As a boy, Simon George loved watching the trains rumble past at the busy railway junction in a hamlet near his home. He spent long days during his school holidays in the early 1980s, from the age of 12 to 15, sitting on embankments or perched on footbridges over the tracks at Heaton Lodge Junction, … Read more
Bizarre moment Chinese woman drives a toy car decked with neon lights through a junction ‘to save time’ Security footage shows the woman driving the pink replica at a Chines crossroad The ‘motorist’ made a swift right turn while weaving through the flowing traffic The resident, identified by police as an ‘auntie’, is said to … Read more
He really did stop traffic! Police officer is hailed as a hero after helping a frail man, 98, cross a busy junction by ordering all cars to wait The elderly man had been stuck in traffic after not walking fast enough in China Officer Tan used his body to shield the pedestrian and ordered vehicles to … Read more
Road to nowhere: Brand new £50m motorway junction is Britain’s most expensive dead end because developers haven’t built road linking it to distribution park The M49 was supposed to connect a distribution park to the motorway network It was supposed to be finished almost nine months ago but has no junction on it South Gloucestershire … Read more
Heart-stopping moment pedestrian leaps clear as speeding police car is T-boned by passing vehicle at junction and nearly flattens him Footage shows the pedestrian walking towards intersection in Cascavel, Brazil As police car reaches the intersection, another car reaches it at the same time The municipal car is t-boned, sending both vehicles flying through the … Read more
Jeremy Vine has furious stand-off with Fiat 500 driver after he undertakes a car on a box junction, with the Radio 2 star telling him: ‘You’ve only gained 15ft!’ Jeremy Vine filmed a male driver furiously honking his horn at a female driver who didn’t want to get stuck on a box junction in West … Read more
UK’s first ‘CYCLOPS’ junction which is designed to keep cyclists safe while making a right turn comes into use First ‘Cycle Optimised Protected Signals’ junction opened in Hulme, Manchester Involves a ‘cycle track’ on the outside of the junction to separate bikes and traffic Dependent on signals, cyclists can make right turn away from traffic in one … Read more