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Times calls smart motorways deathtraps

07 February 2020
 

“Are Britain’s smart motorways death traps?” The Sunday Times asked on 12 January, some time ahead of the BBC’s Panorama broadcast on the topic. “They are intended to ease congestion, but they are costing lives, say the relatives of crash victims.

“To ease congestion and improve traffic flow, Highways England, which looks after the country’s main roads, has been converting some stretches of the hard shoulder on motorways into an extra lane,” the...

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