Petrol increase looms as oil price hits two-year high (Glasgow Herald) Home page

Motorists face paying more at the petrol pumps.

Also see UK petrol prices rise (BBC News) Home page

Changes to the Driving Test in 2003 (Driving Ambition)

Lower Drink Drive Limit (Sky News) Home page

Most people want to see the limit for drinking and driving lowered, according to a new survey.

Also see uk department for transport / think campaign & SOAP STARS' FESTIVE DRINK-DRIVE ALERT

Sinking hits luxury car buyers (BBC News) Home page

Cars with a retail value of £60m will be lost.

Also see Wilhelmsen Lines the owner of the Tricolor . Also see The history of Wilh. Wilhelmsen

A wheely good career? (Hold the Front Page) Home page Also see Driving Standards Agency

There's currently a shortage of driving instructors

Also see...... Back in the driving seat (Hold the Front Page) Home page

Driving Ambition needs instructors for Brackley / Buckingham /

Road building plans a recipe for more traffic, say critics (Independent) Home page

Billions of pounds to be spent expanding the trunk road network.

SOAP STARS' FESTIVE DRINK-DRIVE ALERT (South Devon Herald) Home page

Also see uk department for transport / think campaign

The drink drive campaign was launched on the 24th October.

Phone firms fight driver earpiece ban (The Times Online) Home page

Also see: Study: Hands-Free Mobile Phones No Cure for Driver Distraction (Wireless newsfactor.com)

10,500 bad drivers pick safety courses (Northampton Chronicle)

PLANS to send bad drivers back to the classroom.

Could this be the end for the British Grand Prix ? (Guardian Unlimited) homepage

As money troubles hit the company that runs Silverstone

Also see Clouds gather over Silverstone (BBC News) homepage

Drug detector has drivers in a sweat (Swissinfo.org) homepage

A new method of detecting whether a driver is under the influence of drugs

Also see Recognising Drug Use and Drug Related Impairment in Drivers (Department for Transport)

UK car theft report (U.TV, UK)

Thieves are now targeting older vehicles figures out today showed.

Nightmare on roads as journeys take longer (icWales website)

Road journey times have soared

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New cameras will be able to detect speeding drivers half a mile away (The Glasgow Herald)

Car labelling promotes greener cars (Environmental data Interactice Exchange)

A new scheme to help car buyers identify greener cars will see UK dealers putting colour-coded labels on new and second-hand cars in show rooms.

Thousands fail to beat Theory Test deadline (Ananova News)

The rush to beat the deadline before the new test starts on November 14 has resulted in the Driving Standards Agency being fully booked in some areas.

Motorists warned over petrol station credit card fraud (Ananova News)

Petrol station credit card fraud is costing UK motorists more than £40 million a year, according to latest figures

Even light drinking impairs driving performance (Reuters)

A group of Dutch researchers have discovered that people with even relatively low levels of alcohol in their blood are less able to realize they have made errors.

Also see New invention could make drink-driving impossible (Ananova News)

Car share idea pays off over time (EDP 24)

All it took was one bright idea to save people money and cut down on the number of cars on the road – and a mere seven years of hard work.

Also see Liftshare.com Can I charge my passengers to car-share? (University of Southampton)

Driving Test Fees Increase

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is to increase its fees for driving tests on 14 November.

Also see Prices

Fire Strikes spark motorway warning (Sky News)

Transport Secretary Alistair Darling has issued a grim warning to motorists during the impending firefighters' strikes to go-slow on the UK's roads

also see Professional Pay for UK Firefighters.

Charity bikers lose everything in Wales (icWales website)

An Australian couple had their round-the-world fundraising motorcycle ride spoiled yesterday when their BMW Motorbike was stolen from a Motorway Service Station on the M4.

Instructor driven mad by phone jam (Suffolk Evening Star)

A SUFFOLK driving instructor has had one 'L' of a time trying to book tests – and its driving him crazy!

EastEnders star passes driving test in real life too (Ananova News) Walford Webcam

EastEnders actor James Alexandrou is celebrating passing his driving test - for the second time in two days.

Flying Ant hit with driving ban (itv.com)

TV star Ant McPartlin has been banned from driving after being caught speeding at 127mph.

