An HGV driver has described a harrowing-near miss on the M1 ‘smart motorway’ in Derbyshire, as he called for hard shoulders to be reinstated.
The driver, who asked to remain anonymous, was driving an 18.55m (60ft) long HGV on the northbound carriageway at around 12.15am on Saturday (February 15).
As he came over J29a for Bolsover, he noticed a broken-down car in the distance.
As he was being overtaken by another HGV in lane two, and saw that the car appeared to be in the refuge bay, he continued down lane one.
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