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What is the red ‘X’ on smart motorways – and how much is the fine for ignoring it?

Motoring Research team - January 10, 2021 1

Ignoring a red 'X' sign on a smart motorway could cost you £100, with police using camera evidence to issue fines.

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Smart motorway safety plan revealed by government

Richard Aucock - March 12, 2020 0

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has responded to safety concerns over smart motorways with a series of 18 measures to improve driver confidence.

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Smart motorway rollout is put on hold, pending safety review

Ethan Jupp - January 31, 2020 0

UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has put the expansion of the smart motorway network on hold, following a high number of road deaths.

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Speeders get 1-minute grace period on smart motorways

Ethan Jupp - January 30, 2020 0

New research reveals that when a speed limit changes on a smart motorway, drivers have a one-minute ‘grace period’ before cameras will flash them.

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Smart motorways: “I was totally misled,” says MP

Ethan Jupp - January 28, 2020 3

Sir Mike Penning, the MP who gave the go-ahead to smart motorways, has strongly criticised safety on the roads in a new report.

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Smart motorways don’t always detect broken down cars

Ethan Jupp - January 20, 2020 0

It’s been revealed that the SVD system, currently in use on the M25 and proposed for other smart motorways, isn't always effective

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Part-time hard shoulders are ‘too complicated’, says motorways boss

Ethan Jupp - October 24, 2019 0

The chief executive of Highways England has described dynamic smart motorways, with a temporary hard shoulder, as “too complicated for people to use”.

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Smart motorways should be banned, says road safety group

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith - October 11, 2019 0

A road safety and breakdown organisation is calling for an immediate halt to the smart motorway network – but Highways England insists they are safe.

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Smart motorways in Yorkshire to get safety improvements

Ethan Jupp - September 27, 2019 0

Emergency areas on smart motorways in Yorkshire will get a makeover. The upgrades will involve extra signs and a marked-out box for stopping.

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PROOF that smart motorway cameras are always on

Ethan Jupp - September 19, 2019 1

If you wanted proof that smart motorway speed cameras are always on, even when the gantries aren’t, here it is. Pictures of a driver getting flashed

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