Smart motorways inquiry by Transport Committee - AA comments

Commenting on the smart motorways evidence heard today by the Transport Select Committee, Edmund King, AA president, said; “We share both the Minister’s and Highways England’s desire to make our roads as safe as possible.

“However a number of poor decisions and delayed infrastructure have led to a series of fatalities and serious collisions, many of which could have been avoided if there was a permanent hard shoulder or more places of safety.

“In order to make ‘smart’ motorways safer, we need to focus on retrofitting emergency laybys on existing schemes as well as installing the best available radar system on the network as quickly as possible.”