A recent report published by a motoring organisation shows that many drivers in the UK may only be able to make the most essential journeys in their cars in future, as the price of fuel continues to rise. In its annual study on motoring, the RAC found that people are cutting back on trips to [...]

Motoring organisations are blaming a record high petrol price of 121.26p per litre on oil companies striving to turn bigger profits. However, the oil giants are hitting back by claiming that rising prices are to do with the increasing price of wholesale fuel and oil. The average family car will now cost an average of [...]

Transport ministers from across the European Union are due to meet on Thursday to discuss proposals to open up databases containing motorist’s details to all member states. The information would be used by police forces to impose fines committed by foreign drivers in their territories. The UK government is not convinced.
Road safety minister, Mike Penning, [...]

The Institute of Advanced Motorists has been carrying out research which shows that many of the country’s drivers try to remain within the speed limit, but find it difficult to do so. In August and September, the organisation polled 3,000 motorists and found that nearly 90 per cent of those that responded meant to remain [...]

Increasing budget cuts, as well as research which shows that speed cameras may actually cause drivers to lose concentration as they pass the devices, is causing many county councils across the UK to question the usefulness of roadside speed-traps. Oxfordshire recently decided to switch off camera equipment in a number of locations due to financial [...]

Campaigners wishing to see speed cameras removed from the roads of Britain have been given some justification for their cause by new research which reveals that speed traps may have been responsible for thousands of accidents. Of the 2.7 million collisions recorded since speed cameras were introduced in 2001, it is estimated that 27,900 were [...]

AXA has launched a campaign to promote courteous behaviour on the UK roads. The insurer recently conducted an independent survey which suggested that lives, as well as hundreds of millions of pounds, could be saved each year if drivers found ways to control their anger and aggression.
Of the 222,100 accidents which occur each year on [...]

Drivers who speed in the Greater London area are far more likely to be caught by a speed camera than anywhere else in the country, according to a study by GPS data providers: RoadPilot. Apparently the capital has 16 per cent of all the roadside cameras in the country, which means it has more cameras [...]

Over half of the motorists who responded to a recent survey have admitted that they indulge in driving habits which are not responsible. The poll, conducted by Co-operative Insurance, found that 53 per cent of us thought it was alright to eat or have a drink whilst driving.
Co-operative Insurance spokesman, Grant Mitchell, said that although [...]

Drivers could be putting themselves at a higher risk of contracting Legionnaire’s Disease by not using some sort of screen wash in the reservoir of water which is used to wash the car’s windscreen. The findings have been announced after preliminary research by the Health Protection Agency suggested there was an association between a lack [...]