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Half of drivers avoid inside lane on smart motorways

New smart motorways roll-out halted amid safety concerns

Six in 10 want all-lane running smart motorways scrapped

Motorists drive on the hard shoulder of one of the busiest stretches of motorway in Britain between junctions 3 and 7 of the M42

No new smart motorways without extra safety measures

A emergency refuge area on the M3 smart motorway near Camberley in Surrey. The motorways have no hard shoulder for emergencies, and use technology to close off lanes. Pic: PA

All new smart motorways will get radar technology to detect broken-down vehicles

A smart motorway, which opens the hard shoulder as a live lane with refuge points for motorists who have broken down

Smart motorways 'reduce safety to cut costs', report claims

A stretch of 'smart' motorway near Sheffield. Photo: JPI Media

Action plan to tackle 'lethal' smart motorways announced by Grant Shapps

Claire and Jason Mercer

'My husband was killed on a smart motorway in Yorkshire - now I want Highways En...

Smart motorway fatality Jason Mercer, pictured with his wife Claire.

Halt smart motorways now before motorists like my constituent are needlessly kil...

M1 ‘will be safer’ under all lanes plan

Plans to open M1 hard shoulder spark major safety concerns