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HPI Recall Offers A Simple Way To Carry Out Car Recall Checks

June 3, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Motorists concerned if a vehicle is subject to a manufacturer recall can put their minds at ease by carrying out an instant HPI safety recall check. The advice, from trusted vehicle experts HPI, comes as Honda is recalling 141,321 cars fitted with potentially dangerous Takata airbags. The UK-wide safety notice affects Accord, Jazz, Insight and […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security Tagged With: Car Articles, car safety, Car safety recalls, CR-V, Critical car safety defects, HPI, HPI Check, HPI Recall, National Mileage Register, Takata airbags, Vehicle Recall, Vehicle recalls

Kia Issues Voluntary Recall For Niro Hybrid And Plug-in Hybrid Models

June 1, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Kia Motors (UK) Limited is conducting a voluntary recall of 5,020 Kia Niro hybrid and plug-in hybrid models due to possible overheating in an electrical relay. Vehicles will be inspected at dealerships and affected relays will be replaced at no cost to customers under this recall identified as part of the company’s on-going research and […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security Tagged With: 2019 vehicle recalls, Car Articles, Car safety advice, Kia, Kia Customer Services, Kia Motors UK, Kia Niro hybrid, Kia recalls, Kia vehicle recalls in the UK, Vehicle recalls, Voluntary vehicle recalls

Seven New Cars Earn Top Safety Results

May 28, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Audi e-tron takes top awards for safety – along with a slew of other cars this month. As more and more new energy vehicles are entering on the market, four vehicles of the batch were tested as other than petrol or diesel variants. Audi’s new 4×4 was assessed as full electric and can be […]

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RoSPA Calls For Further Work To Increase Road Safety

May 24, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Government should take a lead from Scotland and Wales and adopt road safety targets across England to push down the number of deaths and casualties, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). In 2017, 1,544 people were killed on England’s roads – the most since 2011 – and the number […]

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RoSPA Wishes To Call Time on DST

March 27, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is calling for an end to Daylight Savings Time clock changes in order to prevent serious injury and death on the road. The family safety charity supports the European Parliament proposal to stop the obligatory one-hour, twice-yearly clock change which extends daylight hours in the summer, but reduces […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security Tagged With: British Summer Time, Car Articles, Clocks change, Daylight Savings Time, Department for Transport, DfT, Errol Taylor, RoSPA, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

How Does Your Car Score For Security?

March 25, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Thatcham Research has launched security ratings to help consumers better understand the theft risk of new cars against a back drop of rising vehicle thefts. The new ratings assess whether measures to specifically address the keyless entry/start vulnerability, have been adopted. Six of the 11 vehicles launched this year have been given a ‘Poor’ rating […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security Tagged With: Car Articles, car safety, Car security, Keyless entry security, Keyless entry/start, Keyless ignition, Keyless start, Relay Attack technique, Richard Billyeald, Thatcham, Thatcham Research

Would You Risk Your Life With Part Worn Tyres?

December 14, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Investigations by TyreSafe during Tyre Safety Month this October revealed a shocking 99% of part worn tyre retailers were selling illegal and dangerous tyres. In total, 18 investigations were carried out across England and Scotland involving 68 part worn traders, all bar one of whom were supplying tyres which contravened the legislation governing their sale. […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security Tagged With: Car Articles, car safety, Environment Agency, Part worn tyres, Partworn tyres, Trading Standards, Tyre safety, Tyre safety checks, Tyres, TyreSafe

Do Darker Evenings Spell More Dangerous Roads?

October 28, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

With the end of British Summer Time (BST) bringing in darker evenings, Brake, the road safety charity, is calling on the Government to commit to moving to Single/Double Summer Time (SDST) to help save lives on the road. SDST would move our clocks forward an additional hour all year round and so would create lighter […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security Tagged With: British Summer Time, Car Articles, Daily News, Darker evenings, GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, Joshua Harris, road safety, road safety figures, SDST

Hyundai NEXO Picks Up Top Safety Score

October 26, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

# The Hyundai NEXO is the first hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle that Euro NCAP has tested, and it is positive to see it achieving a maximum five star rating. The fourth generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class, the Mazda 6 and Lexus ES all also achieve a maximum five stars. The Peugeot Rifter and its stablemates, the Citroën Berlingo and Opel Combo, achieve 4 stars. Michiel van Ratingen, Secretary General […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security Tagged With: Car Articles, Euro NCAP, Hydrogen cars, Hydrogen fuel cell cars, Hyundai, Hyundai NEXO

Would You Trust Part Worn Tyres?

August 29, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Investigations by TyreSafe in partnership with Trading Standards over the past five years have revealed a staggering 139 of the 152 part worn outlets visited were selling illegal and unsafe tyres to unsuspecting motorists. That leaves just 13 dealers selling roadworthy tyres from inspections spanning from Scotland to London. Tyres are an essential factor in […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security Tagged With: Car Articles, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Tyres, Part worn tyre market, Part worn tyres, Road legal tyres, road safety, Stuart Jackson, Terry Hone, Trading Standards, Trading Standards investigations, TyreSafe, TyreSafe charity

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