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Tuesday, 05 December 2017

BBC News

• 'Raising expectations' over driverless cars?Quentin Willson warns politicians about making promises on driverless cars before sorting out the legislation and infrastructure.

Times Online

• New kind of charge for black cabs [Subscription]The latest London taxi hits the streets today. After weeks of low-key testing, the redesigned six-seat electric hybrid black cab has been fully certified to take fare-paying passengers by Transport for London.

City AM

• London's new electric black cab is now ready for passengersLondon's black cab is going green as the new electric taxi takes to the capital's roads, and is now fully certified to carry fare-paying passengers for the first time.

Birmingham Post

• Taxi pollution crisis 'could leave just 70 cabs on city streets' More than 1,000 drivers could be forced off roads by cost of buying new wheels

London Evening Standard

• More than half of motorists want changes to driving tests that make roads safer, study showsMore than half of motorists are in favour of changes to the driving test that improve road standards.

Other Regional Press

• Some driving tests cancelled in Newport due to strike SOME driving tests have been cancelled in Newport after examiners decided to stage a two-day strike.

Other News Sources

• This is how Highways England says you should drive on a 'smart motorway'Highways England has issued guidance on how motorists should approach sections of so-called 'smart motorway'