The latest DfT figures...
The latest DfT figures show that while half of all drivers are still exceeding the limit, the number of accidents in which "excessive speed" is a factor is less than 5 percent. By comparison, only 2 percent of motorists drive while intoxicated, but drink is a factor in nearly 25 percent of road traffic accidents.
AUSTRALIA: Ice cream...
AUSTRALIA: Ice cream man Edward Howard decided to quit his pitch at a Sydney cricket ground after balls smashed his van"s windscreen twice in a week.
USA: An 80-year-old man from Kansas asked a judge to adjourn his reckless driving case as it clashed with his honeymoon. The love-struck OAP got a month"s reprieve.
SWITZERLAND: A teen-ager was stopped by police near Geneva for doing more than 60mph down a mountain. But he wasn"t driving - he was on his skateboard.