Novice drivers face a ban for one speeding offence

Drivers who have held their licences for less than two years would be liable to a ban after accumulating six points

• Drug-driving could mean year's ban

• Changes may not drive death from roads

Changes may not drive death from roads

Fewer people are dying on the roads than at any time since records began in 1926

• Novice drivers face a ban for one speeding offence

• Drug-driving could mean year's ban

Drug-driving could mean year's ban

Handheld devices would detect a range of drugs taken weeks ago from a saliva sample given at the roadside

Rocket Man set to become Record Man

One of the world's leading rocket scientists talks about about his plan for a new 1,000mph world land-speed record

Speed trap gadget lets drivers tip off others

Drivers who spot hidden speed cameras can alert other vehicles within three seconds with satellite-positioning device

• Average speed cameras to become the norm

• No escape from new speed cameras

Toll trial could lead to £1.30-a-mile charges

National road toll devices will be tested by drivers next year using satellite-tracking on vehicles of volunteers

• The bell tolls for the M50's 'hated' barriers

• Motorways could soon have £5 VIP lanes

Shocking seat belts advertisement banned until after TV watershed

A new advertising campaign highlighting the consequences of not wearing a seat belt includes footage so violent it cannot be shown until after 9pm

Petrol companies told to cut prices at pumps

PM launches attack on petrol and energy suppliers, demanding garages follow lead of two supermarkets in dropping prices

• EU climate change push in disarray

• Economic woes send oil price below $70

No escape from new speed cameras

Clusters of speed cameras monitoring average speed across a wide area are to be deployed on hundreds of roads next year

• Teenage passengers triple crash risk for young

• Signs that frown at drivers are a 'novelty'