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AXA Retail Working With Women’s Aid & Smart Works Charities

The latest support from AXA Retail; AXA Retail has today announced it is working with charities Women’s Aid and Smart Works to offer support for domestic abuse survivors in the UK. The initiative will help […]

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Finally, Some Common Sense as Smart Motorway Rollout is Paused

Yes, the government has finally listened to those people left bereaved, or with life-changing injuries, after being hit by a vehicle on a so-called Smart or All-Lanes Running Motorway. The abolition of the hard shoulder […]

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RAC Reaction to Govt Smart Motorways Action Plan

In response to the publication of the smart motorway safety evidence stocktake and action plan, RAC head of roads policy Nicholas Lyes said: “Two-thirds of drivers tell us that they believe permanently removing the hard shoulder compromises […]

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RAC Reaction to Government U-Turn on Smart Motorways

Suddenly, the penny seems to have dropped within the government regarding the obvious safety risks inherent in all-lane running motorways. After a damming MPs committee report, legal action being started against Highways England agency and […]

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Smart Motorways to Get More Cameras, More Safe Spaces. Not Good Enough

A government report is due to be published soon, which is expected to condemn so-called Smart Motorways, and the death toll caused by their unsafe design. Doing away with the hard shoulder to speed traffic […]

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GEM Assist Calls For Halt on Smart Motorway Roll-Out

The question of liability is one that doesn’t seem to worry those in charge at the Highways Agency, or government departments busy implementing the 4-lane motorway schemes across the UK. So called, Smart Motorways, have […]