2024-36: M1 London - Milton Keynes

Take a deep dive into the M1 motorway between London and Milton Keynes, a crucial backbone of the UK's road network. This stretch of the M1 is a key corridor for both local and long-distance traffic, connecting the capital with the Midlands and the North. In this video, we’ll focus on the motorway’s layout, its multi-lane structure, key junctions, and service areas, along with the traffic management systems that keep vehicles moving efficiently. From its history as one of Britain’s first motorways to the modern infrastructure upgrades, this drive along the M1 is all about the road itself.
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[@driving_all_over]

Nice one mate, great video ☺️
When you say flashers do you mean the alternating flashing lights? If so these are still found on the motorways (and some A roads) that haven’t been upgraded however the speed limits they display are advisory rather than the compulsory ones on here. Interesting to know the difference between here and the Netherlands though when it comes to limits on these. Lowest I’ve seen here is 40 although I saw 20 as an advisory once!
Regarding the catenary lighting, north of M25 it was removed with those widening works but south of it they were removed during Covid I think. The widening works also got rid of the M10 which was downgraded, it joined at J7 where the parallel lanes were built for that and J8. This had opened at the same time as that section of M1 in 1959 to distribute traffic. Its northern equivalent, the M45, still exists today and is largely unchanged bar a junction built in the 90s.
Another point of interest is the first lot of services you passed which are situated at where J3 is supposed to be. That junction is there bar the eastern section of the roundabout so getting in and out of those services on the London bound side is interesting to say the least.

[@autobahnwaybab7608]

from luton onwards it just becomes the most disgusting infrastucture investment where they remove hard shoulder to add a fourth lane all the way to M6 all to save costs, so almost 110km of no hard shoulder........and it also becomes the worse driven motorway. Smart motorways are extemely dangerous when there is no hard shoulder. M6 from B'ham to Manchester is fully smart motorway....even worse. Then installing every 3 km of speed cameras does not solve the traffic but makes drivers brake everytime they approach to a speed camera, it is not wonder why it took you 4,5 hours when in reality it should be 3,5hrs if they actually did some good works which UK totally cannot be asked to do.
Stupid country!
Good thing that the government scrapped smart motorways due to safety concerns. Right, after 11-12 years they realise now the amount of families got killed and how unsafe they became in these areas, there is even a documentary about it.
Anyways,
Great Video!!!