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Surrey Police show they really are tackling middle lane hogs

Police really are tackling middle lane hogs

If you get frustrated by drivers sitting in the middle lane of the motorway, when the inside lane is perfectly clear, then you'll take comfort...
Published 18 May 2018
Jim Dyke, 32, said he'd had enough of drivers speeding through his home village of Clows Top, Worcester, that decided to take matters into his own hands. The carpenter took just three hours to construct his own fake speed camera .

Man builds fake speed camera, drivers slow down

Some drivers see speed cameras as a plague but one man was so desperate to slow down the cars passing his door that he erected his own fake Gatso
Published 17 May 2018
Meghan Markle's half-sister allegedly involved in car crash while escaping paparazzi

Markle sister "in crash while escaping paparazzi"

Meghan Markle’s half-sister was injured in a car accident after a confrontation with a photographer, it has been claimed.
Published 17 May 2018
Police call for witnesses after classic car driver dies following hit-and-run

Call for witnesses after hit-and-run

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after classic car enthusiast who was the victim of a hit-and-run crash has died from his injur
Published 17 May 2018
Squirrels stash pine cones in car engine bay

Squirrels stash pine cones in engine bay

A Michigan resident got a shock when he discovered hundreds of pine cones under the bonnet of his car on May 11.
Published 17 May 2018
It will be legal to park your car by remote control on UK roads from June

Parking your car by remote control to be legal

New laws will allow drivers to use their car's key fob or smartphone app to remotely park their vehicle on British roads.
Published 17 May 2018
Bloodhound SSC car will make its 1,000mph land speed record attempt in autumn 2019

Bloodhound SSC will attempt 1,000mph in 2019

Richard Noble has had it with delays. In a rousing statement sent out this morning, the Bloodhound SSC Project Director announced...
Published 16 May 2018
One-of-a-kind Mini celebrates Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Royal wedding — and you could buy it

One-off Mini celebrates Royal wedding

Mini is renowned for its mixing of proudly-British themes with contemporary flair and bold design, so it should come as no shock that it has...
Published 16 May 2018
Qantas called it a world first, as the all-electric SUV successfully towed the Dreamliner as part of a Guinness World Record attempt, as the heaviest tow by an electric production passenger vehicle.

Another car has towed a jumbo jet

If PR stunts can become clichéd, cars pulling jumbo jets has surely reached that status after Qantas and Tesla used a Model X to pull a 787.
Published 16 May 2018
Former Aston Villa star Jlloyd Samuel killed in car crash after dropping kids at school

Former footballer Jlloyd Samuel killed in crash

A former Trindad and Tobago international footballer who played for English teams Aston Villa and Bolton Wanders has died in a car crash after dr
Published 16 May 2018
Has Bernie Eccleston bought Ayrton Senna's old racing car

Did Bernie Ecclestone buy Ayrton Senna's race car?

Ayrton Senna's 1993 Monaco Grand Prix-winning Formula One car has sold for €4.1million (£3.7m) in an auction in Monaco.
Published 15 May 2018
Watch professional driver take on roborace driveless racing car

Watch driverless racing car battle human racer

Twenty-one years ago the Deep Blue supercomputer beat reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov in what was a landmark 'man vs machine'...
Published 15 May 2018