Should We Ditch "Smart" Motorways?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56198979
Monumentally stupid idea in my opinion, what were they thinking?

[tonyav]

Yes get rid of them ASAP, where I live I'm surrounded by them and can't really escape them, I hate driving on them I find them very scary and dangerous.

[jourdain2]

Get rid of them p.d.q..

[lankeela]

Hate them - had the exhaust fall down and drag along the road so pulled straight in and had nowhere to go - I regularly carry several dogs in cages in my van and it is also impossible to get them out with nowhere to put them in most cases. I dread the shows starting up again and motorway driving becoming a regular thing again.

[vulcan42]

I always thought part of the reason to have the hard shoulder was to allow emergency services to get to accidents. What are they supposed to do when all lanes and hard shoulder have stopped vehicle on them? I'm surprised they, the emergency services, haven't spoken out against smart motorways.

[douglas9401]

They're a BIG IDEA so must be seen through to the bitter end.

Expensive, time consuming, disruptive, unpopular and unneccessary like HS2 and Edinburgh trams.

[andy-hughes]

vulcan - // I'm surprised they, the emergency services, haven't spoken out against smart motorways. //

They have -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-56089258