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Roadwork incursions: 53% avoid queues, prompting closures
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Story summary
- National Highways warns drivers that ignoring roadwork closures endangers workers and themselves.
- 53% of 814 reported incursions from January to July involved drivers avoiding queues.
- Over 400 “seeking benefit” incidents this year, including one fatality, prompted lane and full closures.
- The M1 in Hertfordshire closed completely, forcing a 10-mile diversion for drivers.
- National Highways released video clips that led to prosecutions and driving bans for reckless drivers.