Statement from Highways England
Highways England have released an official statement.
It reads: “The M6 in Cheshire is closed southbound between J18 and J16 and northbound between J16 – J17 due to 2 separate incidents on the southbound carriageway. One…
Norwegian police have deported a truck driver for driving without snow chains near a city in the Arctic Circle.
The foreign national was stopped twice by police within one hour around Tromsø on Tuesday, the authorities said.
“The driver was ordered …
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian authorities deported a truck driver who was stopped by police twice within an hour for driving without mandatory snow chains near a city north of the Arctic Circle.
The man, who has been banned from returning to Norway for two years, was “careless of the conditions, which represents a great danger,” police spokesman Per Oeyvind Skogmo said in a statement Thursday.
Police said officers first stopped the driver as he headed to downtown Tromsoe and ordered him to put chains on his tires. A little while later, officers pulled him over again on a nearby bridge.
In Norway, heavy vehicles are required to use snow chains from mid-November until the end of March regardless of the road conditions in the Scandinavian country.
Police spokesman Skogmo said that because the man’s truck did not have chains, “we found grounds to open a deportation case against the foreign driver.”
Authorities did not reveal the trucker’s name or nationality.
On top of deportation, the driver also was fined 11,000 kroner ($1,302). He was escorted out of Norway on Wednesday.
A stretch of the M5 will be closed overnight for repairs following a fatal lorry crash earlier today (Sunday, January 17).
The vehicle overturned on the northbound carriageway around 8am, after joining the M5 from the M4. Repairs to the central reserva…
Thirty-two people were ticketed for using their cellphones to take pictures or videos of a three-truck crash that claimed the life of a truck driver on Wednesday.
Saskatoon police issued 32, $580 distracted-driving tickets to the offenders.
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A 51-year old man is dead after three tractor-trailers crashed in Saskatoon on Wednesday morning.
The man who died was one of the drivers. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash happened around 9:20 a.m. on Circle D…
LOGAN SQUARE — In a matter of seconds, a routine bike ride to work turned life-altering for 28-year-old Marguerite Wynter.
Wynter was riding a Divvy bike Monday to her job at the Museum of Contemporary Art, as she often does, when she said a pick-…
Diversion route details released
As the A38 is closed northbound, details of a diversion route have just been released for motorists,
Those travelling northbound should –
Follow the solid circle symbol along the A610 towards Sawmills, then B6013 to Fo…
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Diversions are in place following the three-vehicle crash on the M5 in Gloucestershire in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The motorway remains closed in both directions, and the road is expected to remain closed until Monday morning.
At around 5.20a…
Neil Painting Master Thatcher Ltd is enjoying the benefits of increased efficiency and productivity after switching his bigger deliveries of straw and reed to a 3.5-tonne FUSO Canter.
Not only does the new truck offer the rugged build quality and engin…
Vehicle service, parts, rentals and sales group HB Commercial has opened a new remanufactured calliper and brake-shoe profiling facility at its parts supply centre in Bury St Edmunds.
“As friction specialists, we have been re-lining brake shoes since …
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HB Commercial, the vehicle service, parts, rentals and sales group have opened a new remanufactured caliper and brake-shoe profiling facility at their parts supply centre in Bury St Edmunds. With their …
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