sometimes i look back and think, how has it been two and a half years? you know? i don t understand how it s been two and a half years. jason and another motorist were killed after they stopped, following a minor accident. the overhead cameras failed to stop the traffic. so it wasjust here, was it? just behind the gantry. right. just there. i mean, look at it. when you see it like this, though, i always find it really terrifying. yeah. all those cars are all so close together. yeah. that car can t stop before it hits that car. a car can t stop in time. and look at this. nearly a half of it is hgvs. claire now campaigns against smart motorways. we just need the hard shoulder back. you need a hard shoulder. if you can imagine being stuck in a vehicle in the second lane, with yourfamily, your children, and they re stuck in a live lane with hgvs thundering past that can hit them any minute, and you
your children, and they re stuck in a live lane with hgvs thundering past that can hit them any minute, and you would not stand a chance. you absolutely would not stand a chance. after our programme, the government promised to make smart motorways safer. but two years later, most refuges are still too far apart, and the radar technology is only working on a quarter of the network. this whistle blower contacted us because he was so concerned about the safety of smart motorways. smart motorways have been given to us as a lie. we were told that they were safe. we were told the technology was working, and the technology s not working. it s not doing what it said it was going to do. this man is a traffic officer for national highways. we re protecting his identity