Tim Leunig’s Policy Substack

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May 20, 2024
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Britain has four types of motorway. Most controversial are “all lane running” motorways: no hard shoulder, only lay-bys for breakdowns. We also have “dynamic hard shoulder” motorways, which have a hard shoulder, but overhead gantry signs sometimes tell you to drive in it. They also have emergency lay-bys. I call these “…

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