All Lane Running motorway radar tech accelerated

Highways England has announced plans to install radar technology on all existing stretches of All Lane Running motorway by the end of September 2022.

The technology aims to improve motorway safety by allowing for quick detection of stopped or broken-down vehicles, and will be installed on every new All Lane Running (ALR) motorway as well as being fitted to existing motorways six months earlier than originally planned.

Further safety measures include the installation of special cameras 10 months earlier than planned, and 1,000 additional approach signs six months earlier than planned.

The safety pledge follows the publication by Highways England of Smart motorways stocktake first year progress report 2021. Work will be carried out alongside updates to the Highway Code, providing further guidance about driving on ALR motorways.

Highways England said that the report’s five-year data shows ALR motorways, which don’t have hard shoulders, to be one of the safest types of road in the country. Drivers on a conventional motorway were shown to be 33 per cent more likely to be involved in a fatal accident than drivers on an ALR motorway.

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