I have noticed a marked deterioration in road repair in my area.
Some of the roads I have to drive on every day have pot-holes big enough
to lose a small car.  The local council thoughtfully paint a white line
around the holes, then do absolutely nothing to fill them in.

Anyone driven one,if so,opinions?
Bod

I know this isn't relevant to this group but thought it was worth asking
because this potentially affects everyone.
Millions of people worldwide are being urged to switch off lights for an
hour, in what is described as the biggest climate change protest ever

Richard Jenkins of Hampshire has set a new world land speed record.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7968860.stm

In your estimation, what percentage of unclassified rural roads are single
track?
I would guess about 20%.
And yet the Highway Code gives no advice whatsoever for driving on single

Met Police urged to rethink decision on enforcement
25 March 2009
Councils in London are urging the Metropolitan Police not to abandon
the enforcement of certain traffic and parking contraventions following

Having reached the age of seventy and having borderline vision, I had
to take a fifteen or twenty minute road test (along with an involved
eye exam) for renewal of my California license.
I passed with flying colours,

M1
Junction 34-35
Congestion
At first glance nothing too unusual, but lets look at that in detail

Link: http://www.sunherald.com/185/story/1221991.html
Extracts:

There seems to be an increasing trend to replace car keys with whizzy
electronic equivalents and I have rented a few without a "starter" key.
But last week I rented a Micra that had no external key holes and could only
be opened with the remote.

A car was left teetering on a cliff edge after the driver followed
sat nav directions down a Pennine footpath.
Robert Jones continued to follow the instructions when they told him
the narrow, steep path he was driving on in Todmorden, West Yorkshire,

Visit http://www.informationex.com and http://www.yes4car.com. Post
Buy and Sell ads.

I was looking at the DVLA site for clarification and reassurance that as I
have an old style paper licence, I *don't* need to arse around renewing
anything every 10 years.  Plenty of info on how to renew a photo licence &
the supposed advantages of a photo licence but nothing ...

Are we going to see these 'Tata Nano' Indian cars on our roads in a few
years?
Heaven help us!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7957671.stm

I couldn't help but larf ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vE9Zq7Gs-U
Fancy getting out of a motor and not applying the hand brake!