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Manslaughter charges at last?
In an earlier post I wrote that pigs would fly before Highways England faced manslaughter charges for opening hard shoulders to motorway traffic without proper precautions. It’s promising that South Yorkshire coroner, Nicola Mundy, is referring the case of Nargis … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, hard shoulder, Highways England, Nargis Begum, Nicola Mundy, road safety
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Admission
Use of motorway hard shoulders without safeguards was “entirely wrong”, admitted Grant Shapps. Article here. Are corporate manslaughter charges being brought? When pigs fly. Thirty-eight (38) avoidable deaths later and untold trauma to survivors, the anonymous perpetrators of the current … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Grant Shapps, Highways England, Jim O'Sullivan, Martin Cassini, smart motorways
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60mph on motorways
New 60mph limits are being imposed on stretches of the motorway network, “to cut levels of nitrogen dioxide”, says Highways England. Highways England is the state-run agency that promoted the use of hard shoulders – at some locations, can you believe, … Continue reading
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Tagged 60mph on motorways, hard shoulders, Highways England, Jim O'Sullivan
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Agency abuse
More negligence in traffic policy emerged with the news that in the last five years, 38 avoidable deaths have occurred on the hard shoulder, or emergency lane, of “smart” motorways. An increase in capacity should not entail an increase in … Continue reading
More morons
Jim O’Sullivan of Highways England wants a year to test an increase in the motorway speed limit when no roadworks are in progress, e.g. on Sundays, from 50 to 60. They want another year to consider whether adults, with proof … Continue reading
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Tagged 50mph, 60mph, Equality Streets, Highways England, speed limits
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