What a waste of money!...
What a waste of money! That’s what I thought when the Highways Agency proudly announced it had started work on the UK’s first motorway High Vehicle Occupancy (HOV) lane. It’s spending £3.95million of taxpayers’ cash on the harebrained scheme in West Yorkshire. When the road opens next spring, it will link the southbound M606 near Bradford to the eastbound M62 towards Leeds, to bypass the busy Chain Bar Junction. But only motorists carrying passengers will be able to use it. And their reward for being socially responsible, environment-saving, congestion-busting drivers? Eight minutes’ reduction in their journey time.
Here"s a smart idea...
Here"s a smart idea... the DVLA is to try out a new way of preventing motorists from illegally sitting learners’ tests. It’s planning a trial of ‘smart’ provisional driving licences.
An electronic chip embedded in the plastic will hold personal data and a colour photo of the novice. As black-and-white pictures are currently used, the colour image will make it easier for test centres to confirm a learner’s identity. Around 30,000 drivers will be involved in the study when it starts next year.
In the meantime, the DVLA has launched a public consultation on the proposals to find out what motorists think of the scheme.