86. Mr. GreshamCooke asked the Minister of Transport if, in order to prevent vehicles colliding at a combined speed of 140 miles per hour, she will place a crash barrier along the whole length of the middle strip of motorways, as is the practice in the United States of 329W America, and has also been adopted on the Kingston by-pass.
§ Mr. SwinglerA continuous crash barrier is not wholly beneficial in all conditions, especially on the less heavily trafficked motorways. Experiments are in progress to ascertain in what circumstances barriers can beneficially be provided.