In reply to Submit to Gravity:
> All pubs are near roads and not everyone at the services is a driver. Also, from my perspective, there would be no temptation because alcohol holds so little allure for me.
Well, fine. You are just the kind of person we don't have to worry about. But there is a surprisingly large swathe of the population who, while not technically alcoholics, are on that dangerous cusp, and have to be v careful and self-disciplined indeed, given their semi-addiction.
It is actually extremely awkward for any driver to go to a pub while en route on a motorway. Typically they are quite a long way from motorway junctions, and most sane motorway drivers, who just want to get from A to B as smoothly and easily as possible, won't even contemplate it. The only time I've ever done it was when I was forced to leave the motorway (between service stations) because of a stationary traffic name as a result of a pile-up. Seemed like a good idea to go and get a meal in a pub and attempt to get back on the motorway in c.90 minutes time. Better than sitting in a traffic jam.
> It doesn't seem like the most sensible step, and when something just seems like a bad idea, it usually is. However, there is money to be made so nothing else is really important, is it?
I fear there is going to be a lot of unnecessary blood on people's (well, various stupid government ministers') hands very soon. Only hope I'm wrong.
What an incredible symbol of our present government's value-system this is!