Lots of PetrolPrices.com users have written to us recently with complaints about speed cameras. {poll=9}Jake in our office certainly thinks that the police do not use speed cameras appropriately. He just received a ticket for driving at 39mph in a 30mph limit. While he agrees that speeding can be dangerous, he was driving on a… more »

{poll=8}Morrisons have made a bold move in the current supermarket-led price war and have dropped the price of unleaded to 89.9p. This is great news for the motorist. Many people have been paying nearer 100p for their fuel recently. There are 276 Morrisons across the UK and you should be able to fill up at… more »

If you want to learn about fuel prices in detail, read the 10 page report on Fuel Taxation published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The author, Andrew Leicester, looks at historic fuel prices and duty. He goes on to compare UK fuel prices with prices in other European countries. He researches how much money… more »

If you live in Northern Ireland, you can save an extra 4p off each litre of fuel. There is a promotion running in the Belfast Telegraph with selected Spar, Eurospar, Vivo and Vivoxtra stations. You need to buy a copy of the Belfast Telegraph newspaper any day until Wednesday August 30 to get 4p off… more »

Biodiesel is a type of fuel created from plants (e.g. rapeseed, soybean and sunflower) that can be used in modified diesel car engines instead of diesel. Benefits include: It is cheap to produce. It is cheaper to buy than diesel. It can be grown anywhere in the world. It is more environmentally friendly as it… more »

We don’t like to get ripped off when buying fuel and that’s why we created the Petrol Prices website. But even with the help of our site, UK consumers are still spending more and more money on fuel because of rising oil prices and rising taxation. Fuel is taxed twice – firstly by fuel duty… more »

It used to be that there were yellow lines in places where you were obstructing traffic flow and if you parked on them you got fined which is fair enough. It was a criminal offence after all and they were there for a reason. But in 1991 a new act of parliament gave local… more »

With the price of petrol on a seemingly relentless rise, it may be a good time to switch cars to something a little bit more frugal. We have just published a guide to green cars that tells you everything you need to know from hybrid vehicles to hydrogen fuel cells. more »

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