The number of motorists arrested for drink and drug related offences increased over the festive period compared to the same time a year earlier. Of the 157,000 people who were tested through December, more than 7,200 were over the limit. Younger drivers were more likely to offend said the Association of Chief Police Officers.
The rate [...]

The government has announced plans to phase out paper driving licenses in 2015. After then, motorists will only be required to carry a photocard. Until then, however, drivers will still be required to produce the old paper licenses and hand it over to the police if they are stopped. Convictions will be stored on a [...]

The UK’s leading car hire price comparison website, Carrentals.co.uk, has announced that it is teaming up with road safety charity Brake to launch an annual road safety campaign, called Road Sense. Each year the scheme chooses a particular safety issue and encourages motorists to focus on it. This year it is getting car tyres and [...]

The Confederation of British Industry has said that plans to upgrade the A14 could boost the economy, while reducing congestion on the road. The scheme was shelved in 2010 when the government was implementing its Spending Review. The road runs through East Anglia from west to east, and is the main connection for Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire [...]

The air quality in Milan, Italy, has been so poor over the last week that the city authorities decided to impose a ban on all traffic for 10 hours on Sunday in an attempt to clear the smog. The measure is implemented if smog levels are above the statutory maximum for twelve days in a [...]

Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has announced a government consultation which will look into the efficacy of raising the speed limit on UK motorways from 70 to 80mph. The Department for Transport said that advances in technology on the roads meant that cars were now far safer than they once were and that there had been [...]

A test-run of road closures in London ahead of next year’s Olympic Games has caused frustration and anger among motorists. Routes were closed to accommodate the London-Surrey Cycle Classic, but drivers said they were not given adequate indication of what alternative routes they were supposed to take. The closures were intended to be a dry-run [...]

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 [...]

Ministers in Scotland have voiced their disappointment that the UK government will not be lowering the legal limit on the amount of alcohol a driver is allowed to consume before getting behind the wheel. Westminster has announced that it will not be implementing the recommendations made in a recent report that the permitted alcohol level [...]

Reading, in Berkshire, has taken the crown for being the least car-friendly town in the country, according to a recent survey. Virgin Money Car Insurance conducted the study which saw Reading take the bottom spot out of 65 towns throughout the UK. The position was held last year by London.
Another Berkshire town, Slough, joined it [...]