Happened to drive along the overhead London end yesterday at night and was
surprised to find there was no street lighting on any of it. All the
central lampposts appeared to have been hacked off at about a couple of
metres up. Did some fall down or whatever?

"Driving Me Crazy" is just about to start on ITV (9:00 Tuesday)
I just thought I'd start a thread so we can discuss it later on... ;-)

www.autospies.com/news/BMW-Hydrogen-7-hitting-UK-roads-next-week-15149/
We occasionally see one driving around the streets of New York City, but now eight BMW Hydrogen 7 cars are making their way to the UK next week as a part of BMW’s CleanEnergy Program. The eight BMW Hydrogen ...

So today i got a little to complacent i suppose and after my Rest period, i
forgot to switch the tacho back to crossed hammers (we do multi drop work)
so now my after noon part of the chart shows rest between driving although i
don't think any of them are greater than 15 minutes ...

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/senator-whos-voted-on-anti-cellphone-driving-
laws-crashes-car/
"California State Senator Carole Migden -- former voter for a state bill
that fines people for using their cellphones while driving -- rear-ended her
state-issued SUV into a Honda ...

I was on the M25 heading to the M3 yesterday night and there is some kind of
roadworks going on and there is these new SPECS camera. There was a 50mph
warning sign saying 50MOH 3/4 mile ahead. Then as approaching the roadworks
there is sign on the hardshould saying 50 and there ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6627651.stm
Closed the road for a whole day, ffs.

Reading a review of the new Mini Cooper in this month's Top Gear
Magazine, the reviewer talks about how you can steer on the throttle,
saying that if a corner unexpectedly tightens, some extra power will
help you get round.

Do ist den schlicken? Comme inter dent lascht? Do ist denn
carrberettum mein dookle jookle poom!
Jatte, ratte link. Tootle rootem jinkel jinem.
DO IIST KINKLE ROCKEN :D!!

In theory, at least:
http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk:80/news?articleid=2884995
A COCKY biker who thought he was above the law when he raced past speed
cameras in Leighton with two fingers in the air has been banned from

"Nothing to do with us" this is what the gentleman sat in the front
passenger seat of a Highways Agency patrol 4x4 said to me when I
pointed out to him that the car next to him had been driven on the
motorway in near darkness with only parking (side) lights on. Perhaps

OK....I'M GOING POLITICAL FOR A SEC......
ON TUESDAY, MAY 15TH, UNLESS YOU ARE SITTING ON EMPTY AND IT IS A MUST
DO....DO NOT PURCHASE GASOLINE NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 15TH...IT MIGHT NOT
SEEM LIKE IT, BUT THIS WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO THE BIG OIL COMPANIES

Hi all, recommendations invited for a standalone hand-held device with
Hands free Bluetooth mobile phone control, UK postcode search sat-nav
and USB upgradeable speed camera database.
I like the look of the Snooper range of three units particularly with

Jat in dien hoojlesten torchchist uber dicen liggle. Toch doon eellant
douch oust dien commmen! Jaggle is den haggle inter largen. Kilist
comme zuton keek mias tien hooken?
Ar est den hangen schlack toot riggen lasct? Dutor is den rocken poom

A few weeks ago I got some rain repellent and applied it as instructed
to all the windows.
http://www.gbdriver.co.uk/acatalog/Car_Care.html
This stuff is a 'glass treatment' and allegedly bonds to the glass,