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Sunday, 04 December 2016

BBC News

• Ban on smoking in cars with children to come into forceA new law making it illegal to smoke in a car with anyone under the age of 18 will come into force in Scotland from midnight.

Financial Times

• Apple reveals plans for self driving car

The Guardian

• Drivers warned to manually lock cars after thefts at service stationsPolice believe spate of thefts at Berkshire services linked to radio jammers which interrupt signals for remote lockingDrivers using motorway services are being warned to check their cars are secure after a spate of thefts believed to be linked to technology that stops them remotely locking.Thames Valley police said there had been 14 recent thefts from cars at motorway services in Berkshire and that in many cases there was “no obvious sign of a break-in and no damage caused to the vehicles as items were stolen from them”. Continue reading...
• Dangerous drivers who kill could face life sentenceMinisters to consult on increase in 14-year upper limit for causing death by speeding, street racing or while using a mobileDangerous drivers who kill are set to face life sentences under plans put forward by ministers. Those causing death by speeding, street racing or while using a mobile phone will face the same sentences as people charged with manslaughter.Offenders who cause death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs could also be handed life sentences – an increase on the current 14-year upper limit. Continue reading...
• Driverless cars will geld the dangerous stallions of the road | Catherine BennettThe technology can’t come soon enough if it can free us from reckless men who put ‘fun’ before safetyWith its new report suggesting the removal of speed bumps, among various proposals for reducing lethal levels of air pollution, Nice (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) finds itself, possibly for the first time, the toast of British motorists. Finally, the health experts have realised what speed enthusiasts have known all along – that being knocked down by an overkeen motorist is a vastly superior way to die than slow extinction by particulates. At last, someone out there co...

The Telegraph

• Drivers who kill while on mobile phones will face life sentences

The Mirror

• Road death victims finally set to get real justice - Voice of the Mirror Drivers who cause death while speeding, racing or using a mobile phone face the same sentences as people who have committed manslaughter

Birmingham Mail

• Free M6 Toll road would make NO difference to congestion says owner Claim after calls to open up the road to ease jams in Birmingham

London Evening Standard

• Architect proposes 'CarTube' plan to bury London's traffic undergroundA London-based architect has proposed burying the city's traffic underground in a radical move to combat congestion in the capital.

Blackpool Gazette

• The shocking scale of drug driving revealedPolice say 70 per cent of drivers tested for drugs at the roadside are giving positive results.

Reading Evening Post

• Video warns Reading drivers of deadly danger of rain on the roadsThis video from Highways England launched a campaign warning drivers how dangerous rain on the roads can be
• Almost 2,000 potholes in Reading to be repaired The council will be given nearly £100,000 to carry out the work in 2017/18

Other Regional Press

• Motorists’ calls to improve Stevenage roads results in £480,000 investmentMotorists’ calls for something to be done to improve roads have resulted in an additional £480,000 investment from Herts County Council in Stevenage for 2016/17.
• DVLA clamp nearly 60 vehicles in crackdownNEARLY 60 cars have been clamped by the DVLA for not having tax.
• Killer drivers to face life sentences in government proposalsTHE News has won its campaign for longer sentences for dangerous drivers who kill on the roads.
• Motorcyclists hold protest in Northampton in a bid to raise public awareness over spate of theftsA campaign group, who believe that “bike thefts have reached epidemic proportions” have made a stand by holding a protest outside the Guildhall.
• Drive For Justice campaign victoryOUR Drive For Justice campaign lobbying for harsher punishements for those who kill or seriously injure on our roads has achieved success on behalf of bereaved families who have lost loved ones in crashes.
• Council pledges support for Jaguar Land Rover's 'smart city' masterplanJLR wants to build next generation of electric cars in Coventry and Warwickshire