be, it will be converted into a fourth lane.

[@vikas]

By moanings I had something sexual in mind. Disappointed. :(

[@LordSandwichII]

The worst is when you're cruising at 70 and then all of a sudden the gantry changes to 40 just before you go under it, and you stand on the brakes so hard that ABS kicks in! Not fun! :(

[@TheTGStig]

Glad about the change back to 30fps, been watching them all in SD til now. Roadworks are a nightmare. They always seem to bite off way more than they can chew, like why have you closed 5 miles of motorway if you got like 4 guys to work on it?

[@nigelbradshaw8266]

Baron should seriously consider doing some stand- up comedy, he's genuinely funny and smart.

[@DerekBiryani]

He was stood up on his bike, you bell.

[@Porkycheun]

The best part of "smart roads" is when you see written "Traffic jam ahead, slow down.", but you are already being stuck in traffic for 30 minutes...

[@6DAVIE9]

even after all these years, still producing the same hilarious content as ever.

[@JoeGo101]

"Birmingham 20 minutes quicker... What... What the Fuck...." LOL that was hilarious :D :D :D

[@DrivingForcePower]

I went by 'pedestrians in road' sign and was amazed to see a gang of kids walking down the hard shoulder lol.

[@DavidBakker]

And he puts the grumble..., back into the grumble. Love it.

[@MotorcycleJosh1]

Barron, your impressions are fucking hilarious!

[@primatecbr1100]

'gota blacked-out astra van innit mate.'......... Gold, Baron. Brilliant. Love a good Baron rant.

[@aussiemotorbiker5363]

love your impression of council/road workers :)

[@metalheadvlogs]

Living just off of junction 4a, I feel your pain with the motorway, I absolutley hate them roadworks so now find alternative routes just to avoid it...

[@sparko123456]

That is my internal monologue daily. BVG you're hilarious.

[@RevvedUpBiker]

#BaronVonGrumble - Are you editing the footage at 60fps and not 30fps? I know I'm asking a dumb question for a person who's work is video related. Also is there any interpolation of the fields? Could be a field issue.

[@onthethrottle9230]

+RevvedUpBiker Description

[@RevvedUpBiker]

ash bandicoot I know he was filming in 60fps and now he's gone back to 30fps. I'm not talking about the filming (or acquisition), I'm talking about the editing process. Is he editing the 60fps in a 30fps timeline. If he is then it will blur the video down from 60fps to 30fps. There must be something he's doing wrong in the edit that's making the blurring.

[@onthethrottle9230]

+RevvedUpBiker Ah I see what you mean. 60fps has always look a bit odd to me. Almost if footage has been slowed down - remembered - sped back up to normal speed - then rendered again. If that makes any sense.

[@RevvedUpBiker]

ash bandicoot It could even be down to KZbin's compression methods. It's only on the top setting choice that you'll get the 60fps, all the other resolutions i.e. 480p will be down converted to 30fps and that's probably where the blurring occurs. I'm sure the Baron edited his 60fps in a 60fps timeline and outputted the video as a MP4 H.264 file at 60fps. It must be something KZbin needs sorting.

[@WarMachineMotovlogs]

A good ol Baron rant to start the day off. Today is going to be a good day

[@jamesony]

how does The Baron record the sound? Does he have a mic connected to something?

[@chrisnunn3750]

Come and live in France Baron. No road tax, miles and miles of peage, not super cheap but you only use them when you really need to and they are always in good condition. Oh yeah and no MOT's for motorbikes !

[@Mrbikertomtom]

+chris nunn It's a dream of mine to buy somewhere in France. I just know that when I do, I'll probably not return...

[@Bigsmokeandthebandit]

Baron back at his best! 😀

[@jock678]

Ah the M3. 16 miles of roadworks then 6 miles of open road followed by another 10 miles of roadworks. If you're lucky they might be working on half a mile of it. I think we should start a petition to rename the Highway Agency to the Halfwits Agency.

[@Oshawott5]

When motorways make you slow down to 40 through a certain point, it's not always so you don't run into the back of the cars backed up in the incident, it's mostly to make sure that the traffic in front can clear up so you don't catch up to it and people don't do the stupid "i see brake lights i should brake too!" crap that causes random traffic jams

[@R1doorbar]

I enjoyed that rant. Mainly because I agree with almost everything you said. I've been saying for about 10 years that to solve many of this country's problems more people will/should work from home. However, I do think HS2 is a good idea and could allow people who have to work in London/South East to afford there own home further north thereby helping to equalise north/south house prices. Hopefully with HS2 built a lot of road freight can move onto the existing West Coast Main Line making the roads even more less congested. Incidentally it takes me 15 mins to get to work and because I cycle traffic is never a problem. 😜

[@PilotPhteven]

Couldn't agree more.. we've got the smart motorways here aswel.. out of nowhere it all of a sudden says "oh, this is now the maximum speed due to "this" .. and there is nothing there.. the signs turn on, everybody freaks out, steps on the brakes.. and that actually nearly causes the incident that the signs warn about... Same for roadworks, if they are actually working on the road, then fair enough.. but i've been driving past one bit of road that has now been having roadworks for 3.5 years and they are hardly ever working.. still.. the police is mooooore then happy enough to sit at that point with speed camera's though..

