The Governments insistence that "smart" motorways are not only safer but that the death rates are lower.
Anybody..but anybody who drives and uses the motorways on a regular basis knows that since these motorways have become 4 lanes with no hard shoulder the dangers have increased exponentially. So sure are the D.O.T, {this also includes the transport minister Grant Shapps}, that not only did they cease building emergency refuges half a mile apart like they did at the beginning, based on the figures they decided to save a bit of dosh and start building these refuges ONE AND A HALF miles apart, obviously working on the principal that vehicles will only break down or be involved in accidents next to a refuge.
This is already beginning to have a knock on effect on businesses. Some fleet drivers are refusing to drive on these motorways as they, quite rightly fear for their safety, and apparently there is no statute in business that can force a driver to use something they class as dangerous, the "B" roads and others will see a lot more motorway traffic, this will mean extra delivery times meaning customers will have to wait longer and your local byways will become clogged up, and we've enough potholes as it is.
I still don't understand how these M.P.'s get these jobs, Grant Shapps has absolutely no prior experience of transport, the same as his predecessor "failing" Grayling. Also you would think that the Health minister would at least be a doctor {or ex doctor}.
When you consider these motorways are being approved by a bloke that's possibly never driven on a smart motorway, it doesn't fill me with confidence.