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Diesel Drivers Are Being Overcharged According to data from RAC Fuel Watch, diesel prices in the UK decreased by almost 4p a litre in Ap ...

Government States Mayor of London has Authority to Install ULEZ Cameras in Essex Without Consent The government has confirmed that the Mayor of London has the authority to install cameras for the ...

Police Trial Drones To Target Poor Driving Devon and Cornwall have launched a new program to tackle unsafe driving practices on high-risk rout ...

The Importance Of Updating The M.I.D - Motor Insurance Database The Motor Insurance Database (MID) is the only central record of all insured vehicles in the UK and ...

New Speed Camera Vans Private and motor trade drivers of new and used vehicles are being cautioned about the potential de ...

New Funding To Improve Road Safety The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced £47.5 million of funding for 27 of the UK's most ...

Guide To Vehicle Fuel Lights Have you ever wondered how far you can actually drive once the fuel warning light comes on in your ...

Tyres And Brakes Most ‘Dangerous’ MOT failures The most common reasons for vehicles failing their motor trade MOTs at the local garage mechanic ar ...

Budget For Motorists? In the latest Spring Budget announcement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented two major policies that ...

Sat Navs Updated To Keep Traffic Away From Residential Roads Good news is on the way for local neighbourhoods across the UK that have been suffering from driver ...

Vehicle Tyre Emissions Tax Consultants have been hired by the UK's Department for Transport (DfT) to examine ways to reduce em ...

Statistics Are In – Insure Your Car From Thieves All you private and motor trade insurance policy holders get ready to buckle up, because the latest ...

Motorists Breaking 60mph Limit At Highest Level Since 2016! There's been a huge jump in the number of drivers who are willing to admit to speeding on 60mph rur ...

EV Tyres Can Extend Vehicle Range Calling all EV car enthusiasts! Do you know the difference between Electric vehicle (EVs) tyres and ...

UK Government To Decarbonise National Highways Motor trade industry professionals will be pleased to learn of new government funding recently anno ...

UK Vehicle Colours of Choice In 2021, UK drivers mainly chose to purchase monochrome cars, with grey being the most popular colo ...

Potholes Can Now Be Fixed In Under 8 Minutes! Motorists, including all those drivers working in the motor trade industry will be delighted to lea ...

30-year Low For UK New Vehicle Sales Throughout 2022, 1.61 million new cars were registered in the UK, the lowest level since 1992. Desp ...

20 Million Getaways Before Christmas Largescale strikes by UK workers last month have led to experts warning of increased traffic on our ...

Do Dogs Prefer Riding In Electric Vehicles Compared To A Diesel? Dog lovers often travel with what many might refer to as our ‘best friends’, and more motorists ...

How Does The Cold Weather Affect Electric Vehicles? In this article we look at whether winter conditions impact an electric vehicles (EVs) efficiency. ...

Do Speed Cameras Have Tolerances? Most drivers believe all speed cameras flash if you go above a certain speed, many might be surpris ...

New London-Wide ULEZ - Ultra Low Emission Zone For a few months now there have been rumours of plans to expand the UK capital city Ultra Low Emiss ...

The New Highway Code Rules As Winter Hits It has been recently reported UK temperatures will start dropping sharply over the coming weeks, mo ...

Consumers Use Social Media And Smartphones To Research Car Purchases A new trend is emerging in the consumer purchase of new and used cars. Motorists increasingly rely ...

Do 20mph Speed Limits Work? Since 1935, up until most recently the UK's national speed limit has been 30mph for built-up areas, ...

Driving Offences and Punishments Even the most law-abiding citizens can find themselves in hot water for committing a driving offenc ...

ULEZ Cash Boost For Transport For London Of Almost £100m London’s newly expanded Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has been up and running for just short of ...

Male Drivers Are More Likely To Be In A Road Collision With Pedestrians Following a new report from The Guardian, it has been discovered that male drivers in Great Britain ...

Increase in Rogue MOT Testers Apparently, Sunday is the best day of the week to have your vehicle MOT with a reported pass rate o ...

Is the MOT changing to Every Two Years a Good Idea? Millions of vehicles in the United Kingdom undergo an MOT annually, nearly a third of those used ve ...

Can You Insure Alloy Wheels? Simple answer is you can get insurance for almost anything today. Alloy wheel insurance is no diffe ...

Queen Elizabeth II - Love of Land Rovers The passing of Queen Elizabeth II has left everybody deeply saddened, and our thoughts and condolen ...

Over 20,000 UK Vehicles Left Abandoned In 2021 The motor trade industry will be interested to learn from recent council figures recorded in 2021; ...

Sleeping in Your Vehicle – The Rules Rules in the Highway Code suggest drivers should take a break after every 2 hours, this includes al ...

Vehicle Rental Costs Skyrocket As many of us start travelling abroad again for the first time in a while, families will have notic ...

July New Vehicle Registrations Drop 9% According to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), new car ...

What To Do If You Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Vehicle Putting the wrong fuel in a car, whether it's petrol or diesel is something many motorists will alw ...

New 2022 UK Driving Laws - Recap In January 2022, we wrote an article about some of the UK’s proposed changes coming into effect t ...

Competition And Markets Authority Increase Spotlight On UK Fuel Prices Motorists currently struggling to afford the cost of putting fuel into new and used cars may be hea ...

Guide To Extreme Heat and Summer Driving Extreme heat and sunshine are a fact of life for much of the UK, but it's not just about dealing wi ...

Speed Limiters Now Added to New Vehicles Home Office figures for 2021 reveal more than 6,000 drivers a day were caught speeding by either tr ...

UK Government Launches Road Safety Investigation Team Everyone in the motor trade industry will be interested to read that back in June 2022, the UK gove ...

Motorists Buy Their Own Petrol Pump The Motor Trade Industry fully understand how fuel prices have impacted on the average motorist. Bu ...

Are You Fit To Drive? We tend to take mobility and ‘our own set of wheels’ for granted but, as a seasoned motorist, m ...

UK Motorist Fined for Cycle Fly-By Motorists need to always be cautious when driving, not just by paying attention to other vehicles, ...

How To Spot Motoring Scams At a time when money is already tight for most families, there has been an unprecedented rise in mo ...

New UK Government Pothole Penalties New changes to the law will hopefully help prevent needless potholes from being caused nationwide. ...

Tailgaters As most motorists will already know only too well, the dictionary defines ‘tailgate’ as a verb ...

EV Rapid Charging Prices Escalate Prices for rapid charging an electric vehicle (EVs) in the UK has risen sharply in line with increa ...