Liz Truss says the UK’s experiment with smart motorways has failed and should be brought to an end. The frontrunner in the race to be the next prime minister made the comments in response to an ...

Smart motorways have become increasingly commonplace on the UK motorway network over the last few years - and increasingly controversial among drivers. Their advocates say they can help to ensure a ...

UK drivers have been avoiding using smart motorways due to concerns over the traffic measures, which could see drivers fined £100, as well as the lack of hard shoulders. A recent report found that 33 ...

UK motorists are shunning smart motorways amidst fears over the new traffic measures that could leave them out of pocket by £100, coupled with anxieties about the absence of hard shoulders. A freshly ...

In one of his essays, George Orwell pilloried the use of “political language” – consisting “largely of euphemism, question begging and sheer cloudy vagueness”, said Leo McKinstry in the Daily Express.

On April 15, Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government announced that plans for new, dangerous “smart motorways will be cancelled in recognition of the current lack of public confidence felt by drivers ...

Claire Mercer is campaigning for the release of post project evaluation reports The widow of a man who was killed on a smart motorway is campaigning for the release of unpublished road evaluation ...