Extract from the Daily Express, Saturday 21st June 2008
   By Polly Buchanana

"Cars vanish from the roads as high price of  fuel bites"

Drivers are slowing down, staying at home  or turning to bicycles in a bid to combat  rocketing petrol prices. Roads are becoming so quiet that it "feels  like the school holidays already" the length and breadth of the country, a report compiled by the RAC said yesterday. One patrolman in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, said: "The traffic has just disappeared." Patrolmen in Cambridge reported roads are clear at time of year when they are usually a source of "mayhem". .... The (RAC) patrols noted that park-and-ride sites are busier, more motorists are sticking to speeds of 50-60mph and there are more cyclists on the road - like supermodel Elle Macpherson, who is regularly seen riding her bicycle in London. .... Friends of the Earth's transport campaigner Richard Dyer welcomed the RAC patrols' findings. He said: "Avoiding unnecessary car use, using buses and trains and choosing more fuel-efficient cars will save money and cut transport's contribution to climate change. The Government must help motorists by investing extra oil tax revenues in public transport and cycling facilities, encouraging greener motoring and pushing for tough EU laws on the fuel-efficiency of all new cars.." Petrol prices yesterday hit 118.48p per litre for unleaded and 131.84p for diesel.