It may not have been intended that the 1991 Road Traffic Act would be used as a new, reliable funding stream by local authorities in order to help their budgets, but it certainly seems as though it is to many of us.

BBC: Parking - Your Thoughts

Ambulance drivers transporting patients are exempted under the Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 - as are police and fire engines - but transplant vehicles are not.

BBC: Steven Trayler

The Road Traffic Reduction Act, passed in the dying days of the Tory government, requires local authorities to explain how they will reduce traffic growth below what it is currently projected to be in 2010.

ECONOMIST: Transport