Comments on: The human tragedies of the M5 crash https://leftfootforward.org/2011/11/the-human-tragedies-of-the-m5-crash/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:34:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: David https://leftfootforward.org/2011/11/the-human-tragedies-of-the-m5-crash/#comment-142959 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:34:31 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=42857#comment-142959 As a man and van driver in the UK, I see a great importance of keeping a safe distance on the motorways, but I frequently see drivers on the motorways driving too close to the vehicle ahead and sometimes they are professional driver like myself, driving vans or even heavily loaded Lorries.
What I realise by talking to some of my colleagues at work is that drivers have this false sense of security because our motorways are in a fairly in good conditions and they drive at high speeds keeping very small distance from the rear of the vehicle in front. And if for any reason the vehicle in front has to suddenly hit the brakes, the vehicle behind is too close and wouldn’t be able to avoid a collision.

It is great that the highway police is constantly enforcing speed limits and maintenance of vehicles, but more attention should be drown to distance between vehicle as well, especially when whether condition and visibility are poor.

I am not jumping into conclusions, but I think drivers need to be more aware of the great danger of driving too close to each other and perhaps accidents such as the recent M5 crash could avoided or at list minimized.

]]> By: Barry Kirby https://leftfootforward.org/2011/11/the-human-tragedies-of-the-m5-crash/#comment-142722 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:13:53 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=42857#comment-142722 “@leftfootfwd: The human tragedies of the M5 crash: http://t.co/LfpRdwku by @ShamikDas #M5 #M5crash” hear hear

]]> By: Political Planet https://leftfootforward.org/2011/11/the-human-tragedies-of-the-m5-crash/#comment-142723 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:01:14 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=42857#comment-142723 The human tragedies of the M5 crash: Parliament united to remember the victims of Friday’s horrific M5 crash ton… http://t.co/R76dAPRK

]]> By: Caroline Hexter https://leftfootforward.org/2011/11/the-human-tragedies-of-the-m5-crash/#comment-142724 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:37:36 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=42857#comment-142724 The human tragedies of the M5 crash: http://t.co/3pNs3ASm by @ShamikDas #M5 #M5crash

]]> By: Tom Skinner https://leftfootforward.org/2011/11/the-human-tragedies-of-the-m5-crash/#comment-142725 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:31:41 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=42857#comment-142725 “@leftfootfwd: The human tragedies of the M5 crash: http://t.co/LfpRdwku by @ShamikDas #M5 #M5crash” hear hear

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