"You just don't get the through traffic anymore from Somerset - it doesn't enable people to come in to the town, " she said.

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"I have met some people who have been helping to get traffic through deep standing water, and some who have spent the night mopping up because the water came over their front door steps in South Cerney, " he said.

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Conscious of his newfound status, Shah has bought a couple of Mercedes-Benzes but prefers his old Toyota Corolla (albeit using the services of a driver) so he can get around more quickly through Mumbai's traffic snarls.

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Conscious of his newfound status, Shah has bought a couple of Mercedes-Benzes but prefers his old Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people ) Corolla (albeit using the services of a driver) so he can get around more quickly through Mumbai's traffic snarls.

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So far, the system had worked, with no fraud reported, although this week, many people could not get through as publicity about the site caused Internet traffic to jump to 28 times normal levels.

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"Tracking the puck through traffic, you can't get that in practice as a goaltender, " Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard said.

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Crossing Bloomsbury Street, just by the British Museum, it can often take southbound traffic up to ten minutes to get through a single red light.

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In an hour or so Spetter can get a 1, 000hp engine to set speed records and smoothly cruise through suburbia without overheating in traffic.

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Suddenly, a convoy of four-wheel-drive vehicles - the kind used by Iraqi officials - swerves madly through the traffic, sirens blaring, and a voice from a loudspeaker telling drivers to get out of the way.

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