Speed kills and drivers going too fast are one of the main complaints from many people living in busy roads.

Brighton and Hove Council decided to put up temporary warning posters in roads where the problem was greatest. It then moved them after six months into other roads.

The speed reduction was just one per cent with the first batch and didn't go down at all for the second.

In both experiments, drivers on several roads actually went faster while the posters were there than before.

Undeterred, the council looks as if it will continue the experiment, this time keeping the posters around for longer.

But they plainly are not working.

Tougher and more expensive measures are needed, in some cases urgently, to reduce the risk of accidents.

They can be traffic-calming schemes as in Woodland Drive, Hove, speed cameras or a greater police presence.

Many drivers think speeding in towns doesn't matter much. But statistics show that for every one per cent reduction in speed, there's a five per cent drop in accidents.

Posters may look good on paper but they have little or no deterrent effect as the speeding drivers have conclusively proved.

MPs' struggle More than 100 women were elected to Parliament in 1997.

Most were Labour MPs known as Blair's Babes, who entered Westminster with high hopes.

But as our feature shows today, it's still an uphill struggle for women who want to enter the club-like Commons with its highly unsocial hours.

The hours badly need changing so MPs of both sexes do not work into the small hours and can really spend more times with their families.

And all three main parties need to make themselves more female friendly so women of real quality appear at selection meetings to be chosen on merit against male rivals.

Parking poser Paul Lloyd bought a second-hand car in Lewes and left it parked in the street while he sorted out paperwork from the previous owner.

But when he returned, the C-reg Ford Granada had been taken away by contractors working for Lewes District Council and crushed.

Paul, from Godwin Road in Hove, is still hoping to gain compensation from the council for his car.

But if he does not, he will have lost £150 and it will be a crushing blow.