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posted by CoolHand on Monday November 07 2016, @10:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the big-bro-on-the-road dept.

More than 1,000 motorists a week are being caught speeding on the UK's smart motorways, police figures suggest.

Last year, 52,516 fixed penalties were issued on 11 smart sections, including on stretches of the M1, M25 and M6.

This compared to 2,023 on the same stretches in 2010-11, before they were upgraded to smart motorways - which use the hard shoulder and variable speed limits to control traffic flow.

The government says they are used to improve capacity, not generate revenue.

Smart motorways are operated by Highways England, which uses overhead gantries - also containing speed cameras - to direct traffic into open lanes and change speed limits depending on the volume of traffic.

Ticket revenue has increased tenfold over 5 years. Have British drivers experienced the "improved capacity" that the government uses to justify the smart highways?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 08 2016, @06:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 08 2016, @06:27AM (#423952)

    A government made the assertion, so where is their evidence that it is true? We know from history that governments will constantly say that X will only be used for Y to alleviate people's fears, but that will not remain true for very long at all.