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‘That is bang out of order, you should be at home!’: Angry father confronts traffic warden giving motorists tickets outside hospital during coronavirus lockdown Kieran Tompsett was at Lister Hospital to see the birth of his daughter When he left he witnessed the warden putting a ticket on someone’s car Slammed warden who said he … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump CLOSES the border with Canada to ‘non-essential traffic’ and says it is by ‘mutual consent’ claiming it will NOT affect trade Canada and the United States are planning a mutual ban of non-essential travel between both countries to curb the spread of coronavirus Roughly 18 percent of all U.S exported goods … Read more
Traffic congestion cost the UK economy £6.9billion last year with the average driver spending 115 hours stuck in jams Gridlocked roads cost the UK economy £6.9billion last year, figures show In 2019 average road user spent 115 hours stuck in traffic at cost of £894 Worst cities were London, Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Hull … Read more
One in five Europeans suffer from noise pollution caused by traffic and aircraft as officials warn up to half of city-dwellers are exposed to constant road noise. Alarmingly, figures are set to rise in the next decade due to urban growth, the European Environment Agency (EEA) predict. Noise pollution can disrupt sleep at night, while chronic … Read more
Last year and last decade busiest ever for air traffic in the UK: Almost 2.6million flights in 2019 and 13% growth since 2009 Nats, the UK’s air traffic control provider, saw an 0.9% increase in flights in 2019 Its busiest day on record was July 5, 2019, when it handled 8,863 flights in the UK Two … Read more
Smart motorways make traffic jams WORSE after a road crash, newly-released data shows Fears over controversial ‘all-lane running’ motorways without any hard shoulders New figures show they can actually worsen congestion when an incident occurs The £6billion smart motorway scheme is under review by Transport Secretary By Tom Payne Transport Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: … Read more
The world’s first air traffic control tower was built by the UK government 100 years ago at Croydon Aerodrome, south London. And fascinating archive pictures of it – and the planes it monitored – highlight just how much the aviation industry has changed. The structure, a wooden hut, was built on the orders of the … Read more
Huge swarm of locusts brings traffic to a standstill in Bahrain after spreading across Saudi Arabia because of strong winds Video shows the locusts landing on cars on the three-lane highway in Bahrain Drivers are seen sounding horns as insects start landing on their windscreens Bahrain’s Agriculture and Marine Resources Department said ‘no need to panic’ … Read more