[@thedriverofallthings]

I have never paid the slightest attention to those useless signs because I have eyes so I can see a traffic jam lol

[@MrPhilTonic]

The worst thing about english motorways is people camping in the overtaking lanes overtaking nobody and effectively reducing its bandwith. If I would get a penny for each undertake I would be rich.

[@nathang4570]

My main issue with the current motorway road works (mostly the m1 for me) is they lay out all the barriers and speed limits for 15miles or more but can only work on a few hundred meters at one time. Why not just put out the barriers for the few hundred meters and the speed limit with in a reasonable distance of the start of the road works... it just makes no sense. And speaking of saving 20min on the train, if there were no 50mile an hour speed limits and no "smart motorway" speed limits on my weekly 200mile north to south and south to north trips I would probably save that 20min on the road.

[@chrisogrady28]

I don't know the point of the speed limit going down to 50 every time there might be a skip on the hard shoulder a few miles a head and 20 million comes before it slowly closing the nearest lane. If it's meant to be damage limitation I think hitting a road worker at 50 will kill the, just as effectively as hitting them at 70. They're just fucking up our fuel consumption by stopping constant speed (the whole point of motorways), and reducing the rate of flow of traffic, leading to jams. Fucking people in charge need to study fluid dynamics

[@chrisogrady28]

+Christopher O'Grady *20 millions cones 🇬🇧

[@autobahnwaybab7608]

Christopher O'Grady great point! I defo agree! But theres another thing that government and the HA are fucking about! Whenever they put 50mph during roadworks they add this useless average speed camera to actually money grab us! Another point to add is the government is trying to make all drivers go crazy and force most citizens to use public transport rather using cars! My only thing is if that is their main goal then they shouldnt have build the fucking roads in the first place! England Motorway network is the worst i have seen!

[@tstrunnia]

The main highway that passes through Orlando works similarly. It changes the speed limit depending on traffic and things that "happen" Its really annoying because most of the speeds are lower than Highway speeds, so even if it clears up you can still only go 35MPH

[@karlwitty4129]

Awesome sauce will we ever see a video on the atom ? keep doing what your doing!!

[@TR5T]

That traffic gives me a vomit trigger every time I see it, it's part of how they are distracting you into becoming more compliant.

[@filmachimina1]

The Astra impression had me in stitches

[@Tech-49]

BVG we're also suffering the 'smart motorway' rollout in Melbourne. I believe the rationale is that you can add extra lanes by doing away with emergency lanes, and have the ability to close any lane if required by using the overhead 'smart' signage. Although that would require someone smart to be operating the smart overhead signage, so there's fuck all chance of that ever happening.

[@lgliam]

Baron, don't even get me started on "protecting the workforce" that doesn't exist...

[@blolo8]

This makes waking up in the morning to go to work a little better. Thanks for the vid Baron ;)

[@AmonWasTaken]

You rant about motorways and the government and I laugh and enjoy it! For me, that's the definition of an entertaining person.

[@xAdamLeex]

At least you have all those lanes, The highways I take on my way to work only have 2 or 3 at most :P

[@andrewdean5230]

id love to see a video with the r100 in it, that bike gives me the TINGLES

[@XPsychowaffleX]

+louis dean me too! i think he's still doing his work on it though

[@butisitthough9147]

+louis dean i hope he is nearly done with that bike, i would love to see the girl running on the road where it belongs.

[@DaytonaDays]

The M25 western stretch is the worst for the "smart motorway". It's all preset for certain times and what proves this is on a bank holiday when the roads are empty, all the signs are the same "50" "40" "Queue Caution" - it's so fucking annoying...

[@vkotis]

You'd be surprised at how many people bitch about a train being just a couple minutes late. I hear it all the damn time at the heathrow express station. Train delayed by 2 minutes: "I have to wait 17 minutes for the next train?!...that is completely unacceptable!"

[@scottieray]

How our road construction goes down here in Arkansas is.....ONE Hispanic dude working with FIVE white guys watching him work. And if ONE drop of rain falls...everyone is "Peace Out" on the construction crew.

[@robtbomba3491]

I've rambled on like this when freezing my arse off on an interstate at 75 mph during a cold November, so I'm wondering if that's what is happening in this video or if there's something more troubling at play here, beyond signage?

[@cisium1184]

I don't think there will ever be a time when "everyone works from home." Employers want your ass in a chair in an office where they can keep tabs on you, and they always will.

[@Degovernator]

Dude, Props for even riding a motorcycle in London to begin with! Shit looks miserable man.

[@redsky1017]

I don't think the government has heard of the Singularity. They're still assuming the future will take as long to arrive as it did in the past. In thirty years railways be as antiquated as the horse and cart.

