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Wednesday, 25 November 2015

BBC News

• Hundreds of new jobs at Jaguar Land RoverJaguar Land Rover is set to hire hundreds of new workers as the car manufacturer announces plans to double the size of its factory near Wolverhampton.

The Guardian

• Driver Dave kept waiting as Osborne stalls over delivering infrastructureThere’s suspicion about whether the chancellor can deliver his plans to spend £100bn this parliament on schemes such as new roads and power stations
• 'Too quiet' electric and hybrid cars create headache for US regulatorsRoad safety authorities and automakers wrangle over new rules requiring loudspeakers to warn cyclists and visually impaired peopleUS regulators are grappling with new rules for electric and hybrid cars that are too quiet, leading to fears of collisions with cyclists and sight-impaired pedestrians unless the vehicles are fitted with artificial noise-making systems.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates the odds of a hybrid vehicle being involved in a pedestrian crash are 19% higher compared with a gasoline-powered vehicle. Continue reading...

Times Online

• Britain’s own driverless car is streets ahead [subscription]They stopped building Humbers nearly 40 years ago, but on the site of the old marque’s car plant in Coventry, the vehicle that — so they say — will shape the next 40 years is taking shape. And it is driverless.

Mail Online

• VW refuses to pay British drivers compensation over emissions scandal Volkswagen will not offer compensation to British owners of their cars even though they will pay US owners, in a decision that has angered consumer rights groups.
• GPs must tell DVLA when a patient is too frail or unfit to drive For the first time, the General Medical Council is urging doctors to override their duty of confidentiality to patients if they fear members of the public are at risk.

London Evening Standard

• Revealed: Plans to ban cars from main roads in Vauxhall and WandsworthMulti-million-pound plans to ban cars from sections of two major road networks in south London were unveiled today by transport bosses.
• Uber labelled 'seedy backstreet minicab firm' by senior MPPrivate hire firm Uber was today accused of being “a seedy backstreet minicab firm” by a senior MP.

Other Regional Press

• HGV drivers parking illegally in Shepway fined �3,000 in first week of enforcement action since overnight parking ban introducedLorry drivers parking up illegally overnight in newly banned roads have racked up �3,000 worth of fines in a week after council starts enforcing.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• 39% of UK transport users would consider using a driverless car according to new studyNew research conducted by the Transport Systems Catapult, shows that 39% of people in the UK would now consider using a self-driving vehicle if it was available, rising to as high as 62% amongst young professionals living in cities.  The research was conducted with the support of the Department for Transport (DfT), the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Innovate UK, as part of a Traveller Needs Study comprised of 10,000 online questionnaire respondents, 50 company interviews, and 100 expert interviews. Rather than focusing on car owners, the study looked at transport...