Only one in 10 drivers say they feel safer on All Lane Running Smart Motorway schemes compared to a traditional motorway according to a study by the AA.
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According to a new survey almost a quarter of drivers in the UK believe smart motorways are unsafe.
Highways England is ‘struggling to understand’ the recent controversy over the safety of all lane running ‘smart motorways’, its chief executive has said.
Highways England has released statistics suggesting extra lanes and new technology on one of England’s busiest stretches of motorway are saving commuters up to 40 minutes each week.
Highways England is being criticised, and possibly facing legal action, over its roll-out of smart motorways, as the concept’s safety record comes into question.
A former roads minister who approved early designs of smart motorways has said they may put lives at risk.
AGD Systems has worked with a local authority and a technology firm to develop the Auto-Green ‘smart’ traffic lights.
UK technology and network services company, telent has been awarded extensions by Highways England for all three of its Regional Technology Maintenance Contracts (RTMCs).
Research by Britain’s RAC has found more than a fifth of motorists have driven in a lane closed by the red X sign in the past year.
The Chair of the UK’s Commons all-party group investigating motorway safety, Sir Mike Penning, has said that smart motorways are puttingthe lives of recovery workers “at risk”.
