Tag: Wales
Why 20mph speed limits are a menace to motorists that will make roads MORE dangerous - and who is lining their pockets with the speeding fines: SPECIAL REPORT
A SUNNY June day on a riverside road in central London, and an electric moped - driven by the actor Idris Elba - is caught on camera doing 28mph.
Town halls face losing record sums for fixing roads under new rules aimed at ending the 'pothole plague'
The 'carrot and stick' strategy will see ministers withhold a quarter of the cash earmarked for councils unless they share more performance data with the Government on repairs.
Attacks on workmen by motorists surge as anger grows over Britain's record £19billion pothole backlog, report finds, with road maintenance workers being sworn at, spat on and even punched on 'daily' basis
The disclosure came as a report found the repair bill to fix Britain's pock-marked local roads has jumped to £18.6billion - up from £17billion last year.
BMWs and Mercedes are removed from Motability scheme after Rachel Reeves said leasing luxury cars to disability claimants is 'unfair' to working families
Motability announced it will 'immediately' stop offering the luxury models, in addition to cars made by Audi, Alfa Romeo and Lexus.
The Motability map of Britain: Areas with the highest number of benefit claimants entitled to brand new car under the controversial £3BILLION scheme
Motability was set up to help Brits with serious physical disabilities get around. But the bloated scheme is now being used by people with a wide variety of ailments.
Where your stolen car ends up: A shipping container 'needle' found hidden in a vast 'haystack' of cargo - with £230,000 worth of stolen vehicles inside due to be shipped across the world
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of vehicles are snatched from streets and driveways across the UK every day, with many smuggled abroad to cities from Dubai and Moscow to Kinshasa.
SUV owners targeted with new higher parking fees in one major city
SUV owners may feel the consequences of new parking fees with higher rates for heavier models now a reality.
SUV owners targeted with new higher parking fees in major UK city
SUV owners may feel the consequences of new parking fees with higher rates for heavier models now a reality.
Is this Britain's most dangerous road junction? Residents living near 'death trap' crossroads say they fear for their lives after spate of serious car crashes
The series of clips at the Llynclys crossroads, on the England and Wales border, show a car being spun after being hit by a lorry, and another flipped on its roof.
The new age of highway robbery: From yellow box junctions to hated 20mph zones, car parks and LTNs, ROSS CLARK examines how the war on motorists is out of control
One industry is making more money than ever: the business of fining motorists for the most inconsequential of traffic violations.
Furious couple blocked into their drive after blundering council paints bus stop directly outside
Christopher Harris and Michelle Smith, from south Wales found the bus stop painted outside their drive when they returned from work last month having been told it would placed further up the road.
Revealed: The most hellish driving routes to avoid if you are on a journey with children
As many as 72 per cent of parents will be embarking on a car journey with their kids in the October half term or at Christmas. Pictured: File photo of summer holiday traffic
Revealed: Britain's most scenic routes - does your favourite Sunday drive make the list?
Britain is rich in scenic routes with its rugged coastlines, dramatic cliffs and rolling hills.
Drivers older than 70 will be forced to take eye tests every three years and banned if they fail, under new motoring law
The radical proposals could also see the the drink-drive limit in England in Wales lowered from 35mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath to 22mg per 100ml, as it is in Scotland.
Driver of 'rogue' Jaguar I-Pace is charged with fraud and dangerous driving
Nathan Owen, 32, of Prestatyn, whose 'out-of-control' Jaguar I-Pace car had to be rammed off the road by police, has been charged with fraud, dangerous driving and causing a public nuisance.
