My thoughts in Conservative Home on smart motorway safety and their future:
Extract:
Back in 2017, I spoke of little else than my new set of wheels. First, the smug satisfaction of trading a gas-guzzler for a hybrid. Later, the anguished howls as Sadiq Khan cancelled its Congestion Charge exemption.
But I never got round to explaining the main reason for swapping. Saving money, cutting emissions and even virtue-signalling all had their attractions. But what really got me motivated was good old-fashioned self-preservation.