BBC iPlayer - Panorama
Smart motorways and how the safety equipment often isn't working

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006t14n/panorama

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#SafetyEquipment

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'Smart' motorways aren't. Close to J16 on the M1 this afternoon, a truck was stopped with hazards flashing. in front of him a woman was getting out of a stationary car. No warnings and very scary. These smart lanes need to go back to being hard shoulders.

#SmartMotorways #Dangerous. #Mastodon #Fediverse

Heralded as a “win, win” situation in 2007 politicians are finally coming to their senses: ‘smart’ motorways were always a tragic mistake | Eli Abrams

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https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/transport/smart-motorways-were-a-tragic-mistake/

Smart motorways were a tragic mistake

Heralded as a “win, win” situation, politicians are finally coming to their senses

Yorkshire Bylines

❌ All new smart motorway projects scrapped over safety and cost concerns

Safety and cost fears see 14 projects abandonded as government acknowledges lack of public support for 'killer roads'

#UK #News #Motorways #SmartMotorways #Travel #Transport

https://www.nationalworld.com/news/traffic-and-travel/why-are-smart-motorways-being-scrapped-dfts-decision-explained-and-the-new-projects-being-axed-4106328

When drivers and the media say "#SmartMotorways", they almost always mean the ones with "all-lane running", or ALR, i.e. converting the hard shoulder into a running lane permanently to widen them on the cheap. Every "smart motorway" project that was planned or under construction featured ALR.

Sunak thinks by scrapping the hated ALR before the local elections he can claw back some votes.

Slight problem: the hated ALR was introduced in 2014… by the Tories. #UKPolitics

Patrick Blower on #KeirStarmer #RishiSunak #smartmotorways - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Populist daily mail claptrap from Sunak.

The real reason is because the Tories want to cut infrastructure projects.

#SmartMotorways #tories #gtto

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65288852
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65288852.amp

New smart motorway plans being scrapped

Plans for 14 new smart motorways are being scrapped over a lack of public confidence and cost.

BBC News

Credit where it’s due but it really should have happened years ago and yet another massive waste of taxpayers money plus needless loss of life…..

#SmartMotorways #shouldhavehappenedsooner #needless

https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-to-ban-new-smart-motorways-following-concerns-about-safety-and-cost-12858118

Rishi Sunak to ban new smart motorways following concerns about safety and cost

Sky