Scrap smart motorways and bring back the safety of the hard shoulder.

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What the petition asks

When your vehicle has issues on a motorway, you look for the safety of the hard shoulder. Smart motorways have removed this and are not smart enough to recognise lane 1 blockages quick enough. As a consequence, lives are put at imminent risk.

Since the implementation of motorways, there has always been a hard shoulder which served several purposes. It is a safe zone for a vehicle to use if there's a mechanical problem, if there is a sudden emergency and more so, it was a clear lane for emergency services to use.

Since the implementation of smart motorways, this lane has become a live lane and if the unforseen happens, you are stranded in what is now a death trap and also delaying emergency vehicles attending an incident.

Timeline

16 Oct 2018	Petition opened for signatures
16 Apr 2019	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,179

Status Closed

Opened 16 Oct 2018

Closed 16 Apr 2019

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