Re: HMRC fuel rates and company expenses : Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:41 pm  

rover49 wrote:

They are installing those overhead gantry cameras along the 20 miles of road works on the M62, I assume they will be similar to those on the M1 in Notts.

Still though, why is it a solid run of lane closure, and with nobody there?

Re: HMRC fuel rates and company expenses : Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:19 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

Still though, why is it a solid run of lane closure, and with nobody there?

You get used to it, I do it every day, sometimes to Leeds at the start of it and others to Huddersfield, pain in the arris

Re: HMRC fuel rates and company expenses : Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:15 am  

carl_spackler wrote:

Still though, why is it a solid run of lane closure, and with nobody there?

Had the same on the M6 through & beyond Birmingham a couple of years ago, miles and miles of lane closures with av. speed cameras everywhere (down to 50mph) the thing was there were only ever a dozen blokes working on a small stretch at any one time. Frustrating for all concerned & even then those going onto the toll were experiencing periods of high traffic volumes which meant it wasn't free flowing either

Re: HMRC fuel rates and company expenses : Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:41 am  

They are building permanent gantries over huge swathes of motorway, usually only a few hundred yards apart. These are too close together for signage alone. Does anyone know the reason? My guess is a combination of cameras for security (dressed up as "safety") and the ability to start charging by miles travelled.

Re: HMRC fuel rates and company expenses : Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:45 am  

Dally wrote:

They are building permanent gantries over huge swathes of motorway, usually only a few hundred yards apart. These are too close together for signage alone. Does anyone know the reason? My guess is a combination of cameras for security (dressed up as "safety") and the ability to start charging by miles travelled.

Variable speed limits like the M42 and M25, it keeps the traffic flowing better than the fixed speed limits.

Re: HMRC fuel rates and company expenses : Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:50 am  

Dally wrote:

They are building permanent gantries over huge swathes of motorway, usually only a few hundred yards apart. These are too close together for signage alone. Does anyone know the reason? My guess is a combination of cameras for security (dressed up as "safety") and the ability to start charging by miles travelled.

No, they are there to hold the sky up.
You can relax now.