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I have always believed that speed cushions are an ineffective means of ‘kerbing’ speeding motorists although I agree the vast majority of careful drivers do comply by slowing down when traversing them....
Like P.T., we too have received details of an alleged traffic offence; in our case via Hertz who promptly charged my credit card 18 Euros for providing my name and address to the Italian authorities. I...
Regarding the recent e-mail about drivers not using bus lanes. I recently got done by a bus lane camera on a Sunday in South London. I had tried for about 20 miles in crawling traffic to keep to the rules,...
In British Columbia, the provincial government has passed what is called Grant's Law. A few years ago Grant DePatie was employed at a gas station and tried to stop a "gas & dash". He was trapped under...
I am getting increasingly annoyed at the growing number of dangerous objects I see placed by private individuals in order to keep motorists off their verges - the more dangerous the better, it would...
To help drivers avoid speeding tickets I have in mind is a very simple panel with six clear numbers on it, synchronised with the speedometer - 2 3 4 5 6 and 7. Thus for example on entering a motorway you...
As an engineer and a regular reader of your splendid column, I was interested by two recent correspondents, who presented opposing views regarding road speed, safety and the law, to do a little research...
Many thanks your very swift reassurances as to the legality of nearside overtaking, albeit in very specific circumstances. You have clarified the situation to my enormous relief though I have to admit,...
Last July, on our way to a funeral (me on crutches, he the named driver of my little Arosa), we got stuck in a traffic jam in Sudbury. We found a route round on the map and set of via an industrial estate....
Is there some reason apart from simple stupidity that causes a significant minority of British motorists to hog the middle and outer lanes of the three lanes generally available on, for example the M6?...