Parts of the smart motorway network in England were hit by a two-hour software failure on Wednesday.
Smart motorways are controlled by computers which constantly monitor the road and can change the speed limit on their ownLarge parts of the smart motorway network in England were hit by a two-hour software failure on Wednesday.
The outage also made it impossible to change the signals in overhead gantries to close lanes with a red 'X' sign where a hazard had been detected. In response, Mr King said failures such as this were "putting people's lives at risk" while RAC head of roads policy Nicholas Lyes described it as "deeply concerning".A smart motorway is a stretch of road where technology is used to regulate traffic flow and - hopefully - ease congestion. There are three main types:
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 The MP, whose constituent Jason Mercer was killed on a smart motorway in South Yorkshire in 2019, said there had been a "series of outages" on the network but the roads continued to be built, despite the government ordering a pause in new developments.
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