Rejected petition Scrap smart motorways and bring back permanent hard shoulders.

Smart motorways are highly dangerous, as when the traffic flow is heavy the hard shoulder vanishes and is used for traffic flow.
A hard shoulder is a vital safety feature of the motorways, as it provides a refuge for broken-down vehicles, and a through-way for the emergency services.

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If motorways need additional lanes, these should be built in addition to the lanes we have already, and should definitely not be built in place of the hard shoulder. The government has a duty to keep people safe. Funding should be provided for additional lanes if they are deemed necessary, but the hard should should be preserved at all costs. People whose vehicles break down on a motorway are highly vulnerable to a serious accident if no hard shoulder is available.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266781

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Date submitted 3 September 2019
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