Automatic Red X Fines

[CAM]

Ignoring a Red X sign no longer requires a Police officer to be present. It can be caught on camera to deliver a swift fine and 3 points. About time, there are always multiple idiots who blatantly ignore the signs and put people in danger.

[6Foot2]

Ignoring a Red X sign no longer requires a Police officer to be present. It can be caught on camera to deliver a swift fine and 3 points. About time, there are always multiple idiots who blatantly ignore the signs and put people in danger.

 

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Link: £100 fine for drivers who ignore smart motorway lane closures [iTV News]

 

Motorists who drive in closed lanes on smart motorways can automatically be handed a £100 fine and three penalty points from next month. Police will be given the power to punish drivers caught on traffic cameras ignoring red X signs, under new Home Office legislation coming into force on Monday (June 10).

 

Currently motorists who drive in closed lanes are only fined if they are caught by an officer at the time of the offence.

 

Hundreds of miles of motorways across England, such as stretches of the M1 and the M6 in the Midlands, have been converted into smart motorways, meaning the hard shoulder is used as either a permanent or part-time running lane...

[TechMonkey]

I have to say, they need to use them properly then. The number of times we have been going along on the motorway, a lane has been closed only to find nothing causing any issue is very frustrating. I know we should follow the instructions as we don't know but a lot of people will just get frustrated and ignore them

[Andrew_C]

Hundreds of miles of motorway have been converted to Smart Motorways and still no one moves over to the left!

 

Utter waste of money and effort.