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Safety experts are dismayed...

Safety experts are dismayed that last December"s law banning hand-helds hasn"t proved more effective. "The message has not got through that using them reduces safety," said a spokeswoman for the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Accidents. "People have to learn it"s unacceptable to risk lives just to make a call."



Following satellite-navigation...

Following satellite-navigation firm TomTom"s success at using funnyman John Cleese"s voice for spoken directions, other celebrities have signed up to put their tones to the portable units. Actors Mr T, Burt Reynolds and Dennis Hopper are in the pipeline to tell GPS users to "Take the next left", "Leave at the third exit" or "Make a U-turn". Hopper, star of cult biker movie Easy Rider, is likely to be used on motorbike sat-nav equipment.


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It was victory number...

It was victory number two for Rubens Barrichello, as the Brawn GP ace stormed to victory in last weekendð€™s Italian grand prix. The Brazilian starð€™s pit stop strategy was perfect, allowing him to head team mate Jenson Button and Ferrarið€™s Kimi Raikkonen at the flag.

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A Japanese importer...

A Japanese importer has snapped up all the surviving cars from the hit US movie the Fast and the Furious 3 - Tokyo Drift, and is putting them up for auction.

It"s the first time any of the souped-up mach÷­ines from the cult movie trilogy have been made available.

Three star cars feature among the 19 models for sale - the other 80 machines were damaged performing stunts. There"s a Mazda RX-7 tuned to deliver 450bhp and valued at around ÷£80,000, and a similarly powered Nis÷­san 350Z turbo, set to fetch ÷£50,000, along with a blown 350bhp Mazda RX-8, priced around ÷£40,000.

The cars are being sold by Newera Imports, which was offered the film stars by Universal Studios. Log on to www.neweraimports.com for details.




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