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Letter: Efficient driving and the long arm of the law

Published 23 October 2024

From Dave Appleby, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK

Those readers discussing how to drive more efficiently, take note. The only time I have been stopped by the police and breathalysed – the result was negative – was after they observed me practising smoother driving and less braking to conserve fuel. You might call it “reducing emissions”. They called it “erratic driving” (Letters, 28 September).

Issue no. 3514 published 26 October 2024

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