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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...
A PCP mis-selling time bomb?
It wasn’t that long ago that the media was full of stories about the mis-selling of PPI, with banks being the prime targets for vitriol and blame...
Diesel sales plummet as threat of crackdown escalates
New figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers show that sales of new diesel cars plummeted by 27.3% in April. The drop is likely to be in...
Share your strangest experiences on British roads
British roads are some of the busiest in Europe and we are sure that many of our members have seen some strange things happen whilst driving. Well,...
May fuel price review: lower prices, but will they continue to fall?
Fuel prices in May 2017 continued to fall. With the per-barrel cost of crude oil down, supermarkets and major petrol retailers have passed cost...
Fuel to cost more at peak times
Do you fill up on the way to work, during the school run or on bank holidays? If you do, then you're likely to start paying an average of £1 more...
What does the future of motoring hold?
Massive changes are coming to the UK’s roads. The automotive industry, along with the public sector and education sector, has been dragging its...
Drivers waste 10 days a year stuck in traffic
A comprehensive study of Britain’s most congested roads has found that motorists spend an average of ten days a year stuck in traffic....
Cycle lanes create congestion and stop ambulances
Last week our article about drivers receiving fines for making way for ambulances received the highest response we have ever had from an article...
Election manifesto round-up – who’s promising what?
The UK general election is on 8 June 2017. All the main political parties have now released their manifesto pledges. We look at what they could mean...
Drivers not reporting accidents to keep insurance costs down
A recent Gocompare.com survey highlighted the topic of “fronting.” This is where the parent of a young driver puts him/herself down as a named...
Hefty fines for drivers who don’t move aside for emergency services
Most drivers don’t realise that they can incur fines for not moving out the way of emergency services vehicles. Many are also unaware that...
Speed camera detectors – buyer’s guide
What is a speed camera detector and how does it work? A speed camera detector is a device that alerts you when you’re approaching a speed camera....
Lawlessness on UK roads spikes
Motorist charity RoadPeace suggests that the 28% decrease in traffic police over the last few years means that Britain’s unmonitored lesser roads...
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