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Friday, 29 May 2015
BBC News
- Speed limit project closes motorwayA section of the M6 motorway closes overnight for a week as part of a project to introduce variable speed limits.
- No-helmet suspects 'avoid arrest'Suspects riding motorcycles and mopeds adopt a new tactic to avoid being arrested, the BBC has learnt.
- Honda, Fiat and BMW in airbag recallThree major carmakers have expanded recalls of vehicles with faulty Takata airbags.
Financial Times
- UK rural fuel price relief welcomedFilling stations in some postcodes will be able to reclaim duty to stay competitive
The Telegraph
- These elderly crossing signs will make your dayDesigners offer dozens of witty alternatives to the 'patronising' road sign that suggests older people are all infirm and hazards to drivers
London Evening Standard
- Uber passenger films driver 'watching video' on his phone during journey through London A London Uber driver has been suspended after a passenger filmed him apparently watching a video on his smartphone.
Manchester Evening News
- M60 smart motorway work postponed because chiefs underestimated the weight of gantriesThe smart motorway work between junction 12 and 10 of the M60, previously planned for this Saturday, has been cancelled.
Wales Online
- The M4 in Wales had its busiest ever year in 2014, figures from the Department of Transport showAn average of 76,000 vehicles passed along the Welsh side of the motorway every day last year
North Wales Live
- Amey joins city firms signing up to Liverpool's 20mph road safety drive Message to be spread by liveries on around 500 vehicles
Peterborough Telegraph
- Safety on A1 questioned following accidentsSpeeding drivers are putting lives at risk on the A1 following a number of serious accidents on the main road.
Other Regional Press
- PARKING SHAKE-UP: County council plans to take back management of on-street parking but borough is against proposals A SHAKE-UP of on-street parking across the county is on the cards.
- Council raised parking charges deliberately to make a profit, investigation finds A DORSET council has been found to unlawfully raise its car parking prices to make a surplus.
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