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- Cars ablaze
- TWO motorists had their cars set alight in separate incidents today. One was a Honda Civic parked outside of the owner's home in Lister Avenue, Dunston, Gateshead, around midnight. Fire crews were then called to a Fiat Punto set alight at the owner's home in Chester Gardens, Crawcrook,...
- Research articles 2008-08-16
- Nude cyclists protest car pollution in Brazil's Sao Paulo
- 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...
- Research articles 2008-06-14
- Motorists want more help with green drive
- Byline: By STEVE HUGHES MORE than three quarters of families in the UK intend to do more to help the environment during the next 12 months. This is one of the key findings of research by car company Saab, which, together with Ford, offers cars that can run...
- Research articles 2007-11-30
- California bans smoking in cars with child passengers
- LOS ANGELES AFP — California's cigar-loving leader Arnold Schwarzenegger has passed a law making it an offense to smoke in a car carrying children under the age of 18, official sources said Thursday. The new law -- the latest in a series of crackdowns on smokers in California --...
- Research articles 2007-10-11
- Man admits being Britain's fastest speeding motorist
- LONDON AFP — A man pleaded guilty Friday to driving at 172 miles (277 kilometres) per hour in a high-performance sports car on a public road, making him the fastest motorist ever caught speeding in Britain. Timothy Brady was caught driving a 98,000-pound (144,000-euro, 197,000-dollar) Porsche 911 Turbo in...
- Research articles 2007-08-24
- Lost your spare tyre? Are we a nation of dipsticks when it comes to knowing about our cars? In Girl Torque this week, JACKIE VIOLET looks at new research In association with Saab
- Byline: JACKIE VIOLET WE BRITS may claim to be a nation of car lovers but millions of us just wouldn't know where to start if their car went wrong. Research by breakdown specialist Green Flag reveals that more than nine million motorists - nearly 30% of the country's...
- Research articles 2007-07-27
- Motorists getting greyer, greener, thriftier: Nissan's Ghosn
- TOKYO AFP — Motorists are getting older, thriftier and more concerned about the planet, sending automakers back to the drawing board to develop cars to meet their needs, industry guru Carlos Ghosn said Friday. "There is no doubt that 10 years down the road, the average age of a...
- Research articles 2007-07-20
- NMUK in Sunderland Ships Second Model to Japan.
- SUNDERLAND, England, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Nissan's Sunderland Plant has started exporting its second model to Japan in the space of just ten weeks. In March, QASHQAI became the first Sunderland-built model in over a decade to be exported...
- Research articles 2007-05-17
- Nine die as snow, freezing rain sock US midwest, east
- WASHINGTON AFP — At least nine people were killed as heavy snowfall blanketed the US midwest Sunday, and airports on the east coast reported delays of an hour and more. In the upper midwest state of Wisconsin, eight people died in road accidents as motorists lost control of their...
- Research articles 2007-02-25
- Elderly motorist stunned by switch to right-hand traffic -- in 1967
- STOCKHOLM AFP — A 79-year-old motorist in Sweden who hadn't driven to town in more than 40 years told a court he was stunned to discover that the country had switched from left to right-hand traffic -- in 1967. The man, whose name was not disclosed, was in court...
- Research articles 2007-02-14
- Prices no bar to hot sales
- Byline: By Steve Hughes The tidal wave of new cars coming to market is quite relentless despite the best efforts of a vociferous minority to banish all forms of personal transport or at least to milk them for as much money as possible. While the notion that charging...
- Research articles 2006-12-15
- Stockholmers set to approve road toll
- STOCKHOLM AFP — Residents of the Swedish capital Stockholm appear set to approve a congestion charge aimed at reducing traffic and pollution, preliminary results of a weekend referendum show. The "yes" camp was credited with 53.1 percent of votes while 46.9 percent voted to reject the scheme in a poll...
- Research articles 2006-09-17
- NZealanders registering cars as hearses
- WELLINGTON AFP — Canny New Zealanders have reportedly taken to registering their cars as hearses to take advantage of a loophole giving part-time undertakers a discount on their fee. Many motorists in the city of Christchurch had managed to slash their registration from the normal levy of 260 dollars...
- Research articles 2006-07-28
- Polish drink-drivers could have cars confiscated
- WARSAW AFP — Polish motorists who drink then get behind the wheel may have their cars confiscated under plans to crack down on the growing problem of drink-drivers, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said. "The changes in the law have to hit offenders financially," Ziobro told a news conference. ...
- Research articles 2006-06-20
- Driver punched in face
- A motorist was punched in the face in a road rage incident. The attack happened between 6pm and 6.15pm last Saturday in Huddersfield Road, Skelmanthorpe. The driver of a Nissan Micra had to brake sharply when a silver, four-door car he was following pulled up suddenly. One...
- Research articles 2006-06-13
- Inflation Could Actually Save You Money This Summer!
- Are you one of the many Americans suffering from sticker-shock...at the gas pump? Shaking your head at the national average of $2.91 per gallon for self-serve regular? Worried about your gas mileage and the cost of traveling this summer? How would you like to save about $1.50...
- Research articles 2006-05-25
- US motorist whacked by deer: highway patrol
- SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Cars usually hit wild animals on rural roads but a motorist in California had a deer slam into him just as he was checking his car for signs of an animal collision, the highway patrol said. Robert Brooks, 55, was driving about 45 kilometers (28...
- Research articles 2005-11-10
- Time to share
- Commuters are clogging up our roads by not sharing lifts. Every day more than a quarter of a million cars congest roads in the North East. A quarter of motorists get behind the wheel for a journey that they could easily walk, reveals a new survey by Prudential....
- Research articles 2005-11-10
- British motorists paying out billions to park cars
- LONDON AFP — Motorists are paying over one billion pounds in soaring parking fines and fees. Local authorities raked in the sum during 2003-2004, 71 percent up on the 638 million pounds recouped in 1997-1998. Ellesmere Port and Neston in northwest England saw the biggest rise over the...
- Research articles 2005-06-17
- Driver hunted
- Police are hunting a motorist whose dangerous driving forced another car off a busy Tyneside road. It happened at 8.50pm on Friday on the A1058 Coast Road heading west near the junction with Norham Road in North Shields. The 18-year-old driver of a Vauxhall Corsa pulled into the...
- Research articles 2005-05-24
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