SMART motorways will remain across the country despite 38 deaths on them in the past five years. But sweeping changes are set to be introduced across the UK’s controversial motorway network i…
SMART motorways will remain across the country despite 38 deaths on them in the past five years.
One of the most significant changes is the abolishing of confusing dynamic hard shoulders, which only operate part time and are a live running lane the rest of the time.Speeding up the deployment of stopped vehicle detection technology to cover the network within the next three years, allowing problems to be spotted within 20 seconds and lanes to be closed more quickly.
Other measures include speeding up the roll out of vehicle detection cameras which can stop when a car has broken down, faster attendance by Highways England traffic officers on patrol in high-risk areas and installing 10 additional refuge points on the M25. "No driver wants to be stuck in a live lane with nowhere to go; at best it is incredibly distressing, at worst it can be fatal."
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