A year after the U.K. government halted the expansion of so-called "smart motorways," pressure is growing to reintroduce emergency hard shoulders on nearly 200 miles of national highways. A new BBC ...

A third of drivers report feeling “a lot less safe” on any form of “smart” motorway than they did three years ago, a new ...

Drivers are four times more likely to break down on a smart motorway, a new Freedom of Information request has revealed. There were 110,212 breakdowns reported on regular motorways with a hard ...

The government has been urged to reinstate hard shoulders on Britain’s smart motorways after being accused of wasting money on the now cancelled projects. All-lane-running (ALR) smart motorways have ...

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging motorists to ensure they check batteries, tyres and fuel levels before driving on the motorway. Regular checks of tyres, battery ...

A lorry driver who caused the deaths of two men in a collision on a stretch of smart motorway has been jailed for 10 months. Prezemyslaw Zbigniew Szuba, 40, admitted two counts of causing death by ...