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• Bulgarian driver has 20 litres of beer 'for the road'

  - 2008-08-04

  SOFIA AFP — A motorist stopped by Bulgarian police after a minor traffic accident admitted he had drunk 20 litres of beer -- and promptly passed out, bTV television reported Monday. The man had a blood alcohol reading more than double the level usually considered lethal. The 25-year...

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• Germany targets truckers to help motorists save fuel: interview

  - 2008-06-29

  BERLIN AFP — Germany plans to squeeze truckers in an effort to ease congestion on the country's highways and help motorists deal with rising fuel costs, a minister said in a newspaper interview published Sunday. The government plans to restrict lorries to one lane and ban them from overtaking,...

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• Russia ends zero-tolerance drunk-driving law

  - 2008-06-20

  MOSCOW AFP — Russia is to end its zero-tolerance drunk-driving law and allow motorists to have a small drink before taking the wheel, a road-safety official said Friday. The maximum blood-alcohol level will be raised from zero to 0.3 grams per litre of blood on July 1 to move...

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• Nude cyclists protest car pollution in Brazil's Sao Paulo

  - 2008-06-14

  SAO PAULO AFP — Some 200 semi-nude bicycle riders snarled traffic Saturday in downtown Sao Paulo to protest car pollution and dangerous riding conditions in the city. The demonstration drew the attention of motorists and passersby alike with no incident reported other than the arrest of one of the...

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• 'Lollipop' men and women go hi-tech

  - 2008-04-30

  LONDON AFP — First there were speed cameras to catch errant motorists. Now the humble "lollipop" man and woman -- road safety guardians outside schools -- are being used against aggressive drivers. The volunteers, many of them elderly, who help children cross roads safely by halting traffic, are getting...

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• British refinery closure sparks fears of petrol queues

  - 2008-04-25

  LONDON AFP — British motorists could face petrol shortages in the next few days after one of the country's biggest oil refineries shut down Friday ahead of a strike over pensions. The Grangemouth plant, west of Edinburgh in Scotland, was shut down by owners Ineos ahead of the action...

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• Honda system to warn motorists of crime hotspots

  - 2008-04-21

  TOKYO AFP — Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. will start a new system this week warning motorists when they are driving close to crime hotspots. Based on information from the police, drivers will get an alert through Honda's on-board navigation system about areas where cars have been damaged, stolen...

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• New York nixes traffic congestion charge

  - 2008-04-08

  NEW YORK AFP — Plans by New York authorities to introduce a London-style traffic congestion charge for motorists entering Manhattan ground to a shuddering halt Monday when state legislators blocked the proposed levy. The state assembly had until midnight to ratify the measure put forward by New York Mayor...

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• One dead, 30 hurt in 60 vehicle pile-up on Austrian motorway

  - 2008-03-25

  VIENNA AFP — One person was killed and 30 injured, five seriously, when a snowstorm provoked a massive pile-up involving some 60 vehicles on a motorway in Austria, police said Tuesday. The mid-morning accident, on the Seelwachen-St Georgen stretch of the Vienna-Salzburg autobahn, left many motorists trapped inside their...

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• Caught speeding? Crush a camera

  - 2008-01-29

  LONDON AFP — A businessman is offering fed-up British motorists the chance to get their own back on hated speed cameras -- by crushing them with a 17-tonne tank, he said Tuesday. Bill Bailey, who runs a paintball business in southwest England, said the off-road experience with a difference...

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