But the removal of the normal hard shoulder – the lane on ... improvements. Smart motorways were introduced in 2006 under the Tony Blair government – the first opened on the M42 in the Midlands.

The building of all new smart motorways is ... to provide an extra lane; emergency refuge areas are provided at regular intervals for cars that get into trouble All three models use overhead ...

where the hard shoulder has been permanently removed and turned into an extra lane, although there are emergency refuge areas at regular intervals. Up to one in 10 drivers ignore red X signs on ...

More than 53,000 incidents of drivers ignoring “lane closed” signs on smart motorways have been recorded by police since 2021, according to freedom of information data. IAM RoadSmart, the road ...

New data has revealed that the rate of stopped-vehicle collisions resulting in serious injury or death was three times higher on all-lane-running (ALR) smart motorways, compared to controlled ...

That is despite the roads only making up 20 per cent of the total motorway network. The West Midlands is served by a network of smart motorway sections, including on the M6, M5 and M42.

Smart motorway drivers face £2,500 fines for ignoring a sign on the motorway, it has been warned. Current smart motorways include the M1, M6 and M25, as well as the M60, and M42 - but motorists ...

The smart-motorway on the M4 in Berkshire "doesn't feel safe" -according to one-in-three drivers surveyed by ... the hard ...

There are three types of smart motorways in the UK - all lane running (ARL), controlled ... After the success of the first smart motorway scheme on the M42, Britain now boasts over 236 miles ...