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Tuesday, 26 May 2015

BBC News

• Limited powers 'harming road safety'Limited devolution may be harming road safety progress in Wales, the motoring charity RAC Foundation claims.
• Biker 'doing 111mph' among speedersA biker is charged by police after being caught allegedly driving at 111mph on the A96 between Inverurie and Aberdeen.
• Will truckers lose out to software?Is the lorry driver of the future a piece of software?

Financial Times

• Chinese city to launch Uber rival serviceMunicipal government’s plan follows police raid to shut US group’s local office

The Guardian

• Mexico City taxi drivers stage mass protest over UberHundreds of drivers protest online service’s tax and regulationLeader: ‘We are not against technology, we want a level playing field’US investigates hacked UK Uber accounts Related: Uber’s first self-driving car spotted in Pittsburgh Hundreds of taxi drivers marched through Mexico City on Monday, chanting “Uber Out!â€� and demanding city authorities ban the online ride service. Some drove their pink-and-white cabs in ranks, snarling traffic along the city’s main boulevard. Continue reading...
• Traffic noise could increase risk of fat around midriff, says Swedish studyExposure to road, rail and aircraft noise could be a physiological stressor that increases production of cortisol, which is thought to have role in fat deposits A pot belly might not simply be the product of too much food and not enough exercise, according to a Swedish study that found it could be related to traffic noise.Research published in the Occupational & Environmental Medicine journal has revealed a link between exposure to road traffic, rail and aircraft noise and the risk of developing midriff bulge, one of the most harmful types of fat deposit around the body. Continue readi...

The Herald

• Motorcyclist pulled over for allegedly riding at 111mphA motorcyclist has been caught allegedly driving at 111mph on a rural road during a police crackdown on speeding during the Bank Holiday.

City AM

• The high stakes fight for London’s streetsLondon’s cabbies are taking on Uber, and TfL TRANSPORT for London’s (TfL) headquarters will be the scene of a protest by black cab drivers today. The action is a demonstration of the simmering tensions between traditional cabbies and modern firms like Uber, which show no sign of dying down. Black cab drivers are represented by the London Taxi Drivers’ Association (LTDA), Unite the Union, the RMT union or the National Taxi Association. However, today’s protest is being organised by a splinter group called the United Cabbies Group, perhaps indicating some frustration with the represe...

Mail Online

• Living near a motorway or under flight path could mean you pile on the pounds The Swedish researchers found that adults who lived in an area disrupted by road traffic, trains or planes were 25 per cent more likely to have a bulge, spare tyre or 'central obesity'.

Bolton News

• Angry residents protest over lorries stopping in 'dangerous' road outside Great Lever shop A PETITION has been launched by a group of Great Lever residents to have double yellow lines and traffic lights installed on a