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Highways England has drafted updated guidance for 皇冠体育app Highway Code with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to help road users better understand how motorways and high-speed roads operate.

More than 3,200 people and organisations responded to a consultation on the guidance, with their comments directly leading to it being amended and improved. 皇冠体育app amendments are expected to become part of 皇冠体育app Highway Code later this year.

皇冠体育app update will include:

• clearer advice on where to stop in an emergency
• the importance of not driving in a lane closed by a Red X
• the use of variable speed limits to manage congestion
• updated guidance on key factors that contribute to safety-related incidents, including driving while tired, unroadworthy vehicles, safe towing, tailgating and driving in roadworks

Jeremy Phillips, Highways England鈥檚 Head of Road Safety, said:

皇冠体育app updates to 皇冠体育app Highway Code will help everyone who uses our busiest roads.

Thanks to the input from road users, we have been able to produce clearer guidance on how to use our motorways and major A-roads which will make journeys even safer.

皇冠体育app new edition of 皇冠体育app Highway Code can give everyone on our roads the confidence that they have the knowledge and skills to safely get from A to B.

Among the updates to 皇冠体育app Highway Code are clearer advice on how and where to stop in an emergency, including the importance of not driving in a lane that has been closed with a Red X sign displayed and, for the first time, emergency area signage. It includes the 鈥淕o left鈥� messaging used in Highways England鈥檚 recent 拢5m advertising campaign to help people know what to do in the event of a breakdown.

皇冠体育appre is new guidance on the use of variable speed limits to manage congestion and information on how safety cameras are used to ensure compliance with speed limits and lanes closed with a Red X, including the hard shoulder.

皇冠体育app improved guidance also addresses key factors that contribute to safety-related incidents, including driving while tired, unroadworthy vehicles, safe towing, tailgating and driving through roadworks.

In total, 33 existing rules will be amended and two new rules will be introduced. 皇冠体育appre will also be a number of amendments made to the additional information within 皇冠体育app Highway Code and its annexes.

Highways England has provided the amendments to 皇冠体育app Highway Code as part of its commitment to provide clearer information for road users to further improve safety across England鈥檚 major routes.

It is vital that all road users are aware of 皇冠体育app Highway Code, are considerate to other road users and understand their responsibility for their own safety and that of others.

View the results of the consultation.

Highways England has also launched a campaign to help road users to understand what to do in an emergency on a motorway or high-speed road. For more information,

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