Devastated families who lost their loved ones in fatal crashes say the move to scrap new smart motorways is a "small win" but only "half the battle. The decision to scrap the building of all new motorways has given Andreea Murgeanu "goosebumps" - as she is still grieving the loss of her beloved brother four years on.
The 29-year-old moved to Mansfield from Romania in 2014, and two years later she asked her brother Alexandru Murgeanu to come and live with her and her boyfriend. But Alex died in a collision on a section of smart motorway on the M1 - where there is no hard shoulder - after apparently getting out of his van while it was on the live inside lane.
The tragedy made Ms Murgeanu leave the UK and has "haunted" her ever since. "People say it gets better with time but it does not", she said.
