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Jun 16

Emissions and Diesel Cars


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Drivers never seem to have a very good time of things when it comes to the price of diesel or petrol. In recent years, legislation has hit drivers hard. Many people changed from petrol to diesel engine cars from the mid nineties onwards, as they’d been told that diesel was both cost effective, and gave off less dangerous fumes than petrol. The idea that diesel was less polluting than petrol was also supported by EU policy.

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Apr 16

Prescription Drugs, Drink and Driving


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Take a look at the statistics on road accidents and their causes, and you will see that while it might be common sense to not drink or take strong drugs when you are driving, people still do. In 2010, more than eleven percent of fatal driving accidents involved a driver who was under the influence of prescription drugs.

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