Practical Motorhome

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Did you pass your driving test before 1 January 1997? ✔ You can drive a motorhome up to 7500kg on your B+C1 licence. When you reach 70, you must submit a medical form to renew your licence to continue driving a ’van over 3500kg, and do this every thr

Australasian Transport News (ATN)

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It was a day like any other for Linfox driver Andrew Hastings, travelling along Victoria’s Western Freeway in February earlier this year. However, it was all to change when he came across an accident scene – two vehicles had collided, were now on fir

Australasian Transport News (ATN)

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Check out this increasingly busy state-owned infrastructure just over the Blue Mountains in NSW. The potentially dangerous Glenroy Bridge, built in 1901, caters for well over 100 trucks a day servicing the Sydney area with gravel from nearby quarries

The Guardian

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Schemes to reclaim city streets for pedestrians are flourishing during the Covid-19 pandemic

Land Rover Monthly

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We here at LRM will only use rights of way with known, proven or provable vehicular rights, and we hope our readers take the same approach when it comes to driving on unsurfaced roads. One chap that didn’t and was rightfully punished for it was Benja

Octane Magazine

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Here’s a book to strike a chord with many an Octane reader. Subtitled The 200-Year War on the Motorist, it’s an amusing polemic about all the many forms of grief that have been piled on the drivers of self-propelled carriages since the Red Flag Act a

Shooting Times & Country

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Shooting Times understands that a new marketing drive for English and Welsh wild venison will be launched in the next few weeks. Sources have said that shooting organisations and the Forestry Commission have been working together to develop a certifi

Cycling Weekly

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Two events last week in London. In Lewisham the inquest into the death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah heard evidence that the asthma attack that killed her was directly caused by air pollution from vehicles. Meanwhile, on the same day, on the oth

Cycling Weekly

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“Our readers, my boy, are interested in everything that has a cycling angle,” stated ‘K.M.D’ to Cycling photographer George Moore’s query. Moore duly stuffed his pipe into his pocket, strapped his camera to his chest and both men rode out into the bu

Sunday Tribune

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KWAZULU-NATAL MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Bheki Ntuli, will lead the commemoration of World Remembrance Day for Road Accident Victims at the Bergville Sport Complex today. The theme for World Remembrance Day 2020 is: “First Respon

Weekend Argus Saturday

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EVER wonder what happens to pets that are seen dead on roads or in public spaces? They are picked up by the City’s solid waste department, which oversees the removal of animal carcasses on public land and roads. Mayco member for waste and water Xanth

NPR

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Project promoters claimed the giant, elevated vehicle would beat traffic jams by straddling traffic. Last week, they were arrested for fraud. "The idea was absurd, childish," says a longtime critic.

Bicycling Australia

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The best gateway airport is Manchester, which is just 1.5-2 hours by road from the region, while Birmingham is around 30 minutes further away, and London is around 4-5 hours away by road. From there the best option is to rent a car, as public transpo

Women's Running

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From a training perspective, you can really get a little bit of everything in Providence. If you’re preparing for the Boston Marathon and you want hills, there are plenty of hills. If you’re doing the Chicago [Marathon] and you want flat, there are t

Custom Car

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After so many weeks of lockdown, everyone has been desperate to get out with like-minded friends, and so the Norfolk Street Cruisers decided to improvise and work something out. Saturday 4 July was the appointed date, with the evening starting on the

Practical Motorhome

1 min. di lettura

Did you pass your driving test before 1 January 1997? ✔ You can drive a motorhome up to 7500kg on your B+C1 licence. When you reach 70, you must submit a medical form to renew your licence to continue driving a ’van over 3500kg, and do this every thr

Saturday Star

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◆Use a GPS to avoid getting lost and becoming an easy target. ◆Inform someone at your destination about your estimated time of arrival. ◆Avoid driving with windows wide open. Keep the doors locked and valuables out of sight. ◆If you suspect you are b

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

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Quite correctly there has been a lot of dialogue in the media regarding potholes, the damage they cause and the cost to motorists and motorcyclists. Little has been said about another increasing problem becoming more and more apparent when riding aro

Computeractive

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Motorists won’t be able to touch their phones while driving for any reason under a law the Government hopes to pass early next year, following a consultation. It would close a loophole that currently allows drivers to take photos, scroll through musi

Old Glory

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A modified Ayrshire Road Run took place in south-west Scotland on July 11 with the current Covid-19 epidemic certainly in mind, reports David Reed. This was not the two-day affair that has been a popular event for many years, that saw vehicles huggin

Sunday Tribune

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CHATSWORTH residents have been forced to cover potholes with sand. Residents of Westcliff Drive said they were fed up with poor and non-service delivery from government. Cedric Layton Moodley, a resident and member of the community police forum, said

Australian Motorcyclist

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IT HAS BEEN SAID by people who don’t know what the hell they’re talking about that I am turning into a curmudgeon. This is nonsense, of course. All that’s happening is that as my sight deteriorates, my insight improves. Along with that comes reduced

Classic Ford

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Following the success of its two physical and virtual events in 2020 and an RAC Historic Award, Classics for Carers is back for 2021. Classics For Cars is an event during which owners buy rally plates and stickers, affix them to their classic cars an

Owner Driver

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ONE OF THE first transport industry gatherings since the easing of Victoria’s COVID lockdown restrictions was held at Castlemaine when around 40 trucks formed a convoy on November 29. It was a surprise showing given this year’s Castlemaine Rotary Tru

Popular Science

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Even the safest drivers on the planet get into car accidents. They can even happen when you're parked at the gas station getting road trip Twizzlers. The odds of getting in an accident on a 1,000-mile trip are 1 in 366, so it's no wonder why cameras

Classic Car Buyer

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One of this week’s major social media highlights, if you can call it that, had to be the story of a classic MGB GT stopped by Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit officers on the A1M near Chester-Le-Street. Reported by the ‘Incidents on Te

Australian Road Rider

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1 Use the horn, but not aggressively — it’s the best safety device. Use it when passing or to let others know you are there. 2 Spatial awareness. Get used to things close to you. (We’ve experienced this before where the pillion in a million would fen

Australasian Transport News (ATN)

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Trucking industry concerns around what sort of message authorities are trying to impart with trucking blitzes, and how, has been thrown into sharp relief in Victoria. Critics of such operations question the levels and importance of non-compliance sta

Great Walks

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1. Bullawah Cultural Trail, Wangaratta 2. Mullinmur Billabong, Wangaratta 3. Kaluna Park, Wangaratta 4. Friends Track, Warby-Ovens NP 5. Mt Glenrowan Lookout Track, Warby-Ovens NP 6. Sunrise Track, Warby-Ovens NP 7. Paradise Falls, Alpine NP 8

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - Thinking about where to go on your next road trip? Brownsville, Texas, could be a safe bet. The border town a little less than 30 miles from South Padre Island, for the second year running, is where you'll find America's best drivers. Y