Lady confuses car park with a boat !

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Wake up to driver hazard that kills (Bristol Evening Post)

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has launched a campaign which aims to make lorry drivers more aware of the risks of tiredness

EastEnders' Jamie 'to die in car accident' (Ananova News) Walford Webcam

According to The Sunday Mirror the accident happens as Martin celebrates passing his driving test.

Motorists in Japan driven round the bend by license laws (Japan Times)

Drivers who have remained accident-free and who have not committed any traffic violations are required to renew their Japanese license every five years. Those that have committed an offense are required to renew every three years

Army search for lost inflatable tank! (Ananova News)

The army has been searching for an inflatable tank which got lost in weekend storms in South Wales.

Bentley wins top prize (The Sentinel)

Judges named Bentley's new Crewe-built car the cream of the crop at the motor show where it made its UK debut.

Speeding fines double as experts claim it is just a way of raising money

The number of motorists disqualified or convicted of speeding is thought to have reached more than two million last year

First Group's yellow buses just the ticket (Independent News)

First, the UK bus and rail group, is planning to double the number of US-style yellow school buses in operation in the UK following the runaway success of initial trials.

Severe gales spark safety warnings (BBC News)

Four adults and three children have been killed and several others seriously injured as gales swept across England and Wales.

One in six drivers 'has below-standard eyesight' (Ananova News)

Researchers have found five million motorists in Britain could be driving with poor eyesight.

Horses run wild on M40 (Bucks Free Press)

SHOCKED motorists were calling for a steward's inquiry after being overtaken by a horse and pony on the motorway.

93% of Britons support mobile phone driving ban (Europemedia.net)

93 per cent of people in Britain, ‘completely support’ or ‘tend to support’ government proposals to make the use of mobile telephones illegal whilst driving, according to research findings published today

Diesel cars set to outsell petrol (BBC News)

Demand in Britain for cars with diesel engines has exploded during the last year.

Poor children more likely to be hit by cars (icWales website)

CHILDREN in deprived areas are three times more likely to be hit by a car, a new report out today reveals

'Taxi driving caused deep vein thrombosis' says widow (BBC News)

A taxi driver who died of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may have done so as a result of his job, his widow has said.

Motorists favour tougher driving tests (icWales website)

TOUGHER examinations and a compulsory retest for older drivers would be supported by the majority of motorists, according to leading road safety group Brake.

UK motorists' 'driving skills crisis' (U.TV)

Britain's motorists are suffering a ''driving skills crisis'', with the majority regularly breaking speed limits and ignoring basic rules, figures today suggested

Plea to help catch banned drivers (Grimsbury Telegraph)

A change in powers that has allowed police officers to arrest people they suspect are driving while disqualified should help prevent accidents like the one that killed two Lincolnshire teenagers.

Service to remember road victims (Express & Star Lichfield)

A Europe-wide day of remembrance for road crash victims will be marked with a cathedral service next month. National charity Roadpeace is promoting the event at Lichfield Cathedral in memory of thousands of people who die each year on Britain's roads.

Petrol stations to list secret phone masts (Independent News)

Two oil companies agreed yesterday to give a full list of their petrol stations where mobile phone masts are sited

Customs on trail of cooking oil drivers (icWales website)

ASDA in Llanelli tops the chain's UK sales league in cooking oil - because so many people in the town are using it as an alternative to diesel.

National Shortage of Lorry Drivers

Britain is facing a shortage of lorry drivers according to new report from the Freight Transport Association

Driving Ambition's new New Tuition Vehicle..... Peugeot 307 HDi

Watch out for Driving Ambition's new tuition vehicle arriving on the streets of Brackley and Banbury from September 30th 2002.

Update...... Hazard Perception Test now delayed until 14th NOVEMBER 2002

Driving Ambition has now received copies of the new 2002/2003 N.E.Learning CD-ROM to help you prepare for your Hazard and Theory Tests together.

A43 Opens after 16 months of improvements

The quality of life for residents in communities along the A43 in Northamptonshire was dramatically improved today with the opening of the A43 Towcester to M40 dualling scheme.

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