Petition · past parliament
U.K. HGV DRIVERS AGAINST SMART MOTORWAYS. HARDSHOULDER SAVES LIFES.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Smart motorways endanger life, all hgv drivers know the dangers of a hgv travelling at speed and hitting a car or another hgv. Car drivers and other road users are now constantly in danger of been hit and killed with the lack of a hard shoulder.
The U.K. government should either ban smart motorways and bring back a hard shoulder for road users and other trucks to stop in case of a break down or emergency. On a fast moving motorway with all lanes live people are constantly at risk, people are been killed due to no safe place to stop.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
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Timeline
| 20 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 Jan 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 Jan 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.