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Reward traffic lights in France turn red for speeders

Published 10 April 2023
By Will Dron
Councils in France are turning from stick to carrot in their attempts to get drivers to slow down through towns an villages.
French police launch crackdown on illegal motorcycle road races after 10-year-old girl left in coma

French police launch street racing crackdown

Authorities in France have launched a crackdown on illegal motorcycle races following latest accident.
Published 10 August 2022
Alternate-side parking in new York City (Image by Jp via Flickr)

Alternate-side parking returns to NYC

New York in the US has announced that twice-a-week alternate-side parking will return from July 5.
Published 06 July 2022
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May in The Grand Tour French car special "

Clarkson on “Carnage a Trois”

Jeremy Clarkson’s latest column in The Sunday Times explaining the rationale behind the upcoming Grand Tour special, Carnage a Trois, is timely.
Published 16 December 2021
French drivers up in arms over mandatory black box recorders

French drivers petition against EU black boxes

Hundreds of thousands of French drivers have signed a petition protesting new rules that will require "black box" data recorders in cars.
Published 01 June 2021
Field full of abandoned electric cars is down to cancelled car-sharing scheme — not battery faults

Cancelled car-share scheme caused EV "boneyard"

Fact-checking services have stepped in to clarify the reason for hundreds of electric vehicles abandoned in a field in France.
Published 20 May 2021
Brits will escape some speeding fines in the EU due to Brexit

British drivers may escape EU speeding fines

British drivers may evade some speeding fines incurred in EU countries following Brexit, after a European Union directive requiring the cross-bor
Published 14 January 2021
Lorry drivers stuck at border will be given access to France upon negative coronavirus test

Deal struck with France to allow freight to resume

The chief of the Road Haulage Association has praised the Transport Secretary after a deal was struck allowing essential travel to France.
Published 23 December 2020
German motorists can lease Renault Zoe for free

German motorists 'can lease Renault Zoe for free'

German motorists are able to lease an electric car for two years for free, thanks to a generous government grant.
Published 20 July 2020
E-bike advert banned for creating “climate of anxiety”

E-bike advert banned for 'climate of anxiety'

An advert for an e-bike made by Dutch company VanMoof has been banned from French TV after it was deemed to create “a climate of anxiety."
Published 01 July 2020
Renault could "disappear" along with Alpine model without financial aid, says minister

Renault needs financial help “very soon”

French carmaker Renault could disappear if it doesn’t receive financial assistance, according to the country’s finance minister.
Published 22 May 2020
2019 Seat Tarraco review - family summer holiday road trip to France test by Alessia Horwich of The Sunday Times

Tout à Loire: Seat Tarraco takes on family holiday

Sunday Times Travel's Alessia Horwich tests a seven-seat Seat Tarraco on a family holiday to the Loire Valley. How will it cope?
Published 13 September 2019
Was Richard Hammond knocked out with gas in holiday home burglary?

Was knockout gas used on Richard Hammond?

The Grand Tour presenter Richard Hammond has been the victim of a robbery — is he the latest British celebrity targeted with sleeping gas?
Published 03 September 2018