the traffic down. the second is dynamic, that is when the hard shoulder is opened up to traffic at times of congestion, but then you will always see that the speed limit is reduced. the third is the most controversial, that is known as all lane running. here on the m1, you can see there is no hard shoulder, just four lanes of traffic. however, built along the route are these emergency bays where cars that get into trouble can go in. they are monitored by cctv, however this is the most controversial of the smart motorways. what is supposed to happen is road signs will say if there is an obstruction, however take a look at what can happen. the building of the smart motorways has now been cancelled. campaigners have welcomed that, but they wanted to go further. it is good news, and it is good that it has gone as far as it has to cover routes that are already being built, i didn t expect it to go that far. but obviously it doesn t cover existing roads, and it s the existing roads that
it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had already been paused. it was a £1 billion but existing smart motorways which make up 10% of england s motorway network will remain. it is motorway network will remain. it is aood news motorway network will remain. it is good news and motorway network will remain. it 3 good news and it is good that it is gone as far as that has to cover routes are ready currently being built. i did not expected to that far. but obviously it does not cover existing roads and it is the existing roads and it is the existing roads and it is the existing roads that are killing us. so it is half the battle but there is still half the battle to go. first introduced in 2006, smart motorways were controversial from the start. they supposed to reduce congestion by using technology, removing the hard shoulder completely to create an extra lane of traffic. but this is what can happen. they do have emergency bays and if
then technology like electronic signs can be used to slow the traffic down. the second is dynamic, that is when the hard shoulder is opened up to traffic at times of congestion, but then you will always see that the speed limit is reduced. the third is the most controversial, that is known as all lane running. here on the m1, you can see there is no hard shoulder, just four lanes of traffic. however, built along the route are these emergency bays where cars that get into trouble can go in. they are monitored by cctv, however this is the most controversial of the smart motorways. what is supposed to happen is road signs will say if there is an obstruction, however take a look at what can happen. the building of the smart motorways has now been cancelled. campaigners have welcomed that, but they wanted to go further. it is good news, and it is good that it has gone as far as it has to cover routes that are already
just four lanes of traffic. however, built along the route are these emergency bays where cars that get into trouble can go in. they are monitored by cctv, however this is the most controversial of the smart motorways. what is supposed to happen is road signs will say if there is an obstruction, however take a look at what can happen. the building of the smart motorways has now been cancelled. campaigners have welcomed that, but they wanted to go further. it is good news, and it is good that it has gone as far as it has to cover routes that are already being built, i didn t expect it to go that far. but obviously it doesn t cover existing roads, and it s the existing roads that are killing us. so it s half the battle, but there is still half the battle to go. a bbc panorama investigation in 2020 found that 38 people had died on smart motorways between 2015 and 2020. indeed, on one stretch of the m25,
0n current roots, £900 million worth of investment is still going ahead. to an extra 150 emergency bays and improve technology to detect when a driver is forced to stop. labour and the lib dems say scrapping future projects is long overdue, but concern remains over the existing network. the british horseracing authority, says it robustly condemns what it calls the reckless protests, at yesterday s grand national. animal rights activists delayed the start of the race. in a statement, the bha also said it would analyse all the races in the three day aintree festival, to try to understand, why three horses died. 118 people were arrested and merseyside police say 65 people are still in custody. you are watching bbc news. now. the billion dollar scam. these partygoers are scammers. they work for an organised crime