Signs, sensors or cameras on one stretch of the m27 for more than a day. Atjunction 14 of the m4, there were no sensors or Warning Signs for 11 days. It matters, because if you get trapped in a live lane and the signals dont come on, you will never forget it. It happened to carla heartfield, when she was on the m20 in kent with her baby daughter. I climbed over to get out the passenger side. And i couldnt get my daughter out the car. I think because i was shaking, i was shocked. I remember screaming i was going, were going to die, were going to die. National highways says the radar detects more than 89 of stopped vehicles, but that means one in ten arent spotted. We spoke to someone inside national highways. He works on smart motorways, and he says he no longer trusts the kit. Happens all the time. Sometimes its. Its faulty
Motorway network 392 times. Well, if weve got to the point where we cant necessarily rely on the cameras to be in the right position, we cant necessarily rely on the radar or the signs themselves or the power outages, you know, what exactly are we left with to rely on as motorists when were in quite a high Risk Situation on a smart motorway in the first place . Some of the details are staggering. Lastjuly, there were no Safety Devices working for nearly five days on a section of the m6. In february, there were no signals, signs, sensors or cameras on one stretch of the m27 for more than a day. Also in february, at junction 14 on the m4, which has a hard shoulder, there were no sensors or Warning Signs for 11 days. We spoke to someone inside national highways. He works on Smart Motorways and he says he no longer trusts the kit. Happens all the time, happens all the time
On one stretch of the m27 for more than a day. Also in we spoke to someone inside national highways. He works on Smart Motorways and he says he no longer trusts the kit. Happens all the time. Sometimes its faulty, sometimes theyre repairing Something And Theyll turn it off. Do you trust the radar . No. Why . Because ive seen it fail too many times. National highways says safety is its highest priority and there are well rehearsed Contingency Plans to deal with power outages. Our data shows they are needed. A network with hundreds of dangerous failures. Richard bilton, bbc news. Panoramas Smart Motorways when technology fails is on bbc
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