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Cars and lorries ‘automatically be at fault for accidents with cyclists’ due to sweeping changes

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New Highway Code ‘pins blame on drivers’: Cars and lorries ‘will automatically be at fault for accidents with cyclists’ due to sweeping changes Government rewriting official guide to give cyclists more protection on the road   ‘Hierarchy of users’ guideline says pedestrians and cyclists will have right of way  Another change would grant cyclists the right … Read more

Brexit: Drone photos reveal 27-acre Kent field as workers turn it into park for 1,700 lorries

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Drone photos show a vast 27-acre Kent field dubbed ‘Farage’s Garage’ being turned into a lorry park for up to 2,000 trucks in case of mass hold-ups at Dover before the Brexit transition period ends this year.   The development, next to Junction 10a in Ashford, Kent, is being constructed by the Government as it prepares … Read more

Owner of Britain’s ‘most hit home’ wants lorries banned from Kent village

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The owner of Britain’s ‘most hit home’ want to ban heavy lorries from his village after his 16th Century cottage was struck for the eight time in just a year. Heartbroken Mark Kilbey, 57, says he lives in constant fear of trucks smashing into his grade II listed home as they take a sharp turn … Read more

New £19 billion ‘e-highway’ network with overhead cables for electric lorries

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An electric road system which would see a network of overhead charging cables along the UK’s major road network ‘would almost completely decarbonise UK road freight’, a report has found. The plan, which would cost an estimated £19.3billion, would see National Grid powered catenary cables charge 65 per cent of the nation’s lorries using an extendable rig … Read more

Driver and passenger miraculously survive after their car is squashed between two lorries

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Driver and passenger miraculously survive after their car got squashed between two lorries when one of the heavy trucks lost control and crashed into the vehicle Shocking footage shows the small car being slammed from the back in China A huge lorry raced down the road before crashing into the vehicle on the front The … Read more

M6 reopens after two lorries crashed forcing motorway to close both ways for 12 hours 

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M6 reopens after two lorries crashed forcing motorway to close both ways for 12 hours Two HGVs collided at junction 10 near Walsall early on Sunday morning Dramatic photos show a lorry on its side with hundreds of cardboard boxes Central Motorway Police Group confirmed there were no injuries in the crash By Sophie Law … Read more