M1 traffic LIVE: Motorway closed with lorry on fire and miles of congestion

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m1-traffic-live-motorway-closed-36592895

M48 Severn Bridge closed: Major motorway shut as high winds batter region

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-major-motorway-closed-high-36535167

M1 traffic LIVE: Lorry on fire as motorway lanes close with one-hour delays

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m1-traffic-live-lorry-fire-36533315

Tragedy as teenager dies after being tasered and then hit by car on M5

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-tragedy-teenager-dies-after-36522719

M1 traffic LIVE: Cattle trailer crash shuts motorway at East Midlands Airport

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m1-traffic-live-cattle-trailer-36515798

M6 chaos as girl 'falls out of ambulance' and motorway forced to close

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-m6-chaos-girl-falls-36509788

Another of J.D.M. Harvey’s drawings of an unbuilt section of the West Cross Route, this time passing Olympia. It was produced as part of Husband & Co’s consulting engineer’s report to the Greater London Council in May 1970. #GLC #Municipal #Motorways

Drivers are only just learning what strange bridges over roads and motorways are

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/motoring/drivers-only-just-learning-what-36446861

Today is the anniversary of the start of a 70mph (112 km/h) maximum #speed limit on #motorways (and any roads otherwise not restricted by a speed limit) in the #UK - starting in 1965 and being fully implemented in 1967.

Previous to that, the max speed limit was unrestricted (as fast as your car would go!) and all my motoring books from early 1960s mention this (but do still suggest driving to an appropriate speed for the road conditions).

#RoadSafety #SpeedLimit

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c62vvvk7zlxo

Archive report on speed limits being introduced on UK motorways

A chief constable observes traffic on the M1 in 1965, minutes after the 70mph limit is brought in.

BBC News