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Prices should be 8ppl lower, say RAC and AA
After the last few weeks of price cuts, a lower oil price and falling wholesale costs, motoring giant the AA has announced that it...
Park in a bicycle lane and you could get a £130 fine
To improve road safety, the Department for Transport (DfT) is bringing in new rules, which mean drivers face fines if they’re caught...
500 number plates are stolen weekly – is your car safe?
Across the country, 500 number plates are stolen every week leaving many motorists facing penalty notices and boxing in for crimes they...
20mph zones don’t make our roads safer, says DfT
A report for the Department for Transport has concluded that 20mph zones have made no impact on road safety and that drivers have...
BP switches loyalty scheme, Esso gets Nectar
Esso has announced a significant transformation to their fuel loyalty scheme. From next year the company will end their partnership with...
Councils make record profit in parking fines
Parking charges and penalties have been labelled as a stealth tax by motoring organisations after councils have made record profit of...
New cameras to spot drivers over a kilometre away
A new police camera that can catch motorists from over half a mile away unveiled by Gloucestershire police last week as part of...
BREAKING: Supermarkets slash petrol and diesel prices by up to 3p a litre
After a long hard six months, drivers are finally starting to see some relief at the pumps, and this time it’s not just for those who...
Millions of drivers could be driving illegally due to poor vision
The Association of Optometrists (AOP) have called for tougher laws on vision testing for motorists after it was found that 44% of all...
Most drivers don’t follow strict speed limits, statistics show
The Department for Transport (DfT), has published its 2017 figures and their data shows most motorists aren’t keeping to the speed limit...
Police crackdown on uninsured motorists to save law-abiding citizens millions
Police across the country are this week cracking down on uninsured motorists as it is revealed that it costs law-abiding citizens up to...
Complaints against RAC and AA double year on year
An investigation by Money Mail shows that inadequate response times are forcing AA and RAC customers to hire independent recovery firms...
Motorists should pay in advance for fuel, says police chief
Bilking, or the act of filling up and driving off without paying for it, is a serious crime in the petrol industry but figures revealed...
Drivers spent an extra £40 million on fuel in October compared to September
Oil prices have dropped 11% since the beginning of October, leading to a reduction in wholesale prices of fuel, but it has taken some...
Road pricing scheme suggested in light of EV takeover
Fuel duty is never a popular topic, but with the inevitable switchover to electric vehicles (EVs), this long-loathed tax is on its way...
15mph speed limits will not help pollution problems, warns experts
The City of London Corporation is looking at implementing a 15mph speed limit in the capital’s Square Mile to help with road safety and...
Motorway investment in Budget has hidden cash cow agenda
In the budget released on Monday, Chancellor Philip Hammond revealed plans to invest £28.8 billion in the National Road Fund but not all...
Speed cameras that catch the most people revealed
Figures revealed by the comparison site, GoCompare, have shown that since 2016, the most prolific speed cameras have been predominantly...
Diesel drivers face rip off at the pumps
We’ve had a lot of PetrolPrices members contact us and ask the question, why is diesel so much more expensive than petrol at the minute?...
Petrol and diesel new car sales ban to start 2032
Ministers from a cross-party group—the Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee—have called on the government...
Noise of electric cars revealed, and it’s not what you would think
Back in May, PetrolPrices told you the European Union had put in place legislation that meant, from next year, all new electric cars...
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