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Road safety and breakdown recovery provider GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging drivers to ensure they carry out regular checks on their tyres. GEM is supporting Tyre Safety Month, which takes place in October, by reminding motorists that correct tyre pressure is not only vital for safety, but is also the best way to maximise fuel […]
The autonomous car or ‘driverless cars’ are really factoring into the UK governments plans for industry, as they believe that in the next 17 years, the business of self-driving cars could be worth £28billion. Proposals for new car insurance laws and codes of practice are popping up in these discussions as we try to be […]
Here at Car Articles we believe in looking after the environment. We also like really nice cars. Much like everyone else though we are money conscious at the moment, given how delicate affairs seem to be. Obviously if money were no object, we’d be in a Ferrari or Lamborghini or whatever the hell your favourite […]
I’m currently enjoying a few days away in York, which was a late birthday present for the other half. What should have been a stress free experience of a little road trip however quickly degenerated into a tumult of arguments. What was this all over, you say? Simply put it was down to the road […]
With the Department of Transport announcing today trialling of platoons of self-driving lorries on England’s motorways, Britain’s biggest independent road safety charity is advising there must be more reassurances on issues such as cyber attacks as well as basic road safety needs such as telling other drivers which trucks are in the platoon. The trial, […]
Leading insurer, LV=, has named the route from Lochgilphead to the Glen Coe Mountains in Scotland as the UK’s most retirement-friendly road. Voted for by drivers who are retired, the 66-mile journey – which takes in stretches of the A816 and the A828 – has now been transformed into the UK’s very own ‘Route 66’. LV= […]
Drivers seeking the opportunity to experience the latest Lotus sports cars at the famed manufacturer’s facility in Norfolk, will now have the chance, with the opening of the new Lotus Driving Academy in August 2017. From as little as £119 for the entry level experience, right through to the intensive ‘Gold’ course at £899, the […]
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has published new figures showing fatalities during or following police contact in England and Wales for 2016/17. Its report reveals there were 32 road traffic fatalities, an increase of 11 on the previous year, and the highest figure recorded in the last eight years. Twenty-eight of the deaths were […]
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling on the Government to guarantee its pre-election promise to remove all charges on the Severn Bridges. The two bridges spanning the Severn estuary on the M4 and M48 motorways in Wales have the highest toll charges on the entire UKroad network. This represents a massive burden on road […]
If just 10% of motorists swapped their car for a motorcycle or scooter, there could be huge benefits for all road users. These include 20% more parking spaces, a 40% reduction in congestion for all road users and a reduction in the financial impact of congestion. Wear and tear on roads would be less, rider […]