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What is the red ‘X’ on smart motorways – and how much is the fine for ignoring it?

Motoring Research team - 1
Ignoring a red 'X' sign on a smart motorway could cost you £100, with police using camera evidence to issue fines.
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Smart motorway safety plan revealed by government

Richard Aucock - 0
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has responded to safety concerns over smart motorways with a series of 18 measures to improve driver confidence.
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Smart motorway rollout is put on hold, pending safety review

Ethan Jupp - 0
UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has put the expansion of the smart motorway network on hold, following a high number of road deaths.
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Speeders get 1-minute grace period on smart motorways

Ethan Jupp - 0
New research reveals that when a speed limit changes on a smart motorway, drivers have a one-minute ‘grace period’ before cameras will flash them.
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Smart motorways: “I was totally misled,” says MP

Ethan Jupp - 3
Sir Mike Penning, the MP who gave the go-ahead to smart motorways, has strongly criticised safety on the roads in a new report.
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Smart motorways don’t always detect broken down cars

Ethan Jupp - 0
It’s been revealed that the SVD system, currently in use on the M25 and proposed for other smart motorways, isn't always effective
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Part-time hard shoulders are ‘too complicated’, says motorways boss

Ethan Jupp - 0
The chief executive of Highways England has described dynamic smart motorways, with a temporary hard shoulder, as “too complicated for people to use”.
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Smart motorways should be banned, says road safety group

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith - 0
A road safety and breakdown organisation is calling for an immediate halt to the smart motorway network – but Highways England insists they are safe.
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Smart motorways in Yorkshire to get safety improvements

Ethan Jupp - 0
Emergency areas on smart motorways in Yorkshire will get a makeover. The upgrades will involve extra signs and a marked-out box for stopping.
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PROOF that smart motorway cameras are always on

Ethan Jupp - 1
If you wanted proof that smart motorway speed cameras are always on, even when the gantries aren’t, here it is. Pictures of a driver getting flashed
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