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Deal Party power outages to last 48 hours

Nelson Mandela Bay municipal technicians are investigating the cause of intermittent power outages that have gripped Deal Party since Tuesday.

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basis, much of the safety equipmentjust doesn't work. either no power, or the kit itself is broken. so no vehicle detection, no cameras. it means the motorway�*s not smart any more, and you're on your own. we put in a freedom of information request, and found that betweenjune 2022 and february this year, power was lost on the smart motorway network 397 times. well, if we've got to the point where we can't necessarily rely on the cameras to be in the right position, we can't necessarily rely on the radar or the signs themselves, or the power outages, you know — what exactly are we left with to rely on as motorists when we're in quite a high—risk situation on a smart motorway in the first place? some of the details are staggering. lastjuly, there were no safety devices working for nearly five days on a section of the m6. in february, there were no signals, signs, sensors or cameras on one stretch of the m27 for more than a day. atjunction14 of the m4,

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sometimes it's, they're repairing something and they'll turn it off. do you trust the radar? no. why? because i've seen it fail too many times. the department for transport says smart motorways are among the safest roads on our network. and national highway says safety is its highest priority, and national highways says safety is its highest priority, and reinstating the hard shoulder would increase congestion. it says there are well—rehearsed contingency plans to deal with power outages. we've got only one aim. we want the hard shoulder back in every single circumstance. claire mercer's husband was killed on a smart motorway. she now campaigns against them. she says she's contacted by people inside national highways who are worried about power outages. i mean, this one, he actually says, "we've been in tears for 24 hours. it's making us sick. once again, people need to stay off our roads tonight. if you break down in a live lane, we won't know you are there." national highways says it

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basis, much of the safety equipmentjust doesn't work. either no power, or the kit itself is broken. so no vehicle detection, no cameras. it means the motorway�*s not smart any more, and you're on your own. we put in a freedom of information request, and found that betweenjune 2022 and february this year, power was lost on the smart motorway network 397 times. well, if we've got to the point where we can't necessarily rely on the cameras to be in the right position, we can't necessarily rely on the radar or the signs themselves, or the power outages, you know — what exactly are we left with to rely on as motorists when we're in quite a high—risk situation on a smart motorway in the first place? some of the details are staggering. lastjuly, there were no safety devices working for nearly five days on a section of the m6. in february, there were no signals,

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police officer should not have said openlyjewish. police officer should not have said openlyjewish— this is a story that drivers will be interested in. the bbc has discovered crucial safety equipment used on smart motorways has been hit by hundreds of power outages. the power losses meant there were times when signals, cameras and radar detection systems weren't working for days at a time. national highways says smart motorways are our safest roads. richard bilton reports. break down on a smart motorway, and you could be in trouble. there are emergency lay—bys — the government is building more — but if you can't make it, you're trapped in a live lane. what's supposed to keep you safe is technology, cameras, radar and signals. but it can't help you if it's not working. we found that, on a regular

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sometimes they're repairing something and they'll turn it off. do you trust the radar? no. why? because i've seen it fail too many times. the department for transport says smart motorways are among the safest roads on our network. and national highways says safety is its highest priority, and reinstating the hard shoulder would increase congestion. it says there are well—rehearsed contingency plans to deal with power outages. we've got only one aim. we want the hard shoulder back in every single circumstance. claire mercer's husband was killed on a smart motorway. she now campaigns against them. she says she's contacted by people inside national highways who are worried about power outages. i mean, this one, he actually says, "we've been in tears for 24 hours. it's making us sick. once again, people need to stay off our roads tonight. if you break down in a live lane,

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wet wipes containing plastic will soon be banned from sale in the uk. the government is expected to announce today that it wants to introduce the legislation in england before thejuly summer recess, which would make it illegal to sell or supply them. it follows overwhelming support from a public consultation. the rest of the uk is set to join the ban by the autumn. crucial safety equipment used on smart motorways has been hit by hundreds of power outages during the past two years, according to a new bbc investigation. it's meant there were times when signals, cameras and radar detection systems weren't working for days at a time. national highways says smart motorways are the safest of britain's roads. the us journalist terry anderson, who was held by kidnappers for nearly seven years during lebanon's civil war, has died at the age of 76.

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