Death rates on smart motorways with the hard shoulder permanently removed are higher than those on conventional motorways, official figures show. The revelation blows a hole in Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ claims that smart motorways are ‘as safe as, or safer than’
Drivers in Britain could be legally allowed to take their hands off the wheel to check their emails or read a newspaper in cars fitted with the latest technology ‘by the end of this year’, the Government has confirmed today. In a
Grant Shapps demands plans for all smart motorways to have vehicle detection technology are sped up but insists they are safer than regular roads despite hard shoulder use being linked to deaths and emergency services access problems By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent
So-called smart motorways cause major issues for emergency services when the hard shoulder is closed off, according to Highways England documents. Files containing communication logs have revealed how staff from the company had to assist an ambulance in reaching a dying motorist