I've been travelling around the south-western part of the M60 quite a bit
recently, where there are 4-5 miles of ongoing work, changing junctions and
adding lanes.  However, the spanking new bridge over the A56 at Sale
*appears*... to still be carrying just two lanes clockwise !  ...

Im trading my car in at a dealers next week but it needs taxing today.
Not sure if i should tax and get a refund (losing a months money i
assume), or just risk driving it for 5 days without tax.
I expect to get replies saying that its the law that i need to tax the

I have been completely shocked, and have learnt a lot this week.  I
always thought that my family were bad at driving, but everybody I see
seem to be worse.  Just when I think I've found the worlds worst driver
I find somebody even worse.

Is the decision to stop clamping cars in Inslington giving in to
lawbreakers?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4630037.stm
Clamping to be driven off streets

If/when Scotland cedes from the Union should it assert its independence and
change to driving on the right?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/4625677.stm
Bumpiest road in the UK revealed
A road in Staffordshire has been named as the bumpiest in the UK.
The A50, near Uttoxeter, which links the M6 motorway to the M1, was

Hi,
I'm heading from Darlington down the M1 to London next week, and have
heard 'scare' stories about speed cameras, lasers etc.
Is it really so bad? Should i invest in a gps type system with

There is an interesting article here :
http://www.roada.org.uk/articles/overlap.htm
It made me realise that I was trying this method on
a corner that is down hill .....    

For the attention of all lorry drivers:
The Campaign "Enough" is "Enough" is all set for go on the 4th July.
The aim of the campaign is to open the lines of communication and get
somebody to listen to us the "Truckers"

This years AA atlas has the locations of all fixed speed camera sites
included for the first time.
Clearly as speed cameras are only used at accident black spots [1] then this
serves as a useful warning to drivers that the road ahead may be more

OK, the situation was this: roundabout, with me at "6 o'clock" and (for
some reason) traffic queuing across from "3 o'clock" to "9 o'clock".
I wanted to get to exit at "12 o'clock", but my way is blocked by
traffic in front of me, especially those more hapless drivers who

For some time on the A431 "upper" Bristol to Bath road, at Kelston,
there has been a 30mph limit on either side of a light-controlled
junction for access to a construction site.
This was fair enough: going west and down the hill, the previous 60mph

Watched it on TV last night. It was looking at a village on the A47 east of
Peterborough where lots of pedestrians are getting run down. My pet hate
with these programmes is the way they concentrate on the vehicles but make
no mention of how pedestrians can make a difference.

OT, but anyone know if there is a services just before the M42 J6 southbound
(for Bham  airport)? I have to travel from Nottingham to pick someone up at the
airport and I'd rather wait at a services than fiddle with airport car parks (if
possible)! My maps are out of date and Sat ...

How should I approach this journey....?
Will be leaving at 6AM on Wednesday - need it quick as possible
theaa.com says 2 and a half hours - Google maps says 3 hours.
Both recommend - M3 - A34 - M4 .......