Old tyres increase a...
Old tyres increase a carò€™s stopping distance by 23 per cent, an exclusive Auto Express investigation has revealed.
More and more farmers...
More and more farmers are taking advantage of a planning loophole and renting out parts of fields for ads. They can do this because posters on vehicles are exempt from advertising laws. Firms selling the space are charging corporate clients up to í‚á£1,200 a month, delighting landowners.
But they"re now facing the wrath of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the Highways Agency, which claim the ads are distracting to drivers and a blot on our countryside. Councillors in Bury, Lancs, are taking the lead, and forced Cumbrian farmers to tear down boards along the M6 earlier this year.
Meanwhile, researchers in America have found sexy images can make you blind for a split-second. The effect is called "emotion-induced blindness", and has sparked calls to ban certain poster ads from roadside hoardings.