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M20 traffic chaos as crash on motorway leaves Kent drivers at a standstill | UK | News

Diversions are in place after a car crashed into the central reservation on the M20 near Maidstone, Kent.

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BBC News

there were no sensors or warning signs for 11 days. it matters, because if you get trapped in a live lane and the signals don't come on, you will never forget it. it happened to carla heartfield, when she was on the m20 in kent with her baby daughter. i climbed over to get out the passenger side... and i couldn't get my daughter out the car. i think because i was i was shaking, i was shocked. i remember screaming — i was going, "we're going to die, we're going to die." national highways says the radar detects more than 89% of stopped vehicles — but that means one in ten aren't spotted. we spoke to someone inside national highways. he works on smart motorways, and he says he no longer trusts the kit. happens all the time. sometimes it's faulty.

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Breakfast

signs, sensors or cameras on one stretch of the m27 for more than a day. atjunction 14 of the m4, there were no sensors or warning signs for 11 days. it matters, because if you get trapped in a live lane and the signals don't come on, you will never forget it. it happened to carla heartfield, when she was on the m20 in kent with her baby daughter. i climbed over to get out the passenger side... and i couldn't get my daughter out the car. i think because i was shaking, i was shocked. i remember screaming — i was going, "we're going to die, we're going to die." national highways says the radar detects more than 89% of stopped vehicles, but that means one in ten aren't spotted. we spoke to someone inside national highways. he works on smart motorways, and he says he no longer trusts the kit. happens all the time. sometimes it's...it's faulty.

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Live M25 traffic updates as delays build after lorry and two cars crash near Swanley - recap

Traffic was at a standstill at 6.30pm with hour-long delays and four mile queues

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Verified Live

governments are doing theirjobs. if they don't see that, they postpone investments. that will have implications for economic growth and implications for jobs. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk... operation brock — which involves closing part of the m20 to stack lorries — could be in constant use for years — when new eu border checks are introduced. new checks are due to be introduced for people entering the youth from outside of the block, including the uk, leading to this warning. the first warning _ uk, leading to this warning. the first warning is _ uk, leading to this warning. the first warning is you will have your fingertips taken and a facial biometrics, that is the first time you registerfor the biometrics, that is the first time you register for the facial entry system. they question is, how on ft

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World Business Report

power stations running. kent county council fears that come 0ctober parts of the m20 will have to become a giant lorry park for freight waiting to cross the channel pretty much permanently. new checks are due to be introduced for the people entering the eu from outside the box including the uk leading to this morning. i the box including the uk leading to this morning-— this morning. i think it could get seriously bad. _ this morning. i think it could get seriously bad. we _ this morning. i think it could get seriously bad. we all _ this morning. i think it could get seriously bad. we all know- this morning. i think it could get seriously bad. we all know what| seriously bad. we all know what happens when this is in place for a day or two across dover and across the rest of kent's frankly. the first step _ the rest of kent's frankly. the first step is — the rest of kent's frankly. the first step is that _ the rest of kent's frankly. the first step is that you - the rest of kent's frankly. the first step is that you will have your fingerprints taken and your facial biometrics. that happens the

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The Context

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. - brock could be back in a big way. kent county council fears, come october, part of the m20 will have to become a giant lorry park for freight waiting to cross the channel pretty much permanently. new checks are due to be introduced for people entering the eu from outside the bloc, including the uk, leading to this warning... the first step is that you will have your fingerprints taken and also a facial biometric. that happens the first time you register for the entry/exit system. the big problem is, how on earth do you get people to do that safely and in a fashion which isn't going to gum up kent for weeks? eurotunnel reckons it will add an extra five to seven minutes per car. it's increasing fivefold the number of lanes for passengers to be checked. but the port of dover has very little room for additional infrastructure. and when things go slowly, the impact on the rest of kent can be huge.

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M2 diversion route drivers need to follow as 'serious' crash closes motorway for hours

M2 diversion route drivers need to follow as 'serious' crash closes motorway for hours
kentlive.news - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kentlive.news Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

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Huge fire near Swanley forces M20, M25 and A20 road closures - recap

Sections of the three busy roads had been closed as a precaution

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Irish Examiner view: Adare bypass decision raises questions about our priorities

Fast-tracking the Ryder Cup seems a questionable priority given that the proposed upgrade of the N/M20 between Cork and Limerick is not scheduled to begin until 2027

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