Not one moment of this long day on the road had been spent in the traditional hitching pose: waving signs or thumbs at passing motorists.
Thousands of law-abiding motorists are having their cars towed away and are being charged fines of as much as £800 after unwittingly falling foul of car tax rule changes introduced by the DVLA.
The cold snap has already brought treacherous conditions to roads, with motorists in Sheffield forced to abandon their cars after becoming snowed in on Friday night.
What's unusual about the New Jersey bar case is that the plaintiffs are not the familiar type in these cases: motorists or stop-and-frisk victims outraged by what they say are invasive searches and a willful disregard by police for privacy rights.
But now, through a new community initiative that aims to reclaim public spaces in Mumbai swallowed by motorists, hawkers and illegal encroachments, no cars are allowed on one 6.5-kilometre stretch just to the north of the old centre of the city between 7 and 11 am on Sundays.
And as motorists sounded their car horns in an impromptu chorus, Sturgeon affected modesty at the critical applause and poll-topping ratings her performance achieved.
The result is excellent news for motorists this Christmas, with the cheapest forecourt prices for four years".
Related: The DVLA joins the scammers' ranks | Letters While most motorists know that tax discs are no longer required, what is catching out many is that vehicle excise duty is automatically cancelled if a car changes ownership – even if there is a valid disc in the window.
The DVLA says it has worked with motor traders and written to new owners to make them aware of the change, but plenty of motorists have found their vehicles clamped or towed away after being given a taxed car by a relative, or even swapping cars within a family.
While there are some tax increases to the well off, motorists and the sick, there are also big tax cuts to large mining companies, big polluters and businesses.
In fact, she says, they 'take pleasure in flouting the law and deliberately winding up motorists'.
