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Daycare demands lower speed limit

of children when crossing the road. (CBC) Parents at a daycare centre near Halifax, N.S., say speeding cars pose a risk to their children and they want the city to lower the speed limit. The Hammonds Plains Children’s Centre is on a stretch of Hammonds

Lead-foot emergency service workers

have been caught speeding on non-urgent business. Health staff were the worst offenders, recording 1312 speeding offences in cars owned or leased by the Government. Bureaucrats have committed a total of 4466 speeding offences in taxpayer-funded cars in

Police van a speeders’ nightmare

each, allow a single operator to monitor traffic from all angles at once. Traditional vans could capture speeding cars but struggle to identify drivers who contested tickets and motorbikes which do not have front number plates. But the new vehicles can

Across Iraq, Gunmen, Bombers Strike, Killing at Least…

least 96 people Monday, and wounded about 200 others. The violence began before dawn, with gunmen in speeding cars killing soldiers and police at checkpoints across Baghdad. The assailants used silencers, a new gangland-style twist to their attacks. In

9 killed in attacks across Baghdad

Iraqi officials said. They said there were at least seven attacks, mostly the work of gunmen in speeding cars, that hit police and army checkpoints that dot the city

Max mute on his new wheels

MAX Markson does not want to talk about cars. The PR agent does not want to talk about the luxurious black BMW registered to his business which has accumulated 20 speeding fines in 20 months and he does not

Going my way? Hop aboard

driving through the rain one night when he saw a woman without an umbrella being splashed by speeding cars. What he did next was a simple act that set him off on a decade-long journey. Wang Yong offers a free ride to others at Zhongguancun, Haidian

Urban Planning: Urban Planning Away the Pounds: Study…

calming methods to make it safe for children to play outside. The study found that multi-lane roads, speeding cars and other hazards in the Los Angeles area made it unsafe for children to play outside and walk or bike to school, reducing their physical