Safety measures on all-lane running smart motorways not working well enough, transport watchdog says
Technology aimed at improving safety on all-lane running smart motorways needs to be improved "urgently", the transport watchdog has said.
The ORR said that it was too early to see the full effects of SVD given the rapid rollout of the technology. The watchdog said that National Highways was now "seeking rapid improvements" to the SVD technology to achieve "the required performance levels by the end of June 2023", and the ORR would take further action if improvements do not happen.
All-lane running, where the hard shoulder has been permanently removed to provide an extra lane; emergency refuge areas are provided at intervals for cars that get into trouble RAC head of roads policy Nicholas Lyes said: "Breaking down in a live lane is terrifying enough but drivers must have confidence that the infrastructure is detecting them quickly so authorities can immediately close the lane."
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