Motorists travelling on Britain’s motorway network should be aware that not all the lorries they overtake are exactly what they seem.
© National Highways A large vehicle stopped as part of Operation Tramline
National Highways yesterday (July 15) revea…
Several inconsiderate drivers have been caught travelling in closed smart motorway lanes as police dealt with an overturned lorry. Emergency services were called to the northbound carriageway of the M6 at junction 15, in Stoke-on-Trent, at around 4pm o…
Traffic is queuing after a lorry has overturned on the entry slip road at junction 15 of the M6 northbound. Congestion is back to the A500 Queensway.
The entry slip road is closed and one lane is closed on the main carriageway. Staffordshire Police and…
In new footage released this week, a van driver is seen talking on his phone and looking at his sat nav as he travels along the A500.
He transfers the phone to his left hand and picks up a drink in his right hand, leaving just two fingers on the wheel….
A lorry driver was filmed cruising his truck down a motorway with no hands on the wheel while he rolled a cigarette. And a van driver was caught on his phone and having a drink whilst driving – with just two fingers on the wheel. Video captured by poli…
Police patrolling in an unmarked National Highways heavy goods vehicle (HGV) have released examples of dangerous driving as they begin a week of action on the M6.
In new footage released today (Friday, June 10), a van driver is seen talking on his phon…
Footage has captured the moment a lorry driver with both hands in a tobacco pouch as he drives along the motorway.
The HGV driver can also be seen rolling a cigarette as he cruises along the M40 in Warwickshire. He then looks over and sees the unmarked…
Around three-quarters of people in Newcastle and the Staffordshire Moorlands back a masterplan to improve the A50 and A500, according to a new survey. Midlands Connect says the nine schemes proposed for the key strategic route between Stoke-on-Trent an…
A ‘CARELESS’ HGV driver has been hit with a court fine and nine points on his licence.Paul Casselden, of Whitlow Lane, Moulton, pleaded guilty at Chester Magistrates Court on May 4 to driving without due care and attention.
The incident took place…
Resurfacing works are being carried out on the M6 after a truck fire earlier this morning. The whole northbound stretch between junctions 17 and 18 was shut off after crews were scrambled to the blaze just before 4.10am.
Now National Highways has confi…