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Saturday, 28 November 2015

BBC News

• 'Kids in back' driver clocked at 122mphA car with a toddler and baby on board has been clocked at 122mph on a Greater Manchester motorway, say police.

The Guardian

• Warning of backlash over car number plate camera networkPolice chiefs face public backlash over the way system is operating, says government’s CCTV commissionerBritain’s network of number plate recognition cameras amounts to “one of the largest data gatherers in the world” and threatens to spark a public outcry against police mass surveillance, the CCTV commissioner has warned.Tony Porter, the former assistant chief constable in charge of counterterrorism at the 2012 Olympics, said police chiefs faced a backlash over the potentially illegal way they were operating number plate recognition cameras. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Want more parking spaces? Just make the bays smallerShoppers complain after council responds to plea for more parking spaces by slimming existing bays

Mail Online

• Car giants refuse to sort out MPG scam for 5 YEARS and wants tests pushed back Drivers across Britain and the world pay hundreds of pounds a year more for fuel than they expect to because car makers exaggerate economy figures by up to 120 per cent.

Birmingham Post

• �60,000 electric car has UK's slowest depreciation rate Tesla Model S is beating depreciation, and could be the wisest car investment around in 2016.

Bolton News

• 4p a litre knocked off unleaded petrol and diesel on supermarket forecourts SUPERMARKET Asda dropped the price of unleaded petrol today — despite saying it would not take part in the Black Friday discount day.

Other Regional Press

• Outrage as unsafe drivers are allowed to stay on the roads ROAD safety campaigners say they are “astonished” that drivers with as many as 51 points on their licences are still allowed on the county’s roads.
• SPENDING REVIEW: Plea to remember road safety as Dorset County Council could face further cuts in today's budget DORSET County Council is under “significant pressure” when it comes to finances but should use its resources efficiently and prioritise its spending, according to one councillor.

Green Miscellany

• Volvo will pay for damage caused by driverless carsAhead of a major trial of autonomous vehicle on public roads in Sweden comes news that Volvo will take responsibility for damage caused by its driverless cars. The post Volvo will pay for damage caused by driverless cars appeared first on ETA.