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Thursday, 16 July 2020

BBC News

• Tesla's 'Autopilot' misleading, Germany rulesA German court has told Tesla to stop making some claims about its 'Autopilot' driver assistance.

Times Online

• Investors in Elon Musk’s Tesla should buckle up for a bumpy ride [Subscription]You don’t have to look hard for signs that Tesla has entered the realm of an asset bubble. Elon Musk admitted as much in early May, when he told his Twitter followers that the “Tesla stock price is too high imo [in my opinion]”.
• Tesla censored by German court for Autopilot adverts [Subscription]Tesla is making “false advertising promises” with its so-called self-driving technology and must stop using the term Autopilot, a German court has ruled.

Mail Online

• Speed cameras aimed more at money than accidents, says reportThe report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services shows the number of speeding fines handed out has grown by 40 per cent between 2011 and 2018.

Birmingham Post

• Production to restart at Vauxhall plant five months after Covid-19 shutdownVarious safety measures will be put in place for plant's 1,000 employees
• Tender opens for new West Midlands e-scooter trialOperators invited to bid for scheme which will test usage of e-scooters across eight council areas in the region

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Questions over major plan for new Bradford link road A SHADOW has been cast over plans for a new Bradford South Link Road after councillors voted against taking the scheme to the next step.
• Drivers facing 64 weeks of works at Greengates junctionMOTORISTS are facing up to 64 weeks of delays from the end of the month as long-awaited work on re-aligning the New Line/Harrogate Road junction in Greengates finally gets underway.

Bristol Live

• 'Urgent' plan to fix 'clear safety concerns' at Bristol junctionBristol City Council says it is taking concerns seriously after cars ploughed into a man's house twice in six months

Wales Online

• The twists and turns of the £1.3bn M4 relief road that never happenedIt has been blighted by delays, inquiries and disagreement
• Details of Swansea's new two way city centre systemTraffic in The Kingsway and seven other key roads around it will be switching to two-way on July 26

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Government bans old coach, bus and lorry tyres from roads in new measures to improve road safetyTyres aged 10 years and older will be banned from lorries, buses and coaches on roads in England, Scotland and Wales in a boost to road safety, Roads Minister Baroness Vere announced. The ban follows an extensive investigation, including research commissioned by the Department for Transport, which indicates ageing tyres suffer corrosion which could cause them to fail. The move will make it illegal to fit tyres aged 10 years or older to the front wheels of lorries, buses and coaches, and all wheels of minibuses. The secondary legislation will be laid in the autumn and will also apply to re-t...