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I have just got a letter in the post from Southwark council, my London borough. They want to institute a 20 mph limit near where I live (Salter Road, SE16), enforced by average speed cameras. It is a busy residential road with a bad accident record etc, etc. Except it is nothing of the sort.

Salter Rd was built in the 1980s as a spine road for the new Surrey Quays development. It has almost no houses on it. As per most modern developments, the houses are all built on side roads and face away from the main

A British motor show is set to take place on the eve of the Festival of Speed at Goodwood this year.

The show will take place on Thursday 1 July and, unlike most static motor shows, will allow visitors to test drive the cars around the Goodwood estate and up the famous hill route that features in the Festival.

The idea is the brainchild of the estate's owner Lord March and will play host to several important launches,

Are you a keen multitasker? If so, most online shopping sites have the perfect tool for you in stock. For around a tenner you can turn your car into an office with this cool laptop steering wheel desk.

Simply designed, this ingenious gadget clips on and off the steering wheel to provide handy support to your laptop. Imagine all the time you will save on those long drives. You can Skype and drive, shop online, check your email or 'tweet' to your heart's

You know you've made something of yourself when your home town chooses to name something in your honour.

John Lennon and JFK have airports bearing their names, while many a famous sportsman can find streets named after them in the address book.

Now Jenson Button has joined the ranks, but rather than a street, Formula One's latest champion gets a footbridge in his home town of Frome in Somerset as recognition of his achievements.

"The bridge is going to be

Citroen DS3

If you're after a small slice of fashion on wheels, a practical hatch wearing a wrap of sexy chic, your choice so far has been Mini, Fiat 500 and Alfa MiTo. But now there's something new to choose from the budget clothes-rail of automobile fashion, called DS3. You might be surprised to learn that it comes from Citroen, long makers of keenly priced, lower order hatchbacks.

Citroen has sold glamour before, but it was a long time ago, its Maserati-engined SM coupe, one of the

Smoking should be banned in cars carrying children, according to a government public health lobby.

The idea is part of the UK Public Health Faculty's 12 point manifesto to improve wellbeing in Britain, which also includes plans for a 25 percent increase in cycle lanes by 2015.

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Figures released by the Association of Chief Police Officers reveal that the number of people caught drink-driving over the Christmas holidays fell by 16 per cent.

Despite testing some 223,423 drivers – a 21 per cent rise on last year – the number of people arrested after failing the roadside breath tests was just 7,638.

Although this figure only equates to three per cent of the