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Speeding couple fined after saying they couldn’t remember who was driving

March 1st, 2010
A millionaire entrepreneur and his interior designer wife have been ordered to pay a combined fine of more than £1,000 for failing to identify which of them was driving their speeding Land Rover.

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Police go unpunished for speeding

February 16th, 2010

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Only 1 in 1800 Met police officers who set off speed cameras while driving on duty get fined, the country's biggest police force admitted yesterday.

A Freedom of Information request by The Sun revealed that, out of 48,544 speed camera offences involving police vehicles in London last year, only 26 were resulted in an officer being charged.

Nationally, other forces aren't much better. Wiltshire, Merseyside, Gloucestershire, and North Wales recorded 4952 camera offences between with no charges brought at all.

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Motoring fines to rise by £15 for Victim’s Surcharge

January 1st, 2010
Fines for motoring offences such as speeding and having dirty windscreens are to rise by £15, under government plans to help victims of domestic violence or sexual assaults.

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On a death wish? Try Bulgarian roulette

November 4th, 2009

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Playing Russian roulette has apparently become slightly boring and predictable. That's according to the Bulgarians, who decided it was about time to come up with a better, riskier and stupider version of the game.

The rules are simple - take a car, race it insanely fast through red lights at night against others and see if you make it first and alive. If you do, you could win up to £5,000. If you don't, well...

With a large selection of deaths on offer - embedded in a post, underneath a truck, off a ravine, choking on your air-bag etc, this game is much more exciting than the old Russian roulette with its one and only option.

However, there is a strict set of rules you will have to follow in order to get your money. For example, if you touch your brakes or crash into a pedestrian you will be disqualified and can wave bye-bye to the mullah. That is whether the pedestrian dies or not.

The game started in the busy streets of Sofia at the end of the summer and is very popular among SUV male drivers in their early twenties. The little daredevils are keeping the authorities busy as they try to tackle the problem. The illegal races are also attracting large and blood-thirsty crowds of spectators, who inadvertently might end up being part of the game.

Kids, don't try this at home...

 

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The sensible route to safety on the road

March 7th, 2009
Telegraph View A cut in speed limits is wise but traffic laws must be applied with greater sensitivvity.

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