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and £2,000 - ferrying children around .....18/05/2009 Speed cameras rake in £10,000 an HOUR from drivers .....07/05/2009 Eating at the wheel could add 40% to the cost of car insurance .....29/04/2009 Bangers for cash: Drivers get £2,000 incentive to trade in old cars for new models .....29/04/2009 LDV sends staff home as end nears  .....29/04/2009 Plans to cut traffic speed limits  .....21/04/2009 Car insurance average cost passes £500 for first time .....17/04/2009 Green car subsidy plan unveiled  .....16/04/2009 UK car firms get European funding  .....09/04/2009 Modified cars ’could put lives at risk’ .....09/04/2009 Motorists hit by third fuel stealth tax in 14 months as families face annual petrol bill price hike of £54  .....02/04/2009 Motorists face above inflation increase in the cost of driving tests and licence fees .....01/04/2009 £1,390 world’s cheapest car headed for Britain .....30/03/2009 Sat-nav to aid disabled motorists  .....03/03/2009 Crackdown on reckless motorists  .....03/03/2009 Sat-nav theft alert to motorists .....03/03/2009 Unwitting motorists face £1,000 fines as photocard driving licences expire .....16/02/2009 The camera that measures average speed - and doesn’t flash .....09/02/2009 New crackdown on millions of motorists as number plate check is included in MOT .....09/02/2009 UK car production drops sharply  .....22/01/2009 Motorist beats 98mph speeding charge - by buying back his car and proving it can only manage a top speed of 85mph .....22/01/2009 Uninsured motorists risk a £1,000 fine and losing their car... even if they don’t drive it .....21/01/2009 Clampdown on bus lane motorists  .....21/01/2009 Model Pc returns to cut speeding  .....21/01/2009 Obama’s ’Beast’ of a car revealed  .....15/01/2009 New car sales fall to lowest level in 13 years, sparking ’sale of the century’ two-for-one deals .....14/01/2009 Motorists ’must switch to electric cars by 2050 if Britain is to meet C02 emissions target’  .....14/01/2009 Car insurance premiums could rise by 20% as injury claims soar .....08/01/2008 Rise in motorists using mobiles .....31/12/2008 Calls for ’speed-limiting’ cars  .....30/12/2008 Toyota braced for historic loss  .....22/12/2008 Tata ’to inject cash into Jaguar’  .....22/12/2008 Motor industry bailout ’due soon’  .....22/12/2008 Government confirms Jaguar talks  .....18/12/2008 Campaign nets hundreds of drivers .....10/12/2012 Clampdown on excessive speeders  .....20/11/2008 Warning over whiplash ’epidemic’  .....17/11/2008 Councils cost drivers tens of millions in ’unlawful traffic and parking restrictions’ .....25/10/2008 130mph web video biker is jailed  .....20/10/2008 New £50m ring road opens to cars  .....20/10/2008 Disabled car badge misuse tackled  .....20/10/2008 Retailers push petrol to below £1 .....15/10/2008 Text driving ’worse than drink’  .....18/09/2008 Illegal blue badges cost £500,000  .....17/09/2008 Garages ’tested’ with faulty cars  .....26/08/2008 Half of drivers think mechanic scammed them .....27/08/2008 New code of practice for garages  .....29/08/2008 Motorists warned over fuel thefts .....25/08/2008 Police target holiday motorists  .....25/08/2008 Motorists given car theft warning  .....25/08/2008 Supermarkets reduce petrol prices  .....22/07/2008 ’Harsher terms’ for death drivers  .....15/07/2008 How much road TAX will YOU have to pay next year??? .....11/07/2008 Road tax increase ’will hit 9.4m’ .....11/07/2008 rising fuel prices could influence car market .....04/07/2008 MPs gear up for car tax challenge .....02/07/2008 Hauliers head to fuel price demo .....02/07/2008 Seatbelt may have saved crash Pc  .....02/07/2008 Bikers complain about new test  .....01/07/2008 Residents fined for selling cars  .....01/07/2008 Annual road deaths at record low  .....01/07/2008 Bendiest roads in the UK revealed  .....06/02/2006 Biggest annoyances to other drivers  .....01/06/2008 Golf vs BMW .....01/06/2008 How Motoring Offences are dealt with by the police .....01/06/2008 Main Points .....01/06/2008 Motoring offences .....01/06/2008 Squirrels have turned out to be a lot more dangerous than they look .....01/06/2008 National Statsistics - 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