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I could see the driver on the phone to someone, I am sure others with hands free kit will have called 999 too, but it still felt like I should do something.

It was a bit hairy for a moment for myself when the HGV pulled out, but I am glad he did. It's the feeling that there must be something I could do for the poor bugger stranded in Lane 1, but I couldn't and cant think what for sure. Should I have tried to call whilst driving, and who should I...

Got home about an hour ago, after almost being taken out on the M25 Kent/Surrey section by an HGV swerving to avoid a horsebox stranded in lane 1. There are few overhead gantries on it and there was no warning of a stranded vehicle on the ones that there are. The driver was stood at the back of...

A red cross can and does appear from nowhere, they are activated when a situation occurs, causing a hazard in one of the lanes, maybe a stranded vehicle, maybe a lorry has shed something onto the carriageway, it is dynamic and not a planned for event usually. I think you maybe ought to check the...

On a Smart Motorway, signs on gantries over the road sometimes display a Red X, it means that lane is closed from where the sign with the red X is. There will be no actual closure by cones or other barriers, it is an emergency situation and you should get out of that lane immediately. You could...

Not when there is an X on the signs over a motorway lane, it means don't use it, and is an offence to do so.

South Yorkshire Police looked at prosecuting Highways England over some deaths that occurred on smart motorways, but CPS ruled they did not legally owe road users a duty of care. Someone must be responsible for the system that is supposed to ensure a stranded vehicle is detected quickly, and the...