Motoring

14 March 2008

Car Buyers Respond To Emigration Boom

More than 100 cars a week sold by Brits fleeing the UKA boom in the secondhand car market is being fuelled by record levels of emigration*, with online car buying ...

12 March 2008

As The DVLA Issues A Stolen V5 Warning

HPI is warning motorists to be on their guard after the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has again issued an alert listing serial numbers of vehicle registration documents that ...

9 March 2008

Alert Over Freezing Biodiesel!

The recent cold snap has thrown into focus the varying quality standards of biodiesel and the issues of running fleets on high levels of the eco fuel, which could freeze.The ...

9 March 2008

10-Year Olds Tick Of Speeding Motorists

We all know that sometimes it feels like the children are ruling the nest but in Norfolk this has become quite a reality.For the schoolchildren there are certainly laying down ...

9 March 2008

Boys Twice As Likely To Be Killed On Roads As Girls

Boys are twice as likely to be killed on the roads as girls, according to a Government study that has prompted calls for compulsory road safety training for young males.Parents ...

9 March 2008

Lexus GS 450h SE-L On The Road

Lexus - You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It So, you have climbed the ladder of success in your career and are now looking for a car in the luxury ...

8 March 2008

BSI Kitemark Scheme To Protect Women Drivers

Kitemark® stamps out shoddy service at the garage Steps are being taken to improve the standards that UK garages are working toWomen motorists may never have to fear taking their vehicle ...

7 March 2008

Are You Buying A Virtual Car?

Don’t be an online scam victim warns HPI www.hpicheck.comWith more and more used car buyers choosing to shop online for vehicles, HPI is warning motorists of internet scams being used to ...

4 March 2008

Hard Shoulder To Ease Motorway Congestion

Drivers are to be allowed to use the hard shoulder on busy stretches of motorways in England, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has announced.This follows a successful trial on the M42 ...

1 March 2008

Two thirds of lone drivers would be scared if they broke down

In the event of a breakdown, 93% of women and 45% of men admit they would be scared.21% of women said they would question the motives of anyone who stopped ...

1 March 2008

Blinded by the light

A new European study of nighttime driving reveals that a majority of motorists have been dazzled by glare in their rear view mirrors caused by the headlamps of following cars. ...

1 March 2008

Meal at wheel drivers running crash risk

One in seven people who drive for work purposes, eat a meal at least once a week while driving, research revealed by national road safety charity Brake and Green Flag ...

1 March 2008

Car Sharing Cameras To Be Tested

Big Brother is out there as a new generation of road cameras, which can deduce how many people are in a car, is to be tested for the first time. ...

1 March 2008

Good News For 4x4 Drivers-I Think

Drivers of 4x4’s are less likely to be involved in crashes than any other type of motorist, but when they are involved in an incident the injuries inflicted are more ...

1 March 2008

Most 08 plates are going green

Green may not be the most desirable colour to choose for your car nor is it a good colour if you want to sell it on at a later date. ...

1 March 2008

Vauxhall Corsa SRi 1.6 Turbo Road Test

Vauxhall Corsa SRi - Its back, its fast and its fun. Having taken a two year sabbatical, the Vauxhall Corsa SRi has returned to the UK showrooms. Complimenting the ...

29 February 2008

10 steps to a stress free commute

We all know that the daily commute can be a nightmare. No matter how much you love your car, sitting stationary in a traffic jam is never enjoyable. Workers in ...

29 February 2008

Britons driven to in-car love

A new study reveals that Britain is a nation of adventurous lovers as 41% of us admit we’ve made love in our car. Women’s car insurance specialist, Diamond, questioned 1,000 ...

23 February 2008

Toyota Prius T Spirit

Well, with all the kafuffle over the ‘Chelsea tractors’, pressure to go green and carbon footprint, I decided maybe I should feature a car to suit our doomed environment. So ...

23 February 2008

We Are All Doomed!

Motorists will face increasing fuel bills and vehicle emissions from 2012, but possibly fewer crashes, after the government and a number of safety organisations lost their battle to stop daytime ...

23 February 2008

Passion In Our Wagons!

Well, well girls, you really are dark horses at times aren’t’ you! It appears that far more passion goes on in your wagons with ten percent of women admitting ...

23 February 2008

Car-sharing Camera Trials

A new generation of road camera which can count how many people are in a car is to undergo trials for the first time. The new camera's will initially be ...

23 February 2008

Cars That Can’t Crash?

It sounds like a sci-fi fantasy - cars that can’t crash! But the fictional notion is about to become reality thanks to new technologies being fitted to vehicles driven in ...

23 February 2008

How To Avoid A Financial Loss When Your Car Is Written Off

With insurance companies writing off cars willy nilly these days, it has come to light that new and used car buyers are potentially losing thousands of pounds when their car ...