Drivers who flout smart motorway rules are facing an automatic £100 fine even without the police catching them. It comes as almost 100 smart motorway cameras are due for an upgrade.
They enable automatic detection of vehicles breaching red X rules and are due to come in by September, Hull Live reports. Today (May 12) National Highways said the cameras upgrade is designed to increase compliance with the red X lane closures helping to ensure the safety of drivers and their passengers in difficulty, or road workers and emergency services who need a safe space to work.
It also said it is on track to complete the roll-out of radar-based technology that can spot a stopped or broken-down vehicle on over 200 miles of All Lane Running (ALR) motorway by the end of September 2022. Smart motorways without a hard shoulder have been developed to create more space on the busiest roads – improving the flow of freight around the county and ensuring people can get where they need to be as quickly and reliably as possible.
