Motorways are, no doubt the safest roads in Britain. Mile 【C1】______ mile, vehicle for vehicle, you axe much 【C2】______ likely to be killed or seriously injured than on an ordinary road. On 【C3】______ hand, if you do have a serious accident on a motorway, fatalities are much more likely to 【C4】______ than in a comparable accident 【C5】______ on the roads. Motorways have no 【C6】______ bends, no roundabouts or traffic lights and 【C7】______ speeds are much greater than on other roads. Though the 70 mph limit is 【C8】______ in force, it is often treated with the contempt that most drivers have for the 30 mph limit applying in built up areas in Britain. Added to this is the fact that motorway drivers seem to like traveling in groups with perhaps 【C9】______ ten meters between each vehicle. The resulting horrific pile-ups 【C10】______ one vehicle stops for some reason—mechanical failure, driver error and so on—have become all 【C11】______ familiar through pictures in newspapers or on television. How 【C12】______ of these drivers realize that it takes a car about one hundred meters to brake to a stop 【C13】______ 70 mph? Drivers also seem to think that motorway driving gives them complete protection from the changing weather. 【C14】______ wet the road, whatever the visibility in mist or fog, they 【C15】______ at ridiculous speeds oblivious of police warnings or speed restrictions 【C16】______ their journey comes to a conclusion. Perhaps one remedy 【C17】______ this motorway madness would be better driver education. At present, learner drivers are barred 【C18】______ motorways and are thus as far as this kind of driving is 【C19】______ , thrown in at the deep end. However, much more efficient policing is required, 【C20】______ it is the duty of the police not only to enforce the law but also to protect the general public from its own foolishness. 【C1】______