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Council Street Light Switch Off Policy Challenged

THE AA has raised concerns over the practice of turning off street lights at night, saying that councils are "ignoring the findings of road-accident inquests" in their bid to save money. The motoring organisation cited the fact that at least five pedestrians and a cyclist have been killed since 2009 because, according to accident investigators at inquests, drivers had little or no chance of avoiding the collisions on blacked-out roads with speed limits of 40mph or higher. The AA added that although some councils have recognised the danger and turned their street lights back on, others were "ignoring inquest findings".

Audi delivers R8 V10 to originator of #wantanR8 hashtag

Audi R8 V10 - a gift for the day for a dose of Twitter love The Marketing world is changing fast, with online reporting and social media fast relegating traditional print media to the dustbin of history. And if you want a lesson on how to make social media work in the car world, you could do a lot worse than look at Audi’s recent efforts. Audi started using hashtags (that’s a little phrase preceded by the hashtag and used on Twitter) in its adverts for the Superbowl last year, which is a good way to get topics trending on the Twitter social media hub.

Lamborghini Veneno (2013) first official pictures

Tomorrow McLaren will unveil its new McLaren P1, ditto Ferrari its Enzo successor, but on the eve of the 2013 Geneva motor show Lamborghini has just tried to trump the pair with the Veneno. The P1 is priced at £866k, the Ferrari will likely cost just as much, but you'll need £3m for a Veneno... £3m?!