The limits of speed limits
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The announcement that the Highways Agency is considering reducing the speed limit on a section of the northern part of the M1 to 60mph received…
Insights
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The announcement that the Highways Agency is considering reducing the speed limit on a section of the northern part of the M1 to 60mph received…
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Mark Simpson on the motorway drivers we all love to hate.
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It’s surely no coincidence that the year after releasing Driving Home for Christmas (in December 1988), Chris Rea had a hit with The Road to…
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Aaah.. new car smell. We all know what it is, that plasticky tang that wafts into your nostrils as you climb into a freshly made…
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The UK government is apparently considering whether to introduce restrictions on young drivers, who, though they drive only about 5% of the miles covered each…
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You’d have thought, after the rows that were created by the decision to put Jane Austen’s portrait on a banknote, that the powers that be…
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Halfords. It is the smell of rubber, paint, car wax, oil, static electricity, air fresheners – and dreams. Dreams of a newer, faster, shiner, cleaner, louder.
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Ten memorable car ads from the past four decades that transcended both cars and advertising and came to symbolise an age. Fiat Strada – ‘Hand…
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Of course you, like me, are a much better than the average driver. I can be fairly confident that you think so, even though a…
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“Dispense with a horse” urged The Winton Motor Carriage Company in the earliest known advertisement for a motor car, “and save the expense, care and…
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The recently announced fall in recorded crime in the UK over the past year is – at around 9% – fairly substantial. But, as with…
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For most households, a new car is (after the house itself) the single most expensive item purchased. So it is not surprising that in the…
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Of 59 European cities London ranks no. 14 in terms of traffic congestion with Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow all in the bottom half.
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“Courageous” was the word that Sir Humphrey Appleby always used when he wanted Jim Hacker to change his mind. “Very courageous decision,” the smooth civil…
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A friend of mine recently received a parking ticket in Ghent, despite the fact that he had paid for and displayed a ticket for the…
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If you think the cost of driving is ridiculously high, just bear in mind the alternative. For many people, the most expensive part of some…
