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Remove smart motorways

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Immediatley remove 'Smart motorways' from the UK road network to protect the road users who paid for it.
People are dying for no reason, there is not one single argument in support of smart motorways, they dont work and endanger all road users not just those who are unfortunate enought to break down or have tyre failure. Whoever is in charge of them should be held accountable or at the very least tell us why we need them on the safest parts of the road network. This money should have gone into protecting pedestrians in cities.

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

4 Mar 2021 Petition opened for signatures
17 Mar 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Mar 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.