When you are on the main carriageway of the motorway, remain in the first lane until you get used to the speed. During that same time, there were 29 crashes involving vehicles parked on the hard shoulder across the rest of our 1,800 miles . “The message to Highways England is that many millions of drivers successfully use smart motorways, but there is more to do to improve their understanding of how they work and what you should do if you break down.

So there was a period of time when lots of the motorways were being ‘upgraded’ to Smart Motorway and this, and the fact that many people didn’t know how to use them, was what prompted me to write the first podcast on this subject in 2018. The following motorways were planned, but never built.

Well, the answer is that you’ve got to wait for a human being to notice that there’s a problem, before the signs with the Xs, showing the lane is blocked – before these are switched on. It is especially important to use your mirrors earlier and look much further ahead than you would on other roads.Signals situated on the central reservation apply to all lanes. Except that you don’t normally have to pay. … And stay safe on the road. To minimise the risk, follow the advice in You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear.

Which is why we’ve talked about motorways so much, we’ve talked about Hi and welcome to this podcast from Adept English. Road safety and breakdown cover specialist GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging drivers to focus on two key areas of motorway driving – leaving enough space from the vehicle in front and understanding the dangers of fatigue.

under reconstruction The list of motorways in the United Kingdom is a complete list of motorways in the United Kingdom. “Road users tend to trust that ‘the authorities’ would not allow motorways without a hard shoulder if it was unsafe. We are here to help you with your English.

Have a lovely day. The chance of being caught speeding on these motorways is much higher and there are stiff penalties – you have to pay a large fine, if the cameras catch you – so hopefully that was useful information at the time.So, why am I speaking about them again? Note that the numbering scheme used for Great Britain does not include roads in Northern Ireland, which are allocated numbers on an ad hoc basis.

UK motorways have specific rules that differentiate to other roads.

You would never for example choose to travel a long distance on a Friday afternoon or evening.

Motorways (253 to 273) Rules for motorways, including rules for signals, joining the motorway, driving on the motorway, lane discipline, overtaking, stopping and leaving the motorway. If you’ve ever driven on the motorways in the UK, you’ll know that we have traffic problems. Rules for motorways, including rules for signals, joining the motorway, driving on the motorway, lane discipline, overtaking, stopping and leaving the motorway.Many other Rules apply to motorway driving, either wholly or in part: Rules From 4 June 2018 provisional licence holders may drive on the motorway if they are accompanied by an approved driving instructor and are driving a car displaying red L plates (D plates in Wales), that’s fitted with dual controls.Traffic on motorways usually travels faster than on other roads, so you have less time to react. And they’re desperate measures!

You shouldOn leaving the motorway or using a link road between motorways, your speed may be higher than you realise - 50 mph may feel like 30 mph.

I don’t know – it seems to be left up to us to decide. Overtake only on the right.


The The plan is to increase the number of what are called ‘refuge areas’. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form.

And if you’ve ever driven on UK roads, the motorways are prefixed with an M – … And if you have Smart Motorways or their equivalent in your country, have a look at safety statistics, then you‘re aware of any danger. GEM chief executive Neil Worth said: “Motorways may be the fastest roads we use, but they are statistically also the safest; and there are fewer collisions on … In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right.

Signs at the edge of the road will apply to all drivers, whilst those that appear above a specific lane for instance from an overhead gantry will apply only to drivers in that particular lane. The M25 is the circular motorway, which goes around London.
And if you’re in the middle lane or the outside lane and you can’t get to the side of the road? If you like our podcasts, but you want to go further and learn even more, then you can buy our Now you may remember some time ago I did a podcast on Smart Motorways. To get around most people just use cars.

The voice of Adeptenglish, loves English and wants to help people who want to speak English fluently. Well, do you sit with your car out of gear and your handbrake off? So what about the rest of the Smart Motorway sections of road? So if you’re driving on UK Smart Motorways, take care – and be aware. Smart Motorways is the name of the scheme in the UK which has meant the so-called upgrading, the improvement if you like, of vast stretches of our motorways in the UK – so that they meet certain standards and so that they’re used in a different way. A new £1m project will see Loughborough University team up with Highways England to ensure the country’s motorways can accommodate connected and autonomous vehicles (self-driving) vehicles. It’s just not the reality on large sections of our motorway.In the meantime, the advice? And normal here, means inevitable traffic jams, pretty much whenever you go out on the motorway. So listen to today’s spoken English material a number of times – repeat listening really is key. The answer is that some of the statistics for Smart Motorways are now out – and they make startling reading. So there are little parking areas at the side of the motorway, but currently most of them are 1.5 miles apart. Motorways are the fast roads in the UK – their signs are all blue. Understanding Smart Motorways & Are They Safe? Traffic jams are also created throughout the UK by the pervasive road works, particularly in towns and on motorways – plastic traffic cones are a common sight on the motorway.