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Great Drives: Scotland's North Coast 500 in pictures

Great Drives: Scotland's North Coast 500 in pictures

Often spoken of as Britain's answer to Route 66, the North Coast 500 follows the edge of the Scottish Highlands and takes in 500 miles of the best...
Published 20 July 2016
Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish on motoring loves. . . and losses

Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish

Allan McNish, three-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours race, hails from an unlikely motoring mecca. His birth town of Dumfries and nearby Kirkcudbright...
Published 10 June 2016
Average speed cameras on the rise despite safety and privacy concerns

Average speed cameras on the rise despite safety and...

Drive west out of London on the A40 at the end of a long hard day, and as the sun sets you may struggle to discern the small speed cameras above the...
Published 07 April 2016
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The final farewell to the Land Rover Defender

Why, I ask myself for the tenth time today, am I driving up an impossibly steep and icy gully 2,000ft up in the Grampians
Published 21 December 2015
Great drives: Scotland’s ‘Route 500'

Great drives: Scotland’s ‘Route 500'

There are varying degrees of scenery to revel in: from peat bog to lush pastoral
Published 16 November 2015
Just 1mph too fast and you’re nicked: new zero tolerance approach to speeding

Just 1mph too fast and you’re nicked: new zero tolerance...

Guidelines that give drivers a margin of error before they are fined for speeding are being scrapped in some areas...
Published 14 July 2015
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News: Drive-by potato prank leads to teenage driver's...

An 18-year-old motorist from West Dunbartonshire in Scotland has been charged with assault after allegedly throwing uncooked potatoes at pedestrians
Published 14 January 2015
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News: English drivers warned as Scotland lowers its...

English drivers have been warned to heed the new drink-drive limits in Scotland as Parliament in Holyrood unanimously agreed to lower the legal limit...
Published 05 December 2014
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News: Londoners least likely to pass driving test

Londoners are least likely to pass their driving tests, according to a new study.
Published 21 July 2014
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Your motoring problems solved

My Porsche Boxster S sends out blue smoke from the exhaust on start-up and consumes engine oil.
Published 14 October 2013