Archive for the ‘Motoring rants’ Category

Smoking ban should include private vehicles

ashtray

Sharon Gill thinks a certain UK car dealer is blowing smoke out of his @rse. The recent smoking ban that became effective in England on July 1, 2007 forbids drivers on company business from lighting up in a vehicle that is used by more than one person.

Motorcycle Diaries a la Foster

Drawing: Mel Card

Move over Che Guevara. Gavin Foster decided that he, too, could write a best seller and get his face plastered across boobs, if he could only find a famous Revolutionary Icon to accompany him on an epic ride … Words: Gavin Foster Drawing: Mel Card

The great traffic fine rip-off

speeding fine

Thugs in uniform, aided by the complacent media, are bullying South African motorists. Gavin Foster thinks it’s time we all woke up to the fact that traffic authorities are abusing their powers and disregarding the law …

If you can’t stop ‘em, avoid ‘em

drunk driver light_(c) Gavin Foster

Gavin Foster rants against ineffective anti-drunk driving policies … Words: Gavin Foster Photo: Anyone’s guess

Those damned Swedes are at it again …

Volvo Alcoguard

Those damned Swedes are at it again – using technology to make their cars safer than ever before by removing driver choices. Gavin Foster slams the car industry’s first factory-fitted alcolock – Volvo’s Alcoguard. Words: Gavin Foster Photo: Courtesy of Volvo Car Corp

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