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The Christmas giveaway: 32 prizes up for grabs!

By Jed Maxwell Competitions 26 October 2009 13:54 Christmas is coming and CAR's publisher Bauer Media in association with our subscription partner Greatmagazines.co.uk is giving you the chance to win a bundle of prizes worth more than £1000. There's everything from a copy of CAR commentator Stephen Bayley's brilliant book Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything to toolkits, outdoor gear and computer games. >> Click here to enterBayley's book charting the most influential style icons on four wheels was launched to critical acclaim last year.

Plea for 'no drink if driving' this summer

AN APPEAL has been made to drivers in the UK not to touch a drop of alcohol if they are going to drive. The call comes as data from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) shows that one in fifteen drivers breath-tested were over the legal limit. Road safety charity Brake has made the plea after figures released by ACPO shows that its national anti-drink-drive campaign in June carried out 63,688 breath tests and 4108 proved positive for excess alcohol or refused a breath test.

Pothole disaster imminent, say campaigners

THE UK’S recent tempestuous weather is set to create the worst pothole catastrophe the country has ever seen, according to campaigners. Freezing conditions are being forecast for the end of January, and road condition campaign website potholes.co.uk is predicting a ‘perfect storm’ of potholes if the forecasts prove correct. With the Met Office confirming that southern England received double the average amount of rainfall during December, persistent heavy rain and floods have created the basis for a disastrous season of crumbling roads.