A student has slammed dangerous 'smart' motorways after he was involved in a horror crash which killed his friend sitting next to him and left three others seriously injured. There are currently more than 20 sections of 'smart motorways' on seven different motorwaysEmergency refuge areas on smart motorways can be spaced up to two-and-a-half miles apart'The last few months and coming to terms with the physical and psychological impact of what happened has been incredibly difficult.' Other motorists had managed to drive round the stricken Kia on the Dynamic Hard Shoulder Running motorway, the court heard. All lane running schemes permanently remove the hard shoulder and convert it into a running lane. 'Dynamic' hard shoulder running involves open the hard shoulder as a running lane to traffic at busy periods to ease congestion.

Source: Daily Mail August 02, 2020 11:11 UTC