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Monday, 26 September 2016
Mail Online
- All new cars vehicles in the UK will call 999 after a crash Emergency services face a surge of alerts when all cars and trucks are fitted with new technology - called eCall - which automatically calls 999 if a vehicle is involved in a crash.
The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)
- MSP to raise residents’ fears over dualling A96 with transport bossesHighlands and Islands MSP Douglas Ross will meet Scottish Government transport bosses to raise concerns Moray residents have over dualling the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness road.
Wales Online
- Variable speed limit cameras on a busy stretch of the M4 go live from todayThe enforcement has brought about renewed calls for an M4 relief road to be built
Yorkshire Evening Post
- West Yorkshire motorway is nation’s slowest Leeds and West Yorkshire are home to two of the UK’s slowest motorways.
Other Regional Press
- Lancashire police lead clamp down on middle-lane motorway driversMIDDLE-lane hoggers are the bane of motorway drivers’ lives – but Lancashire Police are miles ahead in pulling up the county’s culprits.
News from Europe
- G-7 transport ministers agree to bolster railway, airline sector cooperationPrior to the conclusion of the gathering, ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States plus the European Union adopted a declaration Saturday pledging to reinforce international cooperation in creating safety regulations to promote self-driving cars.
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