I bought a 2nd hand car and tried to tax it.  Simple enough?  No, I need insurance first.  Ok, so I phone up and get insurance.  Even though there's a national database of insurance now, apparently the post office still need an actual cover note.  So I asked the insurance company ...

What's the punishment for double yellow line parking?  Round here parking outside the times on one of those blasted signs just gets you a £30 fine.  Is it worse for double yellows?
I ask because double yellow lines have appeared all over the streets in my small village (not a busy ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8178347.stm
Swindon has become the first English authority to scrap the use of its
fixed speed cameras.
The Conservative-run borough council said it was reinvesting the

Up this way in Fife, I've noticed that cameras mounted on the front of
the drivers dash are becoming more commonplace. Presumably they
continously record the last 30 seconds or so of the journey. However
it galls me that selfish car drivers park in bus stops inconvienencing

A lot people don't realise how dangerous that overloading a car can be
and also how it can invalidate your insurance should you be in an
accident.The obvious danger,is if the car/van is involved in a head
on;any objects in the rear can act as lethal missiles.

http://physicscentral.com/buzz/blog/index.cfm?postid=3414795237807494042
The next time someone cuts you off on your morning commute, don't be so
quick to call the driver a jerk; you may have a reason to say thanks.
According to the latest physics research, rule-breakersdrivers ...

Anybody come across a Golf (or other VW?) where you have to unlock the car TWICE to open anything but the driver's door?  This is very irritating - can it be switched off somehow?  I know there's a combination of odd things you can do to reset the oil/filter change warning after ...

Well, this is bold:
Dormice in Devon and Cornwall are crossing some of the region's busiest
roads - to make their home in the central reservation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8172460.stm

If a driver got banned from driving,for say...DD, would there be
anything to stop him driving a Mobility scooter during the ban?
A driving test is not required to drive a M/scooter,so I assume
that the law can't touch you?

VOTING MUST TAKE PLACE BY AUGUST 7th 2009!
Time to have your say in whether the militant tendency clique of
uk.rec.cycling get their own personal censored newsgroup which will be
distributed to thousands of Usenet servers worldwide in parallel with the

I see that some silly overpaid "manager"  tart from BBC2 has "hauled
Clarkson over the coals"  for calling Mr G Brown a c**t. off air
What utter itter hypochrisy - surely an own goal against the BBC
Clarkson called him a c**t  on AIR when he was the host of Have I got news

Interesting reading.
http://www.safespeed.org.uk/cameras.html
Bod

I was wondering how they actually work or process number plates.
Also how many lanes does one camera cover ?

...in a car without a/c.
Anyone got any good ones?