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It has been reported today that councils apparently spend more on pothole compensation claims than they do on repairing the roads that we drive on. The story goes that about £53 million was paid out to motorists in England and Wales last year, according to councils whose staff spent 40,801 days dealing with claims. This […]
In what some consider to be a move of madness, a city centre road has been stripped of every marking and road sign in a bid to make motorists drive more carefully. Pedestrian crossing have gone, as have white lines indicating lanes, in the hope that drivers will slow down to get a better idea […]
Businesses and employees around the country are being warned that yet another tax will be coming their way if the Government gives the go-ahead for a controversial levy on workplace parking. Nottingham City Council has asked the Department for Transport to give it the green light to impose a Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) so that […]
Once again it seems like petrol prices are a little unstable. I’ve seen prices as low as 105p per litre, but I’ve also seen them sneak back up to 110p per litre – so what’s going on? Well, quite a few people are still saying that fuel companies aren’t passing on the price cut of […]
I’m sure you’ll have heard by now that Lewis Hamilton’s appeal has failed against his 25 second penalty from the Belgian Grand Prix (surprise surprise). In a not-at-all-shocking twist given that I predicted it, Hamilton has been left in third place, meaning that he’s only a single point up from Massa. This means that there’s […]
Energy experts from the US State of Oregon have visited Holywell Park to exchange innovative ideas and share best practice on driving forward the low carbon economy during a day of meetings with energy companies organised by CENEX, the Centre for Excellence in Low carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies. Michael Grainey, Director of Oregon’s Department […]
Arash Farboud is the guy behind the Farboud cars – now known as the Farbio GTS. Apparently, according to Wikipedia, he was unhappy with the result, however from everything I’ve seen and read the Farbio GTS is an extraordinary car. However, the AF-10 is looking like it’s going to be something that little bit more. […]
Name-dropping exotic countries they’ve never visited and citing sites they’ve never seen – the little white travel lies told by British holidaymakers are being exposed. New research from easyCar.com reveals close to one in six (15 per cent) Brits have told fibs about their travel experiences to impress someone. In fact just under half (45 […]
Apparently, recent research has shown that motorist who write text messages while driving are more dangerous than those who drink or take drugs then get behind the wheel. Reaction times went down by 35 percent for those who sent texts – to be honest I would have imagined that it would be lower (but that’s […]
It’s just another fine and dandy day in the life of the motorist. In case you haven’t heard the news and ergo have no bloody idea what I’m talking about, let me fill you in. I’m referring to the idea that motorists who leave their engines running whilst stopped could be fined £20 under new […]