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Road Rage at Critical Mass
[08 February 2008 19:10]
There is a report of a road rage incident during a Critical Mass gathering of cyclists. Apparently a car driver decided to ram a cyclist who ...
Auto-dimming of Headlights
[05 February 2008 14:52]
Electronics Weekly has published a story about automatically switching headlight brightness between low and high beam. It is based on the presumption ...
Road Rage - BBC1
[07 January 2008 21:35]
On BBC One tonight, London road rage is in the spotlight. It features 4x4 hating and angry 4x4 drivers, cyclists who won't stop at pedestrian ...
Possible Change in Rural Speed Limits?
[07 January 2008 22:06]
ITV's Alastair Stewart on Police, Camera, Action! reports that the Government is considering reducing the default speeds on rural roads. Instead ...

TrafficTV: TrafficMaster on Your Mobile
[23 December 2007 19:51]
TrafficTV (http://www.traffictv.co.uk/) is a system that provides trafficmaster data to your mobile phone. Clearly this means that you need ...
Mobile phone driving jail threat
[20 December 2007 19:17]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7153070.stm Motorists caught driving dangerously while using a mobile phone face being sent to jail ...
Petition against all people who have signed the "scrap speed cameras" petition
[10 December 2007 16:38]
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BanSpeeders/ This petition is against the petition http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/scrapcam. Sounds good to me! Speed ...
BBC Cycling Quiz
[26 March 2007 22:18]
You think you know it all when it comes to cycling on Britain's roads? Well, try this BBC Cycling Quiz to really test your knowledge and ...
Changes to Speed Camera rules
[31 January 2007 17:52]
Apparently the justification for installation of a speed camera will not have to be dependent on death/serious injury having taken place. Councils ...
Drivers still using phones
[07 November 2005 20:10]
This doesn't come as any surprise, but apparently a significant minority of drivers still use handheld phones for quick calls whilst driving ...
Call for Cycling Champions
[09 November 2005 19:40]
With lack of physical exercise among children contributing to the increasing health problems of young people, Sustrans - the UK's leading sustainable ...
Time to take driving seriously?
[07 November 2005 20:00]
New Chief Constable, new grand vision. This time it's Meredydd Hughes and as chief of road policing he's spoken out against the lack of continual ...
New Call for Slower Speeds
[12 October 2005 19:00]
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has spoken out today in favour of a blanket 30mph speed limit in all villages. Apparently most ...
Response from Phil Harris (Labour Party)
[29 September 2005 21:25]
Here is what Phil Harris had to say in response to my query: I agree a lot more can be done regarding safe routes to schools. The idea ...

North Norfolk for Slower Speeds
[28 September 2005 00:00]
The North Norfolk Labour Party has put its weight behind the Slower Speeds initiative, and is looking for local support. I'm not sure if it ...

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