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Driving age to be raised to 18?

A government-commissioned report has recommended probationary driving licences are in future issued from the age of 18, not 17 – and that learner drivers would be required to invest big in getting a licence. The new proposals would still see provisional driving licences issues from 17, allowing learners to get out on the road under supervision. However, learners would have to undertake a 12-month ‘learner stage’, in which they’d have to cover a minimum of 100 hours’ supervised driving.

Hyundai i40 Tourer (2011) at 2011 Geneva motor show

Hyundai is releasing the new i40 range at Geneva, beginning with the i40 Tourer estate pictured here. Europe didn't get the Sonata, also known as the i45 in some markets. Confused yet?

Drivers not appy about M25 cyclist

A CYCLIST caused travel chaos after a phone navigation app directed him to Britain's busiest motorway in the rush hour. The misguided rider ended up pedalling for some miles on the southern section of the M25 in Surrey. With drivers, and others, taking to Twitter to give their views of the man, there were long hold-ups for morning traffic on the often-clogged motorway.