Tag : smart motorway
Hard shoulders must be reinstated on smart motorways, says RAC
Ministers have been urged to bring back hard shoulders across the UK’s 200-plus miles of smart motorways in response to ongoing concerns for road safety.
Highways England referred to CPS for smart motorway fatality
Highways England has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for a possible charge of Corporate Manslaughter following the death of a 62-year-old woman on … Read More »
Smart motorway work starts on M62
Construction work converting the M62 to a smart motorway is to start this weekend.
New tech could detect drivers ignoring ‘Red X’ signs
New technology that could automatically detect drivers not complying with ‘Red X’ lane closure signs on smart motorways could go live from the spring.
First phase of Midlands M1 smart motorway opens
Highways England has opened the first phase of a new stretch of smart motorway between junction 16 and 19 on the M1 as part of a … Read More »
Majority of motorway refuge area stops are ‘not emergencies’
Motorists are misusing the emergency refuge areas (ERAs) on Britain’s ‘smart’ motorways, with the majority of stops being made for non-emergency reasons…
New smart motorway emergency areas highlight need for driver re-education
Alphabet is calling for re-education of UK drivers as trials of a new-style emergency area start on the M3 smart motorway.
Fleet World’s five-minute industry briefing: This week’s top stories
All the key news in fleet from the last week… High Court rules against challenge to air quality plan Environmental lawyers at ClientEarth have lost their latest … Read More »
M3 smart motorway goes live
The M3 ‘smart motorway’ has opened in Surrey and Hampshire following a £174m upgrade.
Millions of drivers unaware where to stop in emergencies on smart motorways
Although smart motorways are becoming increasingly common across the UK, millions of motorists are unaware what to do in the event of an emergency on them.
All-lane running motorways deemed dangerous by drivers
The majority of drivers think the removal of the hard shoulder on ‘smart’ motorways has made them more dangerous, research by the AA finds. With work … Read More »
Comment: Should smart motorways really be scrapped?
Amid extensive negative press and mounting public fear, our editor-at-large, Alex Grant, wonders if smart motorways deserve their deadly reputation.