“We’re making good progress with the upgrade to the M27 and have committed to implementing the recommendations of the Government stocktake before the scheme fully opens. This means it will include stopped vehicle detection technology once complete.
Stopped vehicle detection technology is a valuable extra safety measure on motorways without a hard shoulder. It identifies a stopped vehicle, typically within 20 seconds, and provides an alert to our control room. At the same time, it can also automatically display a ‘report of obstruction’ message to warn oncoming drivers of a stopped vehicle ahead. Our operators then set a Red X sign to close one or more lanes, adjust speed limits and deploy traffic officers. It’s clear that drivers value the reassurance that stopped vehicle detection provides, and we hope this change will give drivers extra confidence and help them feel safer when the improvements open to traffic. We are grateful for everyone’s patience while we complete this work, and we expect the upgrade to be fully open in spring 2022.
How you can contact us If you have any queries about our work or want to know more, please email M27J4-11SmartMotorway@highwaysengland.co.uk or call us on 0300 123 5000.”
“is a valuable extra safety measure” – is was presented as being fitted by default on ALL smart motorways
” will give drivers extra confidence and help them feel safer”
“It’s clear that drivers value the reassurance that stopped vehicle detection provides”
– so its not that svd is needed or that s.m are dangerous, its just that you drivers need the reassurance!