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  Motorists face £117 fine for driving in France without emissions stickers 30 Mar 2017 (News)
  If you plan on driving to France this Easter, be sure to display an emissions sticker in your windscreen or risk a £117 fine. In a move to cut thick smog, which has been blanketing Paris in recent months, a colour-coded emissions sticker system was introduced in January to help cut severe pollution in the French capital.
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  Police to deal out roadside drug testing in 2015 6 Jan 2015 (News)
  The detectable drugs are cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine, benzoylecgonine, metamphetamine, LSD and heroin.  The Crime and Courts Act of 2013 sought to treat driving under the influence of drugs similarly to drink driving, by making it an offence to be in control of a vehicle while over a prescribed limit of certain controlled substances.  The UK has a "significant drug driving problem" This was in response to a 2010 report by Sir Peter North, which concluded that the UK has a "significant drug driving problem" of far greater magnitude than official accident statistics at the time suggested.
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  Children in Need Drives into Goodwood 4 Jul 2011 (News)
  Videos from this year’s Festival of Speed, including James Martin driving the FF, Marc Gene and the Ferrari F10, the 458 Italia hillclimb and the beautiful 375 MM are all available to view on www.ferrari.com . The videos will also be available to download for media use via the Ferrari media website.
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  Win Eco Vouchers For Driving Economically 31 Mar 2009 (News)
  Bernard Bradley, General Manager – Cars, at Honda (UK), said: “We know that the way in which different people drive has a big impact on fuel economy. So, to help our customers maximise the impressive efficiency of the Insight, it comes with technology that helps them adopt greener driving techniques.” The system is called Eco Assist.
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  Drive it Day at Vauxhall's Heritage Centre 23 Feb 2009 (News)
  Vauxhall will be throwing open the doors of its Heritage Centre to mark the annual ‘Drive it Day’ celebration of classic motoring on Sunday, April 26 – and to mark the occasion further the event will include family entertainment and a free autojumble, where classic car enthusiasts can offload unwanted spares and automobilia to other like-minded folk.
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  Volvo September 55 Reg Offers 30 Jul 2005 (News)
  C70 convertible Available while stocks last. 'Freedom' Test Drive Volvo's successful, nationwide ‘Freedom’ test drive programme has been extended©~ across August, September, October and November. It offers the convenience of having all the Volvo range available for unaccompanied test drives, alone or with family or friends, at one local venue.
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  Classic advert: Snow-racing Volvos 22 Dec 2015 (News)
  What’s the best transport when there’s deep snow around? A 4x4, of course. Or maybe a lightweight front-wheel drive car. What you definitely wouldn’t choose is a big, heavy, rear-drive saloon. Oh no, that’d be silly... But not according to Volvo. By some miracle of engineering, Volvo’s bigwigs of the 1980s managed to make the stalwart 240 and newbie 740 ranges brilliantly capable in the snowiest conditions of Scandinavia.
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  Lexus takes wraps off new car in Russia 21 Aug 2008 (News)
  It may be that this saves people's lives and keeps them from paying out plenty for their car insurance policies in the future. Lexus commented: "The all-wheel drive system is a three differential configuration featuring a highly compact Torsen Limited Slip Differential - shared with the LS 600h - which distributes drive torque between the front and rear axles.
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  BAD DRIVERS REQUIRED 22 May 2002 (News)
  The programme makers are looking for family or friends to nominate people who want to improve their driving skills, and who could take part in an exciting new prime-time television series. Can your sister not park, hill-start or even drive in a straight line? Is it a miracle your Granddad is still allowed behind the wheel?
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  Peter Ustinov’s Aston DB4 could sell for £1m 7 May 2015 (News)
  The 1962 DB4 Series IV Vantage Convertible is one of only nine built in left-hand drive guise. It was delivered to him at the Montreux Palace Hotel in Switzerland in 1962. The car was intended for use on the continent, so it was ordered to be left-hand drive and specified with the more powerful, recently introduced 'Special Series' (Vantage) engine.
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  Drive It Day 2014: Heritage Motor Centre pulls in the classics 27 Apr 2014 (News)
  We're proud to support Drive It Day with such an enthusiastic crowd.' For more infomration about the Heritage Motor Centre, visit : www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk/
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  Up to £10,900 Off New Volvos via Drivethedeal 8 Apr 2011 (News)
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  Model T to drive around the globe 21 Mar 2016 (News)
  The Ford Model T covered 14,000 miles in 180 days during the first leg of the drive in 2012, which took them from their home town of Edam, to Cape Town in South Africa. In 2013 the couple drove through the USA and Canada, crossing 22 States during their 17,000-mile, 180-day road trip.
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  Vintage Adventurer returns with an Australian epic 24 Apr 2014 (News)
  Vintage Adventurer Rod Wade is preparing to drive across Australia – and back again – in less than 100 hours in his 1930 Ford Model A in another fundraising challenge. This is not motoring enthusiast Rod’s first driving challenge as he set a world record in November 2013  for driving 4734km from Staten Island, New York, to Venice Beach, California, in just over 50 hours.  The Ocean to Ocean Australia Challenge will see Queenslanders Rod, aged 71 and co-driver Austen Ritchie, aged 37, depart Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, on 3 June, armed with a bottle filled with water from the South Pacific Ocean, in a 1930 Ford Model A, driving around 3000 miles non-stop to Fremantle, Western Australia.
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  New insurance saving tech from TomTom 8 Feb 2012 (News)
  "This is unlike some other telematics-based schemes where you may have to prove your ability over a number of months.  So if you think of your insurance as your car's MPG - the better you drive, the longer your fuel will last.  It's the same with Fair Pay Insurance, good drivers get more for their money and in that sense they will pay ultimately less." What do you think of systems that monitor your driving?
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  Car insurance news: 1 in 5 students 'drive unsafe motors to save cash' 27 Nov 2009 (News)
  About a fifth of students recently surveyed would drive an unsafe vehicle if it meant they could save money. If the research, which was undertaken by Kwik-Fit, is anything to go by, it could suggest that these motorists are risking their lives and car insurance in a bid to spend less.
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  Public Track Test Day Over Bank Holiday 18 May 2003 (News)
  Timed drive bookings will be organized on a first come, first served basis. Drivers must have full driving licences. Because of the obvious danger, no children will be allowed on site. I know from experience that, for Health and Safety reasons, marshalling has to be very strict and no hooligan behaviour will be tolerated.
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  Classic advert of the week: Austin-Morris 1300 16 Dec 2014 (News)
  For a test drive.’
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  New website offers solution for hard up young drivers 12 Jun 2013 (News)
  However insuredcarsonline.com promises to offer a solution, in part thanks to telematics based insurance which monitors driving and, according to insurethebox.com, can reduce accident rates by 40%. What’s more, buyers can drive away in a brand new car. Insuredcarsonline.com offers buyers a choice of brand-new, dealer supplied car with protected three or four year insurance based financed with a low inital deposit.
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  Latest offers from Drive the Deal 14 Sep 2012 (News)
  Drive the Deal  Is currently offering signifcant reductions on the Ford Focus and Audi A6 Avant. All cars are supplied by UK main dealers - prices including road tax and delivery to your door. Thee cars below are all one offs listed on their special offers page, so these deals are subject to stock, and will be sold on a first come first served basis.  With savings of up to 30% off, these deals are not to be missed.