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I would like some advice as to if there are recognised standards that apply to the height and shape of kerb stones. I recently drove along the beach car park and caravan park access road in the north...
I thought the following sorry tale may be of interest to your readers. A Czech lorry unfortunately changed lanes on the motorway and smeared along the nearside of my car. He stopped and I pulled up behind...
Councils either make it too time consuming and difficult to appeal a parking ticket, so that it is easier just to pay up, or frighten you into thinking the penalty will get much larger if you don't pay....
I thought you might be interested in my David v Goliath victory. Last January I inadvertently overstayed my welcome at the Forster Square Retail Park, Bradford, a complex of big-name retail stores, managed...
In your reply to JS of Stroud on June 24th you allude to London Mayor Boris Johnson's recent near-miss caused by a lorry's back doors opening after cresting a speed bump. I actually live on the street...
In May 2008 I was on holiday in Florence Italy and hired a motor car from Avis. I picked up the car in Florence and before leaving the depot asked Avis staff for directions to Sienna. Some 6 months later...
My 10-year old Primera (a reliable car that wont be going anywhere near the scrappage scheme) recently suffered from a loud rumbling noise at about 50 mph. My garage diagnosed inner wall damage to the...
Two weeks ago my husband was issued with a parking ticket in a carpark in Ipswich, Suffolk while visiting our son on father's day. This was on a Sunday when the car park is free, but it was given because...
In view of the number of suggestions appearing in the press that older drivers should be banned, or made to take a further test, you may be interested to know that Hampshire County Council runs a very...
The Police spend time trying to stop speeding vehicles, but what about very slow ones ignoring the recommendation of the Highway Code to stop and let following traffic pass? Apart from the lack of consideration...
 

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