Motorway screens bid to stop rubbernecking

More than 3,000 screens have been bought by the Highways Agency to stop drivers in England rubbernecking when passing motorway accidents.

The partitions will be put up to deter drivers who slow down to look at crashes on the opposite carriageway and therefore slow down the traffic behind.

They form part of a Department for Transport initiative to improve accident clear-up times.

The government said the screens would "keep the motorways flowing".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20851775

about bloody time

I just think it's tacky to do that. However if the accident is on the same side, it almost makes sense to slow down as usually some portion of the road is blocked off.

the accident normally happen on the other side though spicee with people trying to see what happened, and they end up in accidents, i have attended many

We just keep going. I know I wouldn't want someone gawking at me if that were me.

i thought those thing s were to stop headlamp glare to the opposite carriagway.

theyve got similar john on certain parts of the moorway system where the carraigeway curves, amd the camver makes headlights shine directly at on coming traffic