[@Mrbikertomtom]

Could not agree more Baronmeister. My commute is 23 miles each way and takes 1hr 20 to 1h 40 each morning in a car. I've done it in 30 minutes on a Sunday evening. (How it should be.) This country and it's infrastructure is just simply a joke. It's almost comical some mornings as I sit and commentate at lorries / buses / accidents every SINGLE FUCKING MORNING!! Nice one for speaking out about it.

[@Eddie-ed9yi]

I fucking love this man .so spot on. These motorways have gone completely out of control. M23.m25.m4..and the witchin hour of 22.oo.the cones and closures are so effective. Then nothing.

[@TheMiniatureScenes]

''aie, air, we got Bob, Terry, Jim''. Priceless!!

[@davidhonda750]

hello there I have just bought myself a drift HD camera my first one I have been riding for many years almost my whole life lol I was hoping you could help me as I am trying to find some edit software for the videos and I won't lie when it comes to modern software I'm almost like a caveman . that's what the missus tells me lol so I'm trying to find some software what TV to use as you make the best motorbike videos on KZbin I was hoping you could help??

[@carailphotography]

Whoever thought of the idea in the first place is a right nuthead. They are sooo dangerous. For example, if you break down IN BETWEEN 2 refuge points on say the M6, what do we do? Do we just scramble out of the car onto the bank where we see our car get smashed to pieces and others injured. What about if we come to a sudden stop and it's busy? It is pretty certain someone will run into the back of us... The highways agency's response to this is: "We monitor the motorways 24 / 7 and close any lanes if we need to to prevent this kind of thing happening". So we've learned 2 things there already: 1 being that this scheme is just a massive toy network where they can get money out of you and play around with the traffic; 2 being that they can't even justify themselves to a proper answer to my statement when I messaged them. Monitoring isn't enough. You don't get lane closed gantries every metre, how are we meant to feel safe? Another thing being, what happens if there's a traffic jam and emergency vehicles need to get by. They would usually use the hard shoulder, but oh wait they don't exist anymore! So how are the emergency services meant to get by to help someone out of a car who is potientially injured (therefore requiring ambulance, fire service, and maybe police) which is holding the traffic. Highways agency is a load of bo****x when it comes to motorways

[@LoadingRetroGames]

They don't monitor it as well as they could.. the M1 runs practically though my back garden so I have a great view of how all this works , I've seen vehicles breakdown and usually the lanes shut within ten mins , but I've seen a van breakdown and all lanes be active for 40 mins too

[@LoadingRetroGames]

I've also seen far more accidents now the hard shoulder has gone , there seems to be at least one a month just on the small bit I can see.. before that I saw only 2 accidents in 2 years, a lot of accidents come from rolling road blocks too, obviously the traffic behind the highways cars slow but then I see the braking get harder as more distance passes and on occasion somebody not concentrating smacking into the back of somebody..

[@BernardsSumner]

Not sure whether this is entirely true or not but I heard they were originally called 'managed motorways' but then some committee or something somewhere decided that people don't like being 'managed' so they changed the name to 'smart motorways'.

[@CriticalRider]

Same shit in the Netherlands, and all the sheep just sit in traffic and think it's normal. I'm not Dutch but I've been living here for 7 years, and I'm just baffled by the passive attitude of the Dutch. I can't understand, it's just insane. And the money the authorities spend on resurfacing roads that were perfectly fine to start with?! Unbelievable. I point this out to my Dutch friends and they laugh and say it's indeed bonkers, and then just carry on with whatever they were doing never thinking about it ever again.

[@chappy2121]

"Fog" is my favourite. Like no shit I can't fucking see, if I can't see it's foggy I shouldn't be driving

[@solo_medic3006]

Nice to see you rocking the GS, I love mine even more this time of year..

[@BaronVonGrumble]

+Zebb 300 soo good isnt it. Makes travel in the grime and misery a good thing looking at ill prepared other vehicles - 2 wheeled superiority complex ;)

[@rureadyboots]

+BaronVonGrumble Totally with you on the working from home thing, time and again I've asked my boss to let me work from home and all he ever says is "You're a Joiner".

[@plukjeeF1]

i agree, the Netherlands got the same issue. all these electronic signs saying 50kph or something cause traffic jams.. after the signs the traffic jams are magically resolved!! while there isn't even an incident of any sort..

[@TommyTurboGsxr]

i use the m25 alot which has all this and i find everyone ignores the 40-50 speed limits because like you say there was no accident or problem there

[@ownyourworld]

On a serious note , my boss is buying me a gs !!! Can you tell me what there like filtering around London traffic ie are the bars too wide etc etc , would be nice to know .

[@ULookingAtMyChannel]

After writing 3 essays this morning, I needed this!

[@OliverRoelandt]

One of the best vids in a while. I laughed a lot. Recognizable first world problems.

[@TangyyyOrange]

But why the fuck would you want to come to Birmingham? It's terrible here.