UK News 18-08-2004 who: Shadow transport secretary Damian Green what: Promises to scrap speed bumps and open bus lanes where: House of Commons, LONDON when: After the general election snippet: It`s the Tories` latest attempt to woo "disgruntled car owners" - removing penalties for stopping in box junctions, allowing cars with more than one passenger into bus lanes, and flattening speed bumps "as they cause 500 deaths per year". The London Ambulance Service has reacted angrily to this statistic, telling The Guardian that it has been twisted from their own estimate that 500 more heart attack victims could be saved if every ambulance journey was accelerated by one minute. More motoring news: In St Albans, parking anarchy has descended as the council admits it hasn`t found anyone to take up its contract for traffic wardens, while Liverpool city council has launched a hunt for its ten "most cultured cabbies." [... more]

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