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London scrappage scheme: PR stunt or helping hand?
In just seven weeks, a new daily charge is to be introduced for entering the City of London, it will affect all pre-Euro 4 petrol...
It’s quicker to cycle than drive in UK cities, says report
As UK roads get more and more congested, it seems that some drivers will have to become what they have, on the whole, despised for...
The smaller the car, the more reliable it is says Which?
Choosing the right car for you can be a mixture of sensible decision, financial obligation and with a hint of raw emotion, but even the...
Electric cars can have 40% less range in freezing temperatures
The writing has been on the wall for a while now: Electric cars are here to stay, the death knell is ringing for fossil fuel. That’s all...
Half a million drivers seen using mobile phone at wheel in 2017
Using a mobile phone at the wheel is never a good idea, and except in some extreme circumstances is also illegal. Between 2013 and 2015...
Drink drive arrests plunge amongst shortage of breathalysers
Incidents of drink-driving are on the increase, around 7% up typically, and yet some areas are seeing a 26% decrease in arrests for the...
Auto-renewing your car insurance could cost you an extra £130 every year
Every year people in the UK spend an astonishing £78billion on insurance premiums. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report that...
Car industry on high alert as production slumps drastically
Car production was down 9.1% in 2018 due to numerous factors, including Brexit, lack of demand for diesel and strict emissions laws...
Autonomous cars report drunk drivers to police
Chinese tech giant, Huawei, has recently filed a patent with the European Patent Office for what could amount to some of the most...
Car theft on the increase due to keyless tech
New figures show that hundreds of the UK’s top-selling cars are at risk of theft by criminals who use technology to hack into keyless...
WhatCar? Car of the Year is electric for the first time
For those sceptics of EV’s, there’s a new kid on the block that could change your mind. The new Kia e-Niro tackles two of the most...
Motorists forced to foot bill to park at work
“A poll tax on wheels” – Edmund King president of the AA. In what seems to be yet another indirect tax on the motorist, a number of...
Police seize red diesel at UK forecourts
After three days of raids, officers uncovered over 79,000 litres (17,500 gallons) — with an estimated loss of duty worth around £56,000...
Is the law on older drivers still fit for purpose?
In April of this year, Age UK revealed that “Between 1995/97 and 2013 the proportion of people in Great Britain aged 70+ holding a licence increased...
MOT rules could be toughened up to address outstanding safety recalls
Every year, car manufacturers recall around a million vehicles for safety checks or repairs, under the vehicle safety recall scheme. One...
Next generation speed cameras now spot distracted driving
“Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you” – one of the lesser-known quotes from the George Orwell novel Nineteen...
Drivers lose out on savings as supermarkets stop competing with Asda
Back at the end of October last year, supermarkets announced the first of many price drops. Since then, the unleaded price has dropped...
Collisions due to cautious drivers up by a third
As you’ve no doubt heard from an old sage, speed limits are just that; a limit, not a target, but apart from very few locations, there’s...
Regulating fuel prices is ‘impracticable and nonsensical’
According to campaigners and some MPs, the UK needs a petrol and diesel watchdog to monitor filling-station prices and to stop motorists...
Pedestrians and cyclists have priority on roads, says NICE
In a new report by the National Insitute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), they called for all new roads to prioritise pedestrians,...
No suspects are identified in three-quarters of all vehicle thefts
Car theft is something none of us wants to experience. If faced with a space where our car once was, the first thing we'd do is call the...
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