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Friday, 06 March 2015

BBC News

• Drivers get 10-minute parking leewayDrivers will get 10 minutes' grace before being fined if they stay too long in council-owned car parks in England, the government announces.
• UK 'needs action' on driverless carsThe government needs to work out how driverless cars will be introduced onto UK roads, an influential group of MPs has said.

Financial Times

• MPs call for ‘minister of driverless cars’Government is warned against missing benefits of new road technology

The Guardian

• Drivers to get 10 minutes' grace to avoid parking penaltiesMinisters, who say the war on motorists must come to an end, also restrict use of CCTV spy carsDrivers are to get 10 minutes’ grace after a parking ticket runs out before they can be hit with a fine. Under a change in the law to take effect within week, the leeway will apply to all on-street and off-street council parking spots. The move is designed to bring an end to decades of drivers’ complaints about returning to their cars moments after a ticket expires to find they have already been hit with a penalty. Continue reading...

The Herald

• New car sales in Scotland outstrip national average as market enjoys biggest boom on recordNEW car sales in Scotland outstripped the national average in February as the UK new car market racked up a record-breaking 36th consecutive month of growth.

Mail Online

• 10 minute let-off to avoid a parking ticket: From next month new law will let you overstay your meter without a fine  In a law change to take effect within weeks, motorists will get a 'grace period' in all council parking places. New rules will apply to cars parked in a pay-and-display bays or spaces with time limits.
• Potholes blighting up to one in five roads: Thousands of country lanes need work after it wasn't done last year Drivers are noticing more potholes on motorways because, instead of a rapid reaction team filling them in instantly, the authorities are now ‘saving up’ potholes to fill them in all in one go, says the AA.

The Mirror

• Drivers will be given 10 minutes grace when their ticket expires before they are hit with parking fine The Government has also signalled an end to the use of CCTV spy cars to enforce on street parking

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Boris Johnson will visit Berwick today to throw his weight behind the Dual the A1 CampaignThe Mayor of London will visit the town as a local conservative tries to secure funding to expand planned dualling to the Scottish border

North Wales Live

• Driverless cars could improve road safety says Liverpool MPDriverless cars could radically improve road safety and boost business, according to a major report launched today (FRI) by Riverside MP Louise Ellman.

Other News Sources

• Addison Lee plans New York expansionTaxi firm to rival Uber for share of NY market worth £2.2bn