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As DVLA Personalised Registrations prepares for its 30th anniversary auction this week, it does so buoyed by the knowledge that the popularity in personalised registrations is as prevalent as ever. Both its spring live auction staged in May and its online Timed Auction held last month recorded their highest number of registered bidders with 12,329 and […]
GEM Motoring Assist says older drivers can stay safer for longer by reflecting on their driving, and by knowing where they can get expert safety advice. The statement follows the release of figures from the DVLA showing that almost 22,500 elderly motorists had their licences revoked on medical grounds in 2018. “Reaching a certain age […]
The only eyesight test at present is when you take your test and have to read a number plate at 20 metres. GEM says a detailed test of a driver’s visual acuity and field of view should be required every 10 years. The call echoes GEM’s support for the new national ‘Driving Blind’ campaign, launched […]
The DVLA Pay A Fine service was launched back in 2016 to allow customers to pay vehicle-related fines online. The service has recently been extended and updated to allow a broader range of fines to be dealt with and in a simpler fashion. Fines are issued to uninsured or untaxed vehicles on the road; this was […]
There are more than four million drivers aged over 70 in the UK. Many are still driving in their 90s, and more than 500 centenarians still hold licences. GEM road safety officer Neil Worth comments: “We want as many people as possible to enjoy the freedom of the open road for as long as possible, […]
A survey of 1,289 mycarcheck.com customers has revealed a significant shift in where people buy used cars. 27% of those surveyed in February said they preferred to go to a main dealer or car supermarket, up from 13% of those asked the same question a year ago. The trade has taken this market share from […]
New figures from My Car Check show that Billingshurst in West Sussex is the worst place in the UK to buy a used car in terms of write-off risk, with 42.48% of checks conducted there returning a write-off warning, compared to just 5.07% in Farnborough, Hampshire, only 30 miles up the road. Most write-off warnings […]
Due to the potentially serious nature of any vehicle recall, we always offer them direct from the manufacturer without any watering down or word changes. With that in mind, here is the latest direct from Vauxhall regarding the issues around some models of Zafira and a potential fire hazard issue: Vauxhall today announces that owners […]
DVLA Personalised Registrations will be aiming to surpass its recent run of record-breaking fortunes when its second live sale of 2016 gets underway at The Oxford Belfry Hotel this week. The Agency will be hoping to secure its first ever complete sell out when 1,500 personalised registrations go under the auctioneers’ hammer at the Oxfordshire […]
DVLA Personalised Registrations is edging ever closer to its first sell-out success after all but three of the 1,500 registrations auctioned during its first sale of 2016 were sold during three days of frantic bidding. For the third successive live auction the Agency recorded a 99 per cent-plus sales conversion while last month’s event staged at the […]