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The Mail Online Reports That Diesel Cars Do Not Save You Money

July 22, 2012 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

This is another report on the efficacy or not of diesel engines. I would have thought that, by now, it was common knowledge that you need to run a car for at least 10,000 miles in a given year in order to recoup the cost of a more expensive diesel engined car purchase. Not to […]

Filed Under: Articles Elsewhere, Editorial Tagged With: Diesel, Fuel efficiency, fuel prices, Petrol, The Mail Online

Speed Cameras Cause Accidents?!

September 6, 2011 by Mr Butterscotch 1 Comment

We’re always being told that the reason behind speed cameras is to slow people down in order to make a certain spot less dangerous. Of course, that’s assuming that speed has actually been a factor in the accidents that have taken place previously. To be fair, it’s not rocket science to assume this, given that […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security, Technical, The Environment, The Law Tagged With: Average speeds, News, speed cameras, speeding, The Mail Online

Not Everyone Loses The Parking Ticket War…

May 15, 2011 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Here’s a link to an article on The Mail Online that’s definitely worth reading. An account of one man’s struggle to fight a parking ticket – with a positive outcome! Granted, not every tale is so heartwarming when it comes to parking tickets, but the lesson to be learned here is that it is definitely […]

Filed Under: Articles Elsewhere Tagged With: parking, Parking tickets, Positive outcomes, The Mail Online

Speed Cameras In Oxfordshire Shut Down

August 4, 2010 by Mr Butterscotch 1 Comment

The Mail Online has a followup article concerning the shut-down of speed cameras due to the need for the coalition to save money in as many ways as they can, in order to reduce the national debt. The question of course remains exactly how this will impact on road safety – one can only hope […]

Filed Under: Articles Elsewhere, Money, Safety & Security Tagged With: Articles Elsewhere, National debt, road safety, Road safety awareness, speed cameras, The Mail Online

Running Over A Child – A Driver’s Worst Nightmare

June 12, 2010 by Mr Butterscotch 3 Comments

The Mail Online has an excellent (and harrowing) account of one man’s encounter with the most nightmarish of situations on the road – running over a child. It is certainly thought provoking and puts a nod in the direction of lowering urban speed limits to 20mph. Perhaps after reading it you’ll agree. Read the full […]

Filed Under: Articles Elsewhere Tagged With: Road Accidents, Running over a child, The Mail Online

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