BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 18:24:00
The announcement is purely about no new smart motorways. but that means there will still be 375 miles of smart motorway, 10% of england's network. in 2020, bbc panorama found that 38 people had died while using them over a five year period, and the number of near misses on one stretch of the m25 had increased twnetyfold. the aa says they all need to be scrapped. basically, drivers don't trust them, the technology is not foolproof, and 37% of breakdowns on smart motorways happen in live lanes, and basically, those drivers are sitting ducks. 0n current roots, £900 million worth of investment is...