Exactly - basically there used to be 2/3 lanes and a hard shoulder, and they changed the road to 3/4 lanes and no hard shoulder. Because branding them “motorwa

Exactly - basically there used to be 2/3 lanes and a hard shoulder, and they changed the road to 3/4 lanes and no hard shoulder. Because branding them “motorways without a hard shoulder” sounded unsafe and bad they decided to call the proposal “smart motorways” (Because who would want to argue with that? You want regular stupid motorways?).