The force spends on average £60,000 making repairs to cars that have been damaged by poor reverse parking, often incidents involve two cars. Police drivers often go through a much harder driver training course than civilian motorists, but still seem to lack coordination to properly manoeuvre a vehicle. Perhaps the money spent on parking sensors should be put into advanced driver training?

The High Court refused a temporary injunction to stop him revealing his identity in his upcoming book. The BBC claimed that it would be a breach of confidentiality and this would spoil viewer’s enjoyment of the Top Gear series. The publisher criticised the BBC for spending TV Licence payers money on the legal argument, whilst the BBC accuse the publisher of cashing in on the secret

The driver was in a private ambulance, with blue lights switched on whilst on the emergency call, he was flashed by a camera in Lincolnshire doing 112mph. He may face losing his licence, and as a consequence his job, due to an obscure and out-dated loophole in the law which states that an ambulance is a vehicle capable of carrying ’sick, injured or disabled persons’ but this doesn’t extend to organs transplants

The problem has been tracked down to a particular adhesive used in the wheel arch which overheats and sometimes ignites. The manufacturer will be giving customers of the 458 new cars and from now on riveting the wheel arch assemblies and heat shield to prevent further incidents

Crash for Cash scams involve criminal gangs performing dangerous and unexpected manoeuvres on busy roads to get innocent drivers to crash into them, then making a personal injury claim against the driver, normally with made up injuries. Usually this type of fraud goes on to fund other types of criminal activity such as drug trafficking. Birmingham, Liverpool and Blackburn are the top three areas for Crash for Cash scams.

Hamilton was fined $500 Australian dollars (about £288) for his driving indiscretions, performing a burnout and fishtail in his Mercedes. He didn’t appear in court and his lawyer stated that he was embarrassed, humiliated and distressed by the whole incident.

The idea will affect businesses that have 11 or more parking spaces. Nottingham is to introduce the scheme first, with an initial bill of £250 per motorists, per year. It is unsure as to whether companies will pass the tax onto employees or soak up the charge. The revenue generated will be put into improving public transport in the city.

The scheme is a joint venture between the Police and the residents in the village where villagers will be allowed to use speed detection equipment to track the speed of vehicles through the village. Details of speeding cars will then be passed on to the police who will issue warning letters to the offending motorists. The idea is not based on enforcement, but education.

The airport introduced a £1 parking charge for those motorists who are dropping off passengers. Through complaints about drivers parking in non-designated areas to drop off and therefore creating congestion at the airport, CCTV has been introduced to fine drivers parking illegally and ignoring road signs. Andrew Prendergast appeared on Anglia TV News explaining how this would affect the motorist. View the complete video below.

The plans have been criticised as a waste of taxpayers money. The council believe the lane will have a positive impact on the local area which is a bottleneck. Works include road widening and installing traffic signals. Campaigners are asking that the money be returned to the Government and put to better use.