We have been made well aware of the numbers of people catching and dying from coronavirus. The mental health of a locked-down nation is harder to quantify although Kooth had a go yesterday.The
@Andrew Knowles: The clip that the BBC keeps showing to demonstrate the dangers of smart motorways has more to do with drivers just simply not concentrating on what s in front of them . They have plenty of time to react but are probably looking at a phone. I see it all the time. It would be the same if it was a dual carriage way or single-lane road with a broken down car. Driving is dangerous and you have to keep your wits about you! There is a simple solution which would improve safety
@Thomas Merchant The purpose of smart motorways is to increase traffic capacity at times of peak demand. The extra lane (the former hard shoulder) is superfluous until traffic flows build up.
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Why, yes, thank you, and nice of you to say. Happy New Year to you as well! No, no nothing special. We got pretty good carryout from the Bombay Club, then went to bed well before midnight because I had to be up early for my stint as guest author of Playbook.