It's pedal power versus car culture in LA

Swarms of cyclists are taking to LA's multi-lane thoroughfares in a surprise response to soaring fuel prices

• A more favourable wind is picking up

• The pain of pedal power

Motor Show goes green

The opulent British Motor Show opens in London, but the industry as a whole is suffering downturn

• Motor Show players emphasise green credentials

• Nissan says future's bright and electric

Jail text-messaging death drivers, judges told

Motorists who cause death when drunk, on drugs or texting at the wheel should face longer sentences, judges were told

• Illegals to pay bail bonds to avoid detention

• 'Cut teen drink-drive limit to zero'

In-car entertainment steps up a gear with wi-fi

Car manufacturers are racing to be the first to introduce in-car internet technology that will allow passengers to surf the web

• The driverless car and 20 great concept cars

One in five accidents involves a parked car

Overcrowded roads, motorists not concentrating and the trend towards bigger vehicles have led to a rise in such accidents

Lorry protest over fuel prices hits London

Sections of central London closed as hundreds of lorry drivers converge on the city to protest over fuel prices

• Truckers plan to jam London in fuel protest

• Tories say car tax rules will hit 2 million

Hard shoulders to open to traffic

Highways Agency to turn hard shoulders into lanes and reduce the number of emergency lay-bys across 250 miles of motorway

• Motorway hard shoulder scheme cut journey times

• Hard shoulder motorway scheme - Q & A

Panic buying as fuel companies urge calm

Oil companies insist supplies are sufficient to last the four-day strike by fuel-tanker drivers as motorists bulk-buy

• Oil prices hit slippery slope to disaster

• Gordon Brown to 'crusade' against fuel cost