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Around 50 demonstrators carrying coffins marched to Parliament Square today to demand a ban on all-lane (ALR) motorways, which can convert the hard shoulder into a live traffic lane.
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‘The road killed them all’: Inside the fight to have smart motorways abolished Colin Drury © Provided by The Independent Derek Jacobs passed his driving test when was 17 and, in the 66 years since, had never been involved in a major accident. He taught his wife and his two sons to drive, and there was talk he would do the same for his grandchildren. At the age of 83 and, still working part time as an engineer, he continued to travel around the country in his much-loved Volkswagen Crafter van. He was healthy, active and retained the sharp practical intelligence he was kn...
Grant Shapps has ordered road bosses to speed up plans to make smart motorways safer as he refuses to axe the controversial roads. The Transport Secretary said plans to have radar-based 'stopped vehicle detection technology' running on all operational smart motorways would be brought forward by six months to September next year. And he said that Highways England had agreed that in future no all lane running motorways (ALRs) would be built without the technology installed from the start. The smart roads allow traffic to use the hard shoulder during busy periods, rather than building expensive...
Scrapping hard shoulder causes mayhem for emergency services trying to reach injured motorists A crash victim's widow calls smart motorway deaths 'murder' while ambulances found to be diverted wrong way down a carriageway 10 April 2021 • 3:40pm Scrapping the hard shoulder causes mayhem for emergency services trying to reach motorists injured on smart motorways, Highways England files obtained by The Telegraph reveal. A log of communications from the Government-owned company shows its staff had to offer to “hand stop” traffic and even divert ambulances the wrong way down a carriageway to...