a sombre procession past parliament. each coffin represents a life lost on the country s smart motorways, carried through westminster yesterday by those who want the system changed. smart motorways use technology to try to ease traffic. they re controversial when they don t have hard shoulders. if a vehicle breaks down in a live lane and can t reach a refuge bay, a red cross is meant to tell motorists not to drive in that lane. the government has argued technology means drivers are more likely to die on a normal motorway than a smart one. campaigners say they are less safe. the transport select committee says it wants existing smart motorways to be made safer. it doesn t want any more hard shoulders to be removed or put back. if you cut the data a number of different ways, it gives different conclusions. in order to get drivers confident that they feel safe enough to use the smart motorway network, we need to fix some of these issues that have been outstanding for far
correspondent, caroline davies. a sombre procession past parliament. each coffin represents a life lost on the country s smart motorways, carried through westminster yesterday by those who want the system changed. smart motorways use technology to try to ease traffic. they re controversial when they don t have hard shoulders. if a vehicle breaks down in a live lane and can t reach a refuge bay, a red cross is meant to tell motorists not to drive in that lane. the government has argued technology means drivers are more likely to die on a normal motorway than a smart one. campaigners say they are less safe. the transport select committee says it wants existing smart motorways to be made safer. it doesn t want any more hard shoulders to be removed or put back. if you cut the data a number of different ways, it gives different conclusions. in order to get drivers confident that they feel safe enough to use the smart motorway network,