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26-Sep-08

Car lobby loses fight to ease emission rules

"MEPs yesterday put the European parliament on a collision course with Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, and its powerful car lobby by rejecting Berlin's campaign to water down European proposals for slashing greenhouse gases...


18-Sep-08

Texting at 70mph

Texting while driving at speed impairs your reactions more than driving under the influence of cannabis, or with up to the legal limit of alcohol in your blood.

Category: Transport

11-Sep-08

Plug-in hybrid boosts electric motoring

"Toyota has launched trials of the UK's first petrol-electric hybrid car that can also be plugged into the mains. Soon drivers should be able to chose between the petrol pump and the electric socket to power one and the same car."

Category: Transport

27-Aug-08

US study suggests high petrol prices leading to safer roads

"· Motorists driving slower to save · Low-income groups most affected by high fuel costs · Statistics are silver lining in bad economic times"

Category: Transport

26-Aug-08

Carmakers failing to achieve CO2 cuts

"· Activists say some MEPs influenced by industry · Targets 'like banning non-smokers from smoking'"


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