The Law

Drop Litter From Your Car – Face A Fine

June 14, 2011

As per this article from The Mail Online, ministers are considering a change in the law that means anyone dropping litter from a vehicle could be liable to pay a fine of £80 – however it’ll be the driver that gets billed for it! This may not be the case if a passenger can be [...]

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Drivers should beware the morning after!

May 20, 2011

Win a personal breathalyser….read on Close to 100,000 people lose their licences each year for drink-driving. Many may not even realise they are over the limit and endangering the lives of themselves, their passengers and the public. Each year tens of thousands of drivers are caught drink driving the morning after an evening drinking unaware [...]

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Cracks Showing In Tyres

May 2, 2011

As there have recently been some comments on a previous tyre article, I thought I’d cover in brief something that could happen to an older tyre – cracking. It is self explanatory but it is simply the rubber of the tyre perishing, and cracks appearing therein. Unfortunately, there’s no substitute or solution when you have [...]

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How Often Do You Check Your Tyres?

April 18, 2011

It never fails to amaze me how little attention people actually pay to their cars. Far too many of us seem to just jump in the car, drive (immediately, putting stress on the engine) to their destination and jump out, repeating the process for the return journey. Tyres in particular are particularly important. The four [...]

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MOTs For Cars Every Two Years?

April 15, 2011

There are some possible changes afoot for the MOT system here in the UK. The biggest being that for newer cars the current annual MOT test could be required every two years. In an extremely positive move, ministers have recognised the massive increases in safety and car design since the 1960′s, when the MOT system [...]

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80MPH Speed Limits Please!

April 5, 2011

This is a call to the government – I ask for a simple and humble request that the national speed limit which applies to all signposted roads, motorways and dual carriageways for cars rises to 80 miles per hour. This is the limit in France on their motorways. Germany has de-restricted roads that can see [...]

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A Small Fuel Win From The Budget 2011!

March 23, 2011

This just in, fuel duty has been cut by 1p! The Chancellor engineered this change to take place at 1800 hours, so you can now go to the pumps and see a whole 1p off per every litre that you buy. Furthermore, the planned inflation rise in fuel duty which is due in April is [...]

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You May Soon Get Fined More For Leaving Your Car Idling

March 12, 2011

The Telegraph has covered the fact that Boris Johnson is looking at raising the current fine for leaving your engine idling from the standard £100 (in London) all the way up to £120. This will bring it in line with parking offences. My question is who is going to enforce this and who is leaving [...]

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9 Out Of 10 Parking Tickets Quashed

February 28, 2011

The Mail Online has an article that states 9/10 parking tickets that are issued end up quashed – so why bother issuing them in the first place? It’s an extremely good question. Tickets have their place, no doubt. When a car is causing a minor obstruction or has been left in a dangerous place then [...]

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On Dangerous Manoeuvres…

February 24, 2011

Last night, I had the misfortune of having to travel into the city centre in a car when it was slap bang in the middle of rush hour. This shouldn’t have been a problem as I was travelling IN to town and not OUT. However, as per usual, you cannot predict the state of British [...]

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