Petition to ban smart motorways

peirre:
Does this ring a bell??
Standing in a live lane exchanging insurance details after a minor bump isn’t a smart idea, especially if you happen to be stood on the M1 near Sheffield and end up loosing your life in the process.
It would have been far safer to get both vehicles to move to the nearest safe place to exchange details and argue the toss about who’s fault it is, even if the nearest safe place is 4 miles away

They could have just stood on the embankment, much of which has crash barriers. They didn’t have to be standing in the live lane.