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  1. National Highways continue smart motorway expansion despite increased congestion

    ... junctions 10 and 13 - was upgraded to be a ‘smart motorway ’ in 2012 at the cost of £489 million.  ... according to Milton Keynes Citizen.   The smart motorway was also anticipated to improve the local economy, but in reality the ...

    Alex Whitworth - 11/07/2022 - 10:45

  2. Incredible police footage shows phone-snatching thief riding scooter wrong way up motorway

    ... which was then used in a high-speed chase the wrong way up a motorway have been jailed. In a single afternoon Zuriel Hutson, 21, and ...

    Steve Farrell - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

  3. Have your say on the new and updated version of the Highway Code

    ... may not affect the rollout of further stretches of the smart motorway network, they will at least help Highways England to shape the ... involved in incidents or where people are working on the motorway, and how road users can help keep themselves safe in the event of a ...

    Simon Hancocks - 03/03/2021 - 16:26

  4. Smart motorways come in for more criticism from top Police chief

    ... This follows the deaths of two men, killed on a smart motorway when their vehicles were struck by a lorry. The deaths have been ... to take into account." "If they thought this type of motorway was even smarter, or safer, than a conventional motorway, then why not ...

    Simon Hancocks - 25/01/2021 - 13:47

  5. Smart Motorways ‘No Longer Safe’ Says National Highways Whistleblower

    ... were heralded as a solution to the UK’s overcrowded motorway network. In reality, they have become one of the most contentious ... 2022 and February 2024, there were nearly 400 occasions when motorway technology lost power. The reliance on supposed high-tech cameras and ...

    Simon Hancocks - 29/04/2024 - 09:08 - 0 comments

  6. DVLA plans could force some drivers over 70 off the road at night

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    Simon Hancocks - 06/04/2021 - 10:22

  7. MAG urges driver to be 'filter friendly’ in new safety film

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    Simon Hancocks - 18/06/2021 - 13:11

  8. M25 smart motorway fails again just days after deadly crash

    ... have revealed that all is not well with the UK’s smart motorway network. Indeed, the issues have become bad enough that sections of ... England staff are plagued with similar outages on the smart motorway network. With staff seeing errors and outages so much, they don’t ...

    Simon Hancocks - 17/03/2022 - 14:37

  9. Biker-killing 10mph motorway driver gets 20 months

    ... A DRIVER who killed a biker on the M65 motorway when he swerved to take an exit and 'violently' slowed to 10mph, has ... driver would consciously drive at less than 10mph on the motorway. MrSarchet's widow Jill said: “Peter was a devoted family ...

    Visordown News - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

  10. UK-wide motorway and A-road improvement plan launched

    ... and southbound carriageways along the 13-mile section of the motorway between junction 32 and junction 33 are being resurfaced in the ... has one of the highest collision rates across England’s motorway and major A roads nationally. It’s hoped the project will reduce ...

    Simon Hancocks - 23/06/2021 - 10:02

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