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Britons spend £42 million a year on failed driving tests
The DVLA has shared statistics which show where the hardest and easiest places to pass a driving test are in the UK, based on data collected from...
Most serious driving accidents occur in summer, not winter
According to motoring experts, you shouldn’t fear snow and rain; the REAL threat is sunshine. The Lookers car-buying firm claims that drivers should...
The diesel ‘fightback’ begins
Diesel car owners may feel a little under siege of late, given the sudden emphasis on diesel cars being the cause of much of the pollution in our...
Oil prices continue to fall, how low will they go?
Motorists around the country could be seeing another drop in the price of fuel, as the cost of oil continues to fall. It dropped to $45...
Government demands UK-wide electric vehicle charging points
As part of last week's Queen’s Speech, the government announced the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill. The bill could have significant...
Be aware of ‘phishing email’ scams targeting motorists
A recent phishing scam aimed at motorists has been illegally trying to steal people’s personal details by sending emails that appear to be from the...
Amazon to sell cars online in the UK
Rumour has it that e-commerce giant Amazon is going to start selling cars, with a trial set to take place in the UK before it is rolled out to other...
ASDA fuel price cut – did other petrol retailers follow suit?
Supermarket giant ASDA cut the price of its fuel by 2 pence a litre last Thursday following the drop in wholesale prices, leaving other supermarkets...
Drivers breathe nine times more pollution than cyclists and pedestrians
The UK’s first National Clean Air Day was on 15 June 2017. It came with some dire warnings about problems with pollution on our roads and the...
The street lamp: how it’s charging an electric vehicle revolution
The electric vehicle (EV) is finding real traction both in the UK and across the globe. However, a serious issue remains – the limited number of EV...
The new MOT: down-to-earth or downright dangerous?
The government is currently reviewing the results of its consultation on extending a new car’s need to have its first MOT from three years to four....
Will car loans be the next mis-selling scandal?
The latest Financial Ombudsman’s Annual Report shows that car finance loans have become the third most complained about matter. Following payday...
EU endorses plans to control road safety rules
The European Union has ambitious plans to take charge of road safety rules and make them uniform across the whole of Europe’s 28 countries. The...
Garage sells petrol “diluted with water,” forcing cars to break down
Earlier this week, several customers who filled their cars up with unleaded fuel at a BP garage on the East Lancashire Road in Liverpool claimed...
“Zombie drivers” most reliant on sat navs in London, says survey
A recent survey by black cab taxi app mytaxi has found that London drivers are more reliant on sat navs than drivers anywhere else in the UK. The...
Super unleaded cheaper than unleaded in parts of the UK
Historically, premium fuels such as super unleaded have kept a respectable distance of at least 5 pence a litre away from unleaded. In some cases,...
Super-fast electricity: Charging your plug-in is about to get faster
The Ifbattery is set to revolutionise charging times for Electric Vehicles, meaning that owning one could actually be practical for all the...
Cheaper fuel costs coming as Trump exits Paris Agreement
The cost of crude oil per barrel fell back below $50 the moment that Donald Trump announced that the USA would withdraw from the Paris accord on...
Apple iPhone gets ‘do not disturb while driving’ mode
In an important move designed to tackle driver distraction caused by mobile phone use while driving, Apple announced yesterday that their latest...
Police use dash-cam footage to prosecute drivers
As part of Operation Snap from October 2016 onwards, North Wales Police has been accepting dash cam, helmet cam and mobile phone footage from the...
2028: The year of reckoning for oil?
Plug-in cars make up less than 0.10% of all car sales globally, it’s a tiny fraction of the market that ‘Big Oil’ deems to be insignificant enough...
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