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- E-scooters: Highways act from 1835 puts brake on revolution [Subscription]In the Olympic Park, east London, one of the fastest growing start-ups can be found confined to offering electric scooters for hire to the public for 25p a minute on a few hundred acres of private land.
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- M5 traffic: Summer getaway chaos begins with drivers stuck in 90-minute tailbacks on major motorwaysMotorists are facing traffic chaos as millions hit the road for the great summer getaway.
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- Road safety action plan announced to cut road deathsFailure to wear a seatbelt could result in penalty points as well as fines, under new plans to reduce the number of deaths on the UK’s roads.
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- Local road markings to be analysed in £2m scheme A national examination of England’s local roads will be carried out amid concerns that poor markings are putting safety at risk, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. High-definition images of nearly 100,000 miles of road will be analysed under …
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