The country's smart motorways are under urgent government review after it was found the technology, including the use of the hard shoulder, could result in more accidents and near-misses.
22.01.2020 - 16:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A grieving widow has begun a legal fight to stop any more smart motorways being brought in after her husband's death on the M1.
Claire Mercer is taking a legal challenge to the High Court after Jason was hit by a lorry on a smart section of the M1.
Smart motorways are stretches of motorway where the hard shoulder is sometimes used as a lane for traffic.
Jason, 44, had been involved in a minor collision close to junction 34 of the motorway in South Yorkshire.
As he pulled over to exchange
The country's smart motorways are under urgent government review after it was found the technology, including the use of the hard shoulder, could result in more accidents and near-misses.
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Smart motorways including the M62 are under review by the government following safety concerns, the Transport Secretary has announced.
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New figures show near-misses on one of Britain's stretches of smart motorway have increased 20-fold since the hard shoulder was removed.
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By Bruce Haring
The man who died on the M602 on Friday crashed the BMW he was driving into a Highways Agency vehicle parked on the hard shoulder, police have revealed.