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Speed camera warning as 1m drivers caught

Speed camera warning as 1m drivers caught

Almost one million motorists were caught speeding last year amid warnings of a surge in the number of digital speed cameras being deployed on the
Published 16 December 2016
Reader Letters: Insurance groups and motorway gantry gaffes

Reader Letters: Insurance groups and gantry gaffes

Your correspondence this week includes insight into how smart motorway matrix signs work and more on car insurance premiums can alter...
Published 06 December 2016
Reader Letters: Criminal cyclists, dazzling brakes, smart motorway signs and more "Polite" notices

Reader Letters: Criminal cyclists, dazzling brakes

What can be done about cyclists who, when informed by a driver that they’ve gone through a red light, wait until you catch them up and then thump
Published 14 November 2016
Volkswagen emissions

Reader Letters: VW fumes, a YouTube repair wheeze...

Nick Tyndall seems to be under the impression that Volkswagen has found a way of tuning the thermodynamics of the internal combustion engine...
Published 07 April 2016
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Letters of the week, May 24

This week: Driving through France, speeding raps, smart motorway love and hate, what the papers say, Jeremy "tight spot" Clarkson and a road tax solution.
Published 25 May 2015
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Letters of the week, May 17

This week: Speed trap tough love, smart motorways, BMW faulty airbags, Corvette tight squeeze, spare wheels, is car ride quality getting worse...
Published 18 May 2015
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How Top Gear rescued Steve Harley

When the singer Steve Harley was caught speeding he didn’t imagine Top Gear would help out...
Published 04 February 2015
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News: Complaints spark motorway 'stealth' camera rethink...

New motorway “stealth” cameras could be painted yellow to make them more conspicuous after complaints from drivers that their use is underhand...
Published 02 February 2015
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Letters of the week, January 25

This week: Smart motorways, parent-and-child parking (again), and illegal foreign cars.
Published 27 January 2015