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Door mirror before crash
Honesty is the best policy? Not if you're involved in a hit and run

Our writer had his car door mirror smashed by an impatient driver who didn't stop. Is this normal behaviour from road users?

Little Chef has been put up for sale  Rex Features
Little Chef: the restaurants time forgot

As Little Chef is put up for sale, our writer wonders if the restaurants' time is up

Ban lorries from driving in central London
Ban lorries from central London during the day

After yesterday’s terrible bike accident in Victoria, central London, the answer might be to restrict the hours lorries can drive in London.

It's snowing – so get out of your 4x4 and into a small car
It's snowing – so get out of your 4x4 and into a small car

A weekend of snow means red weather warnings and encouragement to stay in-doors. It's no wonder we've become obsessed with 4x4s. But the real answer is a little common sense and an equally little car.

Bentley Cheryl Cole  Getty - Bentley
Cheryl Cole in a free Bentley isn't the kind of publicity the brand needs

Bentley should be trying to shed its 'footballer’s favourite' image and move upmarket. Giving a car to Cheryl Cole won’t help that one bit.

Ban smoking in cars with kids? First let’s enforce the laws we’ve got   PA
Ban smoking in cars with kids? First let’s enforce the laws we’ve got

Banning smoking in cars carrying kids sounds thoroughly sensible but more laws with fewer police on the roads are a waste of time.

Tax the rich to feed the car industry  Rex Features
Revive the car industry: tax the rich to feed the poor

We propose a supercar super-tax with the money pumped back into making motoring cheaper for the rest of us

The congestion charge is 10 years old and in that time has risen from £5 to £10 a day. One man who drives in London explains his reasons for taking the car.  AP
Why the congestion charge won’t stop me

The congestion charge is 10 years old and in that time has risen from £5 to £10 a day. One man who drives in London explains his reasons for taking the car.

Forget the loopholes: if you speed, face the consequences  Reuters
Forget the loopholes: if you speed, face the consequences

As former MP Chris Huhne faces jail for dodging his speeding points, all motorists would do well to remember that the law is the law.

With fuel prices so high, can't some of that money be spent improving our crumbling roads?  Eamonn & James Clarke
A national disgrace: fuel prices soar while our roads crumble

Why does the Government tax motorists £45 billion but only spend £9 billion on our roads?

Floods, potholes, congestion, our roads need more investment now!  PA
Floods, potholes, congestion, our roads need more investment now!

With the government committing £33bn to a train line we won’t see until 2033, Richard Yarrow can’t help wondering if they’ve forgotten about the appalling state of our roads

Snow on the roads  PA
Our roads really shouldn't grind to a halt because of a little snow

What is it with the UK road network and snow? Other countries manage just fine with much worse weather while we descend into chaos at the sight of a few flakes…

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