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Sunday, 14 November 2021

BBC News

• Electric cars: No NI bid for charging point funding schemeThe £20m scheme helps residents with no access to off-street parking to charge their vehicles.

Times Online

• Despair of smart motorway architect Sir Mike Penning [subscription]A former transport minister accuses National Highways of wantonly skimping on safety measures
• Readers’ poll: should smart motorways be scrapped? [subscription]The former transport minister who signed off the UK’s smart motorways programme has called them “disastrous”. Writing in The Sunday Times, Sir Mike Penning said poor implementation of the scheme had cost lives and accused Highways England of a “seemingly wanton lack of care”.

Cambridge News

• 'I just won't drive in' - Cambridge residents react to congestion charge plansThe proposals are currently under consultation

C.N.N.

• US opens probe into Tesla's Autopilot over emergency vehicle crashesWASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it is looking into a consumer report that a Tesla Model Y was involved in an accident while using the company's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software.

Other News Sources

• M65: 26 'crazy' drivers caught driving against flow of traffic on motorwayMORE than 25 people were caught making a U-turn and driving against the flow of traffic on the M65 last weekend (November 6).