Motorists might well be using comparison sites to find cheaper carinsurance policies, but they are not sure how the premium has been pared down to reduce the cost.
Many motorists assume that their "small print" in the terms and conditions will cover them for common driving practices, whereas when they have an accident they are […]

An announcement by Ruth Kelly at the Department of Transport yesterday exposes the failure of the Pass Plus scheme which was supposed to help to support inexperienced drivers after they had taken their driving tests.
Instructors would take newly-qualified youngsters for extra lessons at night-time, on motorways, in town and rural situations and in hazardous […]

Foreign lorries, whose drivers sit on the left hand side of the cab, can not see vehicles overtaking on their right hand side. The Department of Transport issued 90,000 "Fresnel" lenses last December, a plastic attachment to the mirror which acts as a lens to increase visibility, to attempt to tackle the problem.
Accident Exchange, […]

Car safety has lead to a one third reduction in car accidents since the mid-1990s, yet the accident rates for young, and inexperienced, motorists have not shown a similar drop.
Ruth Kelly, secretary for Transport, has announced new measures to increase the training which learner drivers have to undergo before qualifying for a full licence.
A […]

The transport research foundation has approved a major software upgradeto the computerised systems that manage traffic flow.
TRANSYT 13 is a graphic simulator which can calculate how all thejunctions and traffic controls, such as traffic lights, work together tokeep the traffic moving during rush-hours as well as other times.
The upgrade from TRANSYT to TRANSYT 13 […]

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) motoring trust has found that 21.6 per cent of cars (or one in every five) submitted for a first MOT test fails.
The main reason for cars failing their MOTs are lighting or signalling failures - which should be covered by the new car warranty - which has lead […]

The No Internal Combustion Engine (NICE) car company, which specialises in selling electric vehicles, has welcomed the election of Boris Johnson as the new Mayor of London.
One of the mayoral policy commitments was that he would look again at the congestion charging penalties for petrol and diesel fuelled vehicles, but NICE is still optimistic […]

The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held from Friday July 11th to SundayJuly 13th 2008 in Chichester in West Sussex, has the theme Hawthorn toHamilton - Britain’s love affair with World Motor Sport.
Mike Hawthorn drove a Ferrari to become Britain’s first Formula 1 WorldChampion fifty years ago in 1958 and so Goodwood will attract fans […]

Consumers searching for second hand car have been urged to make sure a vehicle is roadworthy before committing to purchase.
Three-quarters of the used cars inspected by the RAC would not pass an MOT, the motoring body claims.
As a result, many second-hand car purchasers may find themselves having to fork out a hefty sum to […]

Recently released figures suggest cars are not being properly de-polluted and recycled.
In 2003, the government introduced legislation - the End of Life Vehicle Regulations - as part of an attempt to ensure that cars are properly de-polluted and recycled at specially licensed Authorised Treatment Facilities.
However, government data suggests just 900,000 cars were decommissioned correctly […]