It gives me no pleasure to say I told you so. Just 24 hours after I complained about the horrors of the M6 near Stoke-on-Trent seven people were killed in four separate accidents within hours.
OK, car and lorry drivers are to blame sometimes for these accidents. Yes, I'm not fond of those who tailgate in 4x4s or lorry drivers who drive without consideration as if they are in a scene from Death Race 2000.
But also the Government has blood on its hands. For years ministers have known that this road is dangerous. For years successive they have deferred making a decision on widening or putting in other measures such as extra lighting or speed restrictions to encourage safer driving.
These are the ministers who are happy to pour money into useless wars against the unseen enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yet when it comes to protecting the lives of drivers (who pay a considerable amount of tax to use the damn roads) they turn a blind eye.
The only noise from Westminster after the latest tragedy is the deafening sound of silence. So, once more, the M6 through Staffordshire and south Cheshire resembles a graveyard.
How many more lives must be lost before something is done? If you are minded to read more about this tragedy, go to The Sentinel's website...
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