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Wed 05 May 2004Driving ambitionsSo. you think it's a waste of time voting on transport issues in the local elections next month. It's time to think again, writes Kieran FaganLocal election candidates of all parties are getting an earful on the doorsteps. In the cities and the countryside and particularly in new "satellite" towns which feed Dublin's growth, motorists are telling them they are fed up and nothing the aspiring councillor can do will make any difference.