Exclusive: Red X compliance monitoring lost in limbo11/10/2024 National Highways currently has no accurate system for monitoring compliance with 'Red X' lane closure signs on smart motorways, Highways can reveal. |
Smart motorway Red X breaches number tens of thousands23/07/2024 Red X signs on smart motorways have been ignored more than 53,000 times since camera enforcement began in 2021, according to new research published by a road safety charity. |
Drivers still ignoring red X's as Highways England awaits green light on cameras07/03/2019 New research from the RAC has found that more than a fifth of motorists have driven in a lane closed by the red X sign in the past year. |
Drivers still running red Xs as enforcement stalls23/08/2018 Highways England has sent 130,000 warning letters in two years to motorway users who wrongly used the hard shoulder or ignored red X warning signs as many continue to flout the law in the absence of automatic enforcement. |
Campaign to highlight what Red X means12/02/2015 The Highways Agency has launched a campaign that tells drivers what to do when they see a Red X sign displayed after almost a third of road users admitted they did not know. |
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