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The rules around putting cones outside your home to block your drive Theres nothing more annoying than people blocking your driveway - but what can you do? Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now THE LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES ACROSS BATH STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. T...

The law on putting cones outside your house to stop people blocking your drive Paragraph 243 of the Highway Code requests motorists do not park in front of an entrance to a property Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Coming home from wo...

21st April 2021 11:50 am 21st April 2021 11:50 am Highways England has announced plans to install radar technology on all existing stretches of All Lane Running motorway by the end of September 2022. Image by xenostral from Pixabay The technology aims to improve motorway safety by allowing for quick detection of stopped or broken-down vehicles, and will be installed on every new All Lane Running (ALR) motorway as well as being fitted to existing motorways six months earlier than originally ...

The law comes from 19th Century legislation but remains available to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to this day.

150-year-old driving offence could still land you two years in prison. (PA) A 150-year-old driving offence predates motorised vehicles but can still land you up to two years in prison. As the Highway Code celebrates its 90th anniversary, motoring experts looked back at some of the more bizarre offences of the road. Furious and Wanton Driving is right up there with the most outdated as it’s 150 years old. It comes from 19th Century legislation but remains available to the Crown Prosecu...

150-year-old driving offence could still land you two years in prison. (PA) A 150-year-old driving offence predates motorised vehicles but can still land you up to two years in prison. As the Highway Code celebrates its 90th anniversary, motoring experts looked back at some of the more bizarre offences of the road. Furious and Wanton Driving is right up there with the most outdated as it’s 150 years old. It comes from 19th Century legislation but remains available to the Crown Prosecu...

Date Time Highways England first year progress report on smart motorways stocktake The House will know that this government takes the safety of our roads very seriously and has invested heavily in improvements to help prevent deaths and injuries. Great Britain has some of the safest roads in the world and, although per hundred million miles driven there are fewer deaths on smart motorways than conventional ones, we are determined to do all we can to help drivers feel safer and be safer on our r...

Buckinghamshire Council is relaunching its ‘Respect Me’ Campaign Abuse and dangerous driving at school crossing sites are on the rise say Bucks lollipop men and women after schools reopened to all pupils in March. There are 60 school crossing patrollers out each morning and afternoon with STOP signs to help children safely cross roads to reach school. Buckinghamshire Council is relaunching its ‘Respect Me’ Campaign in an attempt to protect patrollers from the rising levels of abu...

Measures to boost safety on All Lane Running motorways accelerated Every new All Lane Running (ALR) motorway will open with radar technology in place to spot stopped or broken-down vehicles quickly. From: 20 April 2021 Transport Secretary confirms radar technology will be in place before any new stretch of ‘All Lane Running’ motorway is opened pledge comes as Highways England publishes report detailing progress made to boost safety, while setting out ways in which improvements will be s...

No more smart motorways to open without stopped vehicle detection technology April 20 2021, 7.28pm The M3 smart motorway near Longcross in Surrey. The motorways have no hard shoulder for emergencies, and use technology to close off lanes. Claire Mercer, the wife of man who died on a smart motorway has paraded his image on giant screen outside a police headquarters as she demanded officers investigate Highways England over his death. Picture date: Tuesday March 2, 2021. The government has confi...