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'Hidden' mega pothole leaves more than a dozen motorists stranded on motorway slip road in one night
At least 14 drivers had their wheels mangled in one evening by a lethal pothole hidden on a motorway slip road.
Traffic campaigner puts up 'Bears crossing' signs to get drivers to slow down after three crashes outside her house
Penny Ballinger, from Drybrook, Forest of Dean, erected the signs after three car crashes took place outside her home.
Pensioner handed £240 parking fines for parking at hospital to take his terminally-ill wife for treatment - despite having a blue badge
Roy Sanders, 73, was wrongly slapped with £240 worth of penalty notices after taking his wife Judy, 70, to appointments at Russells Hall Hospital, in Dudley West Midlands.
Traffic wardens go on strike for four days in London borough over pay row - but council insist you can still be fined
Traffic wardens will go on strike for four days in Bromley, London over a pay row - but drivers could still be fined
Elderly drivers over the age of 70 have to have their sight checked every three years by law under new plans
Motorists aged 70 and above can no longer self-report visual diseases to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency ( DVLA) after coroners warned the system could be abused.
Free parking! Traffic wardens go on strike for four days in London borough over pay row - meaning NO fines or penalties will be issued
Traffic wardens will go on strike for four days in Bromley, London over a pay row - meaning no fines or penalties will be issued.
Motorists hit by £782 MILLION in council parking fines as charges increase by £160 million in a year
Campaigners have accused councils of treating motorists as 'wallets on wheels' over the 26 per cent increase in fines collected by town halls.
Motorists are forced to take a 36-mile detour after mating badgers caused roadworks delays
Commuters in Lincolnshire are fuming after Highways bosses announced a six-month delay which had been caused by the animals.
Gatwick Airport becomes UK's most expensive for drop-off fees as it hikes charges to £10
London City Airport is also set to introduce a drop-off fee of £8 tomorrow, after previously not having one, and Bristol Airport also increased its drop-off fee by £1.50 as of today, bringing the total to £8.50.
The village taken over by learner drivers: Residents in 'easiest place to get a licence' accuse novice motorists of making their lives hell
Learner drivers have flocked to the village of Miskin, Glamorgan, from far and wide after word spread of its relatively straightforward test route.
Death rates in hybrids 'three times higher than petrol cars' as road safety experts call for inquiry
A total of 122 people died in hybrid car crashes last year, compared with 777 in accidents involving petrol cars, according to Department for Transport figures analysed by The Mail on Sunday.
Pothole compensation claims surge by 90% in three years - but does YOUR local council pay out?
RAC research found 53,015 claims were submitted to 177 councils in 2024, compared with 27,731 claims in 2021. Of those which provided data, Derbyshire County Council saw the biggest increase.
What started with a few cars on my street soon became clear as a national scandal: How JACK HARDY uncovered thousands of 'ghost plates' are being used by drug rings and grooming gangs to cheat justice
They struck me as odd: Aesthetically, they did not add anything to the look of the car, so why bother taking the trouble?
'Ghost plate' cowboys exposed: Number plates invisible to speed cameras sold by official DVLA-registered suppliers as criminals and boy racers exploit shocking loophole, Mail investigation reveals
Britain's broken number plate system is today laid bare by a Daily Mail investigation which found official suppliers selling plates invisible to road cameras.
Smart motorway speed cameras were secretly turned off TWO months ago
The Daily Mail revealed on Monday how thousands of innocent motorists have wrongly been clocked for speeding due to a fault with every speed camera on smart motorways across the UK.
