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Sunday, 12 April 2015

BBC News

• Unsafe taxis and minibuses clampdownMore than half of minibuses, taxis and private hire vehicles checked during a two-day clampdown in Swansea were found to be unsafe.

The Guardian

• Tax disc loophole leaves angry drivers facing massive finesThe paper disc on the windscreen may have vanished, but now a change of ownership can mean being clamped and towed – and money for the DVLAThousands of law-abiding motorists are having their cars towed away and having being charged fines of as much as £800 after unwittingly falling foul of car tax rule changes introduced by the DVLA. Figures obtained by Guardian Money reveal that DVLA clampings have risen dramatically since October, when the agency did away with paper vehicle excise duty discs.Before the changes DVLA was clamping about 5,000 vehicles a month, but this has surged to m...

Mail Online

• Drivers caught speeding on the rise due to 'stealth' cameras used by the police  New figures show that the number of drivers caught out by the ‘grey cameras’ have soared, with 112,000 divers given penalty notices or sent to court for offences on the motorway.

Bolton News

• Taxi strike over Uber 'could bring Bolton to a standstill' HUNDREDS of taxi drivers could bring Bolton to a standstill — after plans for a strike were voted through.

Bristol Live

• The Bristol Post commented Motorway speeding tickets around Bristol rise from 750 to 23,000...The number of speeding tickets on motorways around Bristol has risen from 756 to a whopping 23,086.Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show the dramatic spike in drivers getting caught for flouting regulations.Digital cameras on 'smart motorways' where speed limits vary and the hard shoulder becomes a fourth lane are thought to be the cause. Parts of the M4 and M5 around the city are where most drivers have been snapped in Avon and Somerset.Grey in colour, they have been...

London Evening Standard

• One dead and six injured as stolen ambulance crashes into double-decker bus A stolen ambulance last night ploughed into a car and a double-decker bus, killing the emergency vehicle's driver and injuring six people.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• York ambulance was stolen just minutes before fatal bus crashPolice were searching for the private ambulance when it was involved in a crash with a car and bus on the A64 and the driver died at the scene

Northern Echo

• Motorists warned of Bedale bypass construction work delays WORK is under way to create roundabouts at both ends of the Bedale bypass as part of the first phase of the £42m scheme.

Wales Online

• Roads clear in Barry Island after traffic plan is introduced to avoid weekend congestionThe Vale of Glamorgan council introduced the new measures after massive congestion following the reopening of Barry Island Pleasure Park

Yorkshire Post

• Update: Driver of stolen ambulance dies in A64 crashTHE driver of a stolen ambulance died and six people were taken to hospital in a collision between an ambulance, a car and a double-decker bus.

Blackpool Gazette

• Revamp for town’s roundabout of woeA problem roundabout which has left some motorists in a spin has finally been revamped after a car became ‘impaled’.

Bucks Free Press

• Speed signs purchased to fight dangerous drivers in village A journey to safer roads is soon to start for drivers in two south Buckinghamshire villages, as campaigners hope to implement moveable road signs alerting people when they are going over the speed limit.

Other Regional Press

• Speed limit for lorries raised - but will it be a disaster for Hampshire motorists? IT is the sight no motorist enjoys – staring at the back end of a lorry as an otherwise clear road stretches out in front of them.
• CitizenNews published Disabled bays are being blocked by careless drivers in Kingsholm,...Disabled drivers are unable to use their own bays because their are being blocked in by careless motorists in Kingsholm, residents say.People with mobility issues cannot reach spaces dedicated to them near their St Mark's Court homes, in Sherborne Street, due to congestion.Fire engines have also reportedly been seen struggling to get through in an emergency due to the amount of cars parked by inconsiderate drivers.Residents blame parents picking up and dropping off their children from Kingsholm...
• Supersonic car will roar into Oxford THE team behind a car designed to travel at more than 1,000mph will be in Oxford with their supersonic creation.

Other News Sources

• 'Keep it open' - residents rally to save Andover Road A CAMPAIGN to stop the closure of a major Winchester road gathered momentum last week despite backlash from a rival group of residents.