Once again parts of #OrwellBridge in #Ipswich #Suffolk closed due to rush hour #collision (#car vs #lorry) with one #fatality and one #arrest

if its not possible to quickly reduce #CarDependency (and realistically it is not), nor build the #NorthernBypass - then there's a real need to further encourage #FlexibleWorking and more people to move away from 9-5 working hours - all these crashes seem to happen around rush hour, whereas same #A14 highway is a lot quieter in afternoons and evenings (there's still lorries, but they are more spread out and not so many bottlenecks at the junctions)

#RoadSafety #Transport #UK

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2026-04-27/man-dies-after-crash-which-closed-major-bridge

Multiple bottles of #prosecco yeeted into live lanes of #M4 #motorway and a container knocked from a #lorry following a #collision - one lorry #driver #arrested on suspicion of using a #mobilePhone at the wheel. There were only minor injuries, but the clean up will take a good few hours!

#RoadSafety #Berkshire #England

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2026-04-27/m4-closed-after-lorry-crash-leaves-prosecco-scattered-across-carriageway

Good work by #lorry driver - keeping occupants of small car that has broken down on "smart" #motorway safe and calling nines so #Police and #NationalHighways are aware - it took 5 mins on 999 call, and 13 further minutes for National Highways to arrive on scene, and #drivers are barely noticing stationary lorry (further ahead the matrix sign is showing "national speed limit", which suggests there has already been a restriction on previous signs so drivers are likely trying to accelerate to get back to 70mph (112 km/h)

These smart #motorways are not safe (thankfully there are no further ones being built)

#RoadSafety #UK

https://youtube.com/shorts/X5jG_bJ6ykk

Truck Drivers & the TDG

How the role of the voter changes with this alternative democracy:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=530

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#truckdriver #truckers #truck #lorry #transportation

I found out that #tomtom now has an "Expert" (#lorry, #truck ) version of their #go app decoupled from those tablets they used to offer the "pro" version of the #android app on.

I am interested in disentangling myself from #googlemaps. Could anyone share their experience with the Tomtom app?

#degoogle

Shortage of lorry drivers threatens the consumer boom in Spain

Some 30,000 drivers are required to meet the shortfall, but no one wants to get behind the wheel, so central government is offering 3,000 euros to help would-be truckers

https://quokk.au/c/world/p/464529/shortage-of-lorry-drivers-threatens-the-consumer-boom-in-spain