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No Alternative to The Car: Green Fuel Alternatives Beyond Electric Vehicles The latest National Travel Survey (NTS) reveals significant insights into how travel patterns have ...

Why You Need Motor Insurance When You Travel Travelling to any event is exciting. Maybe you’re off to a family wedding or party, that big gig ...

Local Authorities To Take Control Of Traffic Regulations UK Transport Secretary Louise Haigh recently announced that decisions surrounding traffic calming m ...

DVSA Warns of Fake Parking Penalty Scams The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is alerting all private and motor trade drivers to a ...

Comeback Cars Naming a new car can be a tricky business for motor manufacturers. Names must be catchy, memorable, ...

The Smart Motorway X Factor: Drivers Ignoring Signs According to new data, more than 53,000 private and motor trade drivers across the UK have ignored ...

Vehicle Speed Limiters Are Now Mandatory In line with the European Commission's regulation, all new cars launched or sold in the EU must be ...

Experts Warn Motor Traders Of Cyber Security Dangers In the wake of last month’s cyber-attacks, which targeted US motor trade dealers, with software g ...

Are You Wearing Your Seatbelt - New AI Technology Extended National Highways and police forces across the UK are expanding the trial of innovative technology ...

Vehicle Theft On The Rise Vehicle theft in the UK continues to be a major concern, with the latest data from the Office for N ...

The Growing Concern Of Foliage Obscuring Road Signs As greenery, trees and bushes flourish during the warmer months in the UK, a new analysis has revea ...

The Channel Tunnel: A Comprehensive Guide Mainland Europe remains a top holiday destination for many UK residents. With millions of drivers h ...

Europe’s Most Congested Roads: London Takes The Lead For the third consecutive year, London has been ranked as the most congested city in Europe. Accord ...

Was the UK Election About The Motor Trade? As the UK approached the 2024 General Election in July, the major political parties, Conservative, ...

Preparing Your Car For A Summer Road Trip There's nothing quite like the thrill of hitting the open road in the summer holidays. Radio pla ...

What Is Lane Hogging? Middle-lane hogging might sound like a term for a quirky British sport, but it's one of the most ir ...

Number Of Vans On British Roads Hits All-Time High Recent motor trade data reveals an impressive surge in Light Goods Vehicles (LGVs) and vans on UK r ...

Rise In Pedestrian Fatalities: DfT's 2023 Road Collision Report The Department for Transport (DfT) has released its 2023 report on road collisions in the UK. Bo ...

Channel 4’s Dispatches Reveals How Councils Tackle Our Roads Britain’s roads are facing a perfect storm of challenges, from potholes and contentious low-traff ...

M25 Closure Planned For Peak Holiday Season: What You Need To Know Breakdown recovery vehicles, auto technicians and mobile tyre repairers, to name a few, from the mo ...

Popular New And Used Cars, Colours and Data Trends of 2023 In 2023, the UK witnessed a surge in the used car market, indicating a robust 5.1% growth with a to ...

Total UK Vehicles Exceed 40 Million With An Electric Surge Recent data released by Motorparc and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) unveils ...

Car Finance Commission Cases Increase In a recent communication with its clients, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) unveiled the intr ...

Why Have More Than 214,000 UK Vehicles Been Seized By Police in 2023? A startling 214,051 vehicles were seized last year alone, according to a recent Freedom of Informat ...

Government Announces Reversion Of 20mph Speed Limits. In a significant move set to commence in September 2024, the Welsh Government under Transport Secre ...

Why Tesla Stock Is Plummeting in 2024? Once hailed as an unstoppable force in the motor trade sector, Tesla is now facing some turbulent t ...

Yellow Box Junctions And Road Markings: Highway Code Yellow box junctions, those criss-crossing yellow lines that pepper busy intersections, are meant t ...

All You Need To Know About Traffic Light Cameras Traffic light cameras stand as silent sentinels at busy junctions, silently monitoring the flow of ...

Car Security Big Issue As Data Reveals Lack Of Criminal Charges Recent UK government data has unveiled a concerning trend in the world of car crime as many vehicle ...

Bad Driving Targeted By Police Forces And Councils Through Tech Technology is making all the headlines again in the ongoing battle for road safety. In the lates ...

Over 14m Trips During The Easter Weekend As millions of Brits geared up for a well-deserved Easter break by land, sea and air, anticipation ...

Council Road Maintenance Not Meeting Targets In a concerning revelation, council road maintenance in England has plummeted by 45% in the 2022/23 ...

Public EV Charging More Expensive Than Home Charging In an eyewatering revelation, the latest AllCosts report from Allstar exposes a stark contrast in t ...

How Will AI Impact The Motor Trade Industry? In the dynamic landscape of technological advancement, the trajectory of computer capabilities sugg ...

Over £4.5 Billion To Transform Transport In North and Midlands In a historic move, local leaders are set to receive a transformative boost by announcing the £4.7 ...

Fuel Price Increases Spark Changes For Retailers Private and motor trade drivers will no doubt welcome that the UK government is to act against unfa ...

Accelerating The Expansion Of Electric Vehicle Charge Points The UK government's commitment to supporting electric vehicle (EV) drivers has taken a significant ...

Have Cars Outgrown UK Infrastructure? A recent motor trade study conducted by Transport & Environment (T&E) revealed that new car ...

How Long Do Drivers Spend in Traffic New research reveals that drivers in England lose nearly 40 hours annually due to road delays, equi ...

The Most Scrapped Cars and Reporting an Abandoned Vehicle A recent report has unveiled the make and model of the most scrapped vehicles in the UK for 2023. T ...

Drivers Want Action to Reduce Headlight Glare The RAC is urging the UK Government to conduct an independent study on headlight glare, as recent r ...

MOT Process Scrapped Following Discussions The UK Government has unveiled plans to modernise the annual MOT process after concluding a compreh ...

Risky Behaviour During Motorway Breakdowns According to a recent study, nearly eight out of 10 (78%) private and motor trade drivers in the Un ...

E-commerce Vehicle Sales And Staying Safe Online E-commerce giant Amazon has recently unveiled plans to venture into online vehicle sales in 2024, e ...

Nearly Half Of Speed Cameras Inactive Almost 46% of fixed speed cameras in England and Wales may be inactive, according to 25 out of 44 p ...

Less Than 5% of New Cars Have Spare Wheels Recent research indicates that a mere 3% of new cars are now equipped with a spare wheel, leaving a ...

Beware Of Fake Parking Apps In a concerning trend, motorists are falling prey to deceptive online parking apps that dupe users ...

What Does 'Electronic Stability Programme' (ESP) Do In A Vehicle? In the dynamic landscape of modern vehicles, safety technologies play a pivotal role, with the Elec ...

Insights And Controversies On 20mph Speed Limits The implementation of 20mph speed limits on roads in Wales has stirred significant debate, promptin ...

The Next Generation Of Speed Cameras More advancements in speed camera technology are on the horizon for the UK, promising increased pre ...