Most Drivers Want Hard Shoulder Back on UK’s Smart Motorways

Most Drivers Want Hard Shoulder Back on UK’s Smart Motorways
Vehicles on the new 13.4-mile long M3 "smart" motorway near Longcross, Surrey, in UK, on July 3, 2017. Steve Parsons/PA
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Most drivers want hard shoulders reinstated on smart motorways, a new survey suggests.

Some 62 percent of respondents to an RAC poll said controversial All Lane Running (ALR) motorways—which use the emergency stopping lane for live traffic—should be scrapped, but they want the technology that manages traffic flows and detects breakdowns to be retained.