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It is being widely reported that during George Osborne’s Autumn Statement it will be announced that the humble British tax disc (beloved by motorists everywhere or not) is likely to go the distance. Instead, vehicles will be registered and vehicle excise license – or road fund if you prefer – will be paid for perhaps […]
Do you have any of the dreaded (by some, I hasten to add) 20 miles per hour areas in your locality? Guidance from the Association of Chief Police Officers clarifying the police position on enforcement of 20mph speed limits has been published and reveals plans for tailored speed awareness courses for drivers who break 20mph […]
An IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) analysis of eleven recent prosecutions involving mobile and smartphone use revealed that the average sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is four-and-a-half years in prison and a disqualification from driving for seven years. In all of the cases analysed, the convicted drivers were found to have lost their […]
226,803 drivers in the UK have points on their licence for driving without insurance, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists). The FOI request, directed to the DVLA, revealed that 194,997 full licence holders and 31,806 provisional licence holders have been caught driving without vehicle insurance and […]
The road safety charity Brake has welcomed a government announcement that it is bringing in on-the-spot fixed penalty notices for ‘careless driving’ offences, but called for higher fines to deter risky law-breaking. The changes include: New police powers to issue on-the-spot fixed penalty fines for less serious careless driving offences Existing fixed penalty fines for […]
You may have seen the news reporting that middle lane hogs and tailgaters now open themselves up for a hefty £100 fixed penalty notices from police and authorities. To tackle what is being described as anti-social motoring, a crackdown has been planned in the form of a statement to Parliament. Transport minister Stephen Hammond said: […]
Road safety charity the IAM is offering weekly motoring tips from Britain’s top advanced driver, Peter Rodger. This week is Dementia Awareness Week, and as dementia mainly affects people over the age of 65 – an age group which makes up 25 per cent of the UK driving population – Peter offers tips for older […]
Did you know that you must have an insurance policy to cover a vehicle even if it is off the road or undergoing repairs? Andy Fairchild, managing director of Footman James explained: “Under the continuous insurance ruling it is an offence to own a vehicle without having valid motor insurance – this includes while a […]
The Mail Online has ran an article that highlights a new speed camera that’s been erected at a set of lights at a 30mph stretch of a dual carriageway in Poole, Dorset, to catch motorists jumping red lights. The normal reason (or at least the justification) for a speed camera is that there are a […]
The Mail Online is reporting that in some rural areas speed limits are quietly being cut – and in fact the toll could be as much as 25,000 stretches of road being reduced. Much of what has seemingly been proposed seems like a sensible proposition – for example cutting the speed around schools or where […]