Greenpeace's new ad has 4x4s in its sights but like the reviewer I
think this is mean spirited
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=999
If I had a 4x4 this doesnt inform me - it just calls me names

Witnessed this morning:
Dual carriageway with medium/large roundabouts. Volvo dawdling along in
left lane, Polo in right going only a little faster as they approach
the roundabout. Volvo gets on the r'bout first in left lane with polo

I suspect this is bollocks?
http://www.engadget.com:80/2006/10/16/uk-drivers-change-lanes-to-outsmart-specs-
speeding-cameras/
Anyone know for sure?

A mate of mine driving a wagon, stops at traffic lights...handbrake on
and out of gear.  He slips the seatbelt off his right shoulder to
reach across his cab (this action takes a couple of seconds), he is
seen by a trafpol, pulled over and given a ticket for incorrect use of

Well.  There is a 1 in 10,000 chance of getting killed in a 4WD as
opposed to a 1 in 200 jchance in a jelly mould.  Yet the governments
want us to drive jelly moulds forgetting the true eventual cost of
death on the public purse.

Whilst browsing for something I came across this howler -
"The brakes of my daughter's 2001 Mercedes A-class failed
spectacularly and caused her to take evasive action to avoid an
oncoming HGV. If you have a flat tyre and change to the spare, it is

Narrow one way street, just wide enough for vehicles to get through and
there was a hold up for some reason - a delay of about five minutes
until the traffic started moving.
Little silver grey car four ahead, driven by a female, doesn't move and

Nowhere to been seen anymore. I remember listening to the London Oscar
channels (traffic) in the 70's/80's when they used to be on about 100MHz and
they used to pull up hundreds, every evening. Its interesting listening now
. There is rarely a vehicle check happening.

There's an Argos close by on a main road. Their loading bay is down the
side, and the alleyway quite narrow. It's next door to a small Tesco's
with filling station which I use quite frequently, and have often seen
trucks backing in there, and marvelled at the driver's skills - as ...

I had just given a briefing to a student on what to do when meeting
oncoming traffic, when there is a parked vehicle on the left. I explained we
give priority, stopping in the "holdback" position, three car lengths from
the hazzard and just to the left of road center.

So there I am, driving from Lochmaben to Lockerbie at 7am today. There
are two transit vans ahead of me. It's a nice clear, straight bit of
road, so I pull out to overtake them. Nothing hairy: I'm doing 60 and
they are doing about 45, so I am making reasonable progress past them.

Not usually becoming involved with accidents too often, I lack the
experience to give valid advice...
The local water authority has being rather busy of late digging up
paths and roads in the area. At one particularly hazardous T junction

While watching a Top Gear clip just I noticed the audience was about 1/3
women.
How come this group is pretty much 100% male then?
(Not counting Conor, obviously)

Bearing in mind that one driver's 'over-assisted' steering may be another
driver's 'too heavy' steering, is it beyond the means of the car
manufacturers to offer adjustable power steering so that the owner can
adjust the degree of steering assistance to suit his/her own personal