A leading car rental firm has reported a drop in the number of its customers prosecuted for speeding – but the number of general road fines has rocketed. National Car Rental, which has 40,000 vehicles in the UK and forwards penalties to the hirer, says the number of traffic fines is twice as high as last year.
Two hundred solar cats’ eyes have been installed along a new bike path, to keep cyclists and vehicles apart and improve safety in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The smart studs from Oxfordshire firm Astucia store electricity from solar cells in small batteries, ready for nightfall.