Fuel Articles

As winter looms ever closer and people start using their cars more, we often notice the shocking state of our local roads. New research by the RAC has revealed that the state of local roads is of the highest priority for drivers, above issues like the cost...

For motorists, driving over a speed bump can be both unnerving and uncomfortable. An unexpected jolt, bump, or scrape may lead you to worry if you’ve damaged your car—and you’d be right to have concerns. New research by Comparison website Confused.com...

In what seems to be a never-ending slaughter of German car manufacturers, they don’t seem to be helping themselves. A new in-depth investigation by the European Commission is intending to discover whether VW (Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche), BMW and Daimler,...

Tailgating is the most annoying habit among UK drivers, but analysis by Highways England (HE) has proven that it’s so much more than an annoyance – more than 100 people are killed or seriously injured every year on Britain’s motorways or major A roads; in...

2015: Volkswagen admit to fitting some of their diesel cars with a ‘defeat device’, aimed squarely at cheating the emissions tests for diesels around the world, in whichever form that testing took place. To date, it’s thought to have cost the Volkswagen...

The head of Highways England, Jim O’Sullivan, said that the only reason the UK had not moved to an 80mph speed limit on motorways was due to social acceptability as well as condemning classic cars in a recent interview with the Telegraph. The interview,...

Motorists have been praying to the ‘Great God of Fossil Fuel’ for years to get car manufacturers to be a little more realistic about the emissions and MPG claims for their vehicles; we’ve always known that manufacturers massage the figures, but surely, we...

If you drive a combustion vehicle in London, you could now receive a fine of £130 for driving on certain roads in the centre of London. A new charge introduced yesterday in the centre of London means that any combustion engine, excluding hybrids, could...

If you’re driving and you can't read a number plate 20 metres ahead of you and the police stop you, there's a chance you could lose your license. New measures to cut down on drivers with poor eyesight have been announced with the police now testing people...

Most of us drive around and use the sight of a police vehicle as a sign that we are being monitored. However, police in some parts of the UK are using unmarked HGVs to spy on drivers and to then send out fines for a whole range of minor traffic offences....

An official review of the speeding laws is underway and if Britain’s Road Policing Chief for the National Police Chiefs' Council gets his way, motorists will face penalties for going just one mile per hour over the speed limit. Chief Constable Anthony...

Birmingham is the latest UK city to announce that it is creating a clean air zone in the city centre to reduce pollution levels. The city council revealed the plans at the end of June to heated debate but look set to go ahead with them, offering a template...

There are diesels that create up to 25 times more pollution than official testing shows? Surely, that’s a mistake? We’ve written about clean diesels, false emissions, and wayward fuel economy figures in the past, and while diesel emissions are always a hot...

Drivers have a lot to watch out from behind the wheel of the car. From crazy other drivers, pedestrians to cyclists, there is a lot to take in as well as road conditions, meaning that drivers have to be alert all the time to avoid collisions. However, most...