Michael Frostick and Stuart Turner cover the world of motoring

More than 250,000 British people will start their holidays this summer by coach from Ostend. What kind of vehicles will take them to the sun? Are long-distance coach trips too cheap in terms of safety?
In 1966 forty people died and two hundred were injured in holiday coach crashes on the Continent. Driver fatigue was blamed. Since then safety regulations have been made tougher. But the £50 foreign travel limit continues to encourage price-cutting and the risks that go with it.

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