Smart Motorway Cameras Concerns
This week, a new stretch of smart motorway opened on the M4, running 15 miles from Junction 8/9 at Maidenhead to Junction 3 at Hayes, West London. National Highways said that the cones and barriers in place during the works that started in 2018 would be lifted by...
Smart Motorway Cameras Concerns
This week, a new stretch of smart motorway opened on the M4, running 15 miles from Junction 8/9 at Maidenhead to Junction 3 at Hayes, West London. National Highways said that the cones and barriers in place during the works that started in 2018 would be lifted by...
Smart Motorway Cameras Concerns
This week, a new stretch of smart motorway opened on the M4, running 15 miles from Junction 8/9 at Maidenhead to Junction 3 at Hayes, West London. National Highways said that the cones and barriers in place during the works that started in 2018 would be lifted by...
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Fuel Duty Cut by 5 Pence Per Litre
The chancellor, Rushi Sunak, announced that fuel duty will be cut by 5ppl at 6 pm on the 23rd March. This fuel cut will reduce the excise duty on road fuels from 57.95ppl to 52.95ppl. This is the first change in fuel duty since March 2011. This deduction in fuel duty...
Car Parking Fines Set to Change
Under a new code of practice introduced in February by the UK Government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the maximum parking fine will be reduced from £100 to £50 for England and Wales. In some instances, serious breaches will face a maximum...
Service Issues with PetrolPrices Mobile App
Service Issues with PetrolPrices Mobile AppDue to the current increase in fuel prices, we have been experiencing unprecedented numbers of people using the PetrolPrices mobile app, web app, and website. Several times over the last couple of weeks, the mobile app, in...
The cost of car insurance fell by an average of £80 year-on-year
According to data from Compare the Market, the average car insurance premiums for the fourth quarter of 2021 fell by over 11% compared with the fourth quarter of 2020. The key findings, detailed below, also showed that younger drivers could benefit the most by...
‘Crash for cash’ scams on the rise, Insurance Fraud Bureau claims
According to the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB), 170,000 claims linked to potential ‘crash for cash’ scams were recorded last year. ‘Crash for cash’ scams are orchestrated by involved drivers or pedestrians who plan accidents to catch out innocent motorists on the road....
Drivers think electric vehicles are too expensive, study reveals
A recent study conducted by the AA has revealed that a large percentage of drivers still believe electric vehicles are too expensive, putting them off making the switch. The study asked over 15,500 drivers to give their opinion on electric vehicles, with a colossal...
New E10 fuel could cause catastrophic damage to classic cars
From September, filling stations will switch to E10 petrol – a greener alternative in line with the government’s plan to cut emissions. However, motorists are being warned that E10 is incompatible with some vehicles, including classic cars. It is expected that the...
Supermarket giant leads the way for electric vehicle charge points
Electric vehicle charge points have been installed at over 600 Tesco stores by the UK’s largest free electric car charging network, Pod Point. The charge points have provided users with over 10 million miles of carbon-neutral motoring, studies reveal, and are working...
London’s congestion charge causes pollution levels to climb
London’s congestion charge - designed to reduce levels of traffic and thus harmful emissions - appears to be having the opposite of the desired effect, a study shows. Professor Colin Green and his colleagues at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have...
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