4-Wheeled Seven-Seater Autos Banned

Executive Summary about 4-wheeled seven-seater autos banned by Andhra Pradesh
HYDERABAD: City Police Commissioner B. Prasada Rao on Thursday imposed restrictions on the movement of four-wheeled seven-seater autos in twin cities to ensure smooth flow of traffic. These autos should not enter beyond the following areas:
Vehicles from Champapet up to Chanchalguda rotary will be stopped at Indira Seva Sadan junction.
Autos coming from Rajendranagar will be stopped at Rethibowli.
Vehicles coming from Medchal will be stopped at Bowenpally check-post.
Autos coming from Karimnagar towards Trimulgherry will be stopped at Rythu Bazaar in Alwal.
Vehicles coming from Kukatpally towards Ameerpet will be stopped at ESI hospital junction.
Autos coming from Rajendranagar towards Puranapul will be stopped at Kishanbagh crossroads.
Australian petition calls for ban on 4WDs
Executive Summary about Australian petition calls for ban on 4WDs Greg Anlsey
CANBERRA - The simmering war between car drivers and owners of four-wheel-drives has again broken to the surface of Australian roads, with new calls for bans and tighter restrictions on the big sports utilities that continue to take a growing share of city and suburban streets. The proposal to proposing new taxes for the nation's four-by-fours vanished overnight.
Four years ago New South Wales Deputy Coroner Jacqueline Milledge had urged action against four-by-fours following an inquest into the death of a 5-year-old girl killed by a four-wheel-drive in the ground of a Sydney school, wanted the vehicles banned from stopping within 200m of primary schools.
Monash University's accident research centre which found that while reducing an occupant's chances of death or serious injury by four in 1000, four-wheel-drives increased the chance of killing or injuring others by 11 in 1000.