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Even if a motorist is wound up by another road user, there is no excuse for trying to kill the other road user. The van driver knew what he was doing. Or, if he didn't, he should never drive again.

On the subject of paying for roads, here's a suggestion ... Why don't we reintroduce the provisions of the Highways Act 1555? This required every adult in England to perform four days unpaid work each year, to undertake road maintenance work in the parish in which they lived. Failure to do...

I'm usually in Team Knob, but on this occasion I was quoting another poster and wanted to avoid a spat about spelling. Obviously I failed.

I bet the nob in the van didn't pay the VED on the van. It would have been paid by the van owner, his employer. Or, to be more precise, his now former employer. I'm glad to see that his employer isn't taking the view that him paying VED brings an entitlement for the driver of the van to run...

I know we've done this many times before, but let's do it just one more time ... Road Tax came to an end in 1937, when the UK government took the decision to abolish the Road Fund and pay for roads and their upkeep from general taxation.

Not all vehicles pay vehicle excise duty. Low emission vehicles are exempt. Bikes are zero emission vehicles.

Don't be ridiculous. Cyclists pay taxes, the same as everyone else. Income tax, VAT and National Insurance contributions, Council Tax. All go into the pot that pays for road maintenance. The Level of spending is, of course, controlled by the government who, if you haven't noticed, want to...

That isn't an overtaking manoeuvre, anyway. It's a road rage incident.

It's a stretch of single carriageway road with double white lines. That means "No overtaking". It's also incredibly dangerous for cyclists to keep hard to the left on roads in rural areas. Have you not seen the state of road maintenance these days? Verges have collapsed, potholes are...

... and he's learning all about losing. It's called "character building" when it happens to young people. At my age, to be honest, I've had enough of it.

I would hate to go into next season with every Albion fan imagining that we were invincible, just because we'd finished top.

It can happen. One game that I recall seeing when a team was clearly challenged by having to play in a superior, but unfamiliar, stadium than what they were used to was when Chelsea, recently crowned as Champions of Europe, lost convincingly to the Albion at the Amex. And they weren't playing...

If a European Super League does come into being, why shouldn't the Albion invite a top European Club to play their "home" games at the Amex? It's a logical development for a sport that is increasingly looking like a set of franchises only interested in targeting an international TV audience.

Goals in 89th minute save Newport County and frustrate Albion

What we have learned from this weekend's football is that it ain't over until the 89th minute has been played.

I've just about recovered. A winning goal in the 89th minute. Talk about leaving things late! Hartlepool will recover. There was a real risk that County wouldn't.

A journalist covering a story about an event that is taking place inside the building.

All that I ask is that the police comply with ACPO guidelines on how to deal with photographers in public places. On this occasion, they didn't. As the Chief Constable of Warwickshire says, this brings the police into disrepute and threatens the good relationship that should exist between the...

The police officers who appear in this video understand the law perfectly. There is no case for stopping photography from a public street and, provided there is no suspicion of wrongdoing, the police have no right to demand information about why the photographs are being taken.

Blimey! That takes me back. Anne de Vecchi wasn't just getting into spats with Eddie Mitchell. She was at the centre of the harassment that Lewes District Council was directing at Lady Bracknell over the poster that Lady B had designed as part of the Falmer Stadium campaign. It took the best...