Motoring

27 October 2007

Pictures On New Licences?

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) have launched a public consultation on proposals for a trial of smart card provisional driving licences.The trial will investigate the concept of using ...

27 October 2007

Concern Over Foreign Drivers

Companies considering employing foreign drivers are being advised to ensure they are made aware of all the relevant regulations before allowing them to begin work here.The warnings come after a ...

27 October 2007

Oh No. Not More ‘Don’t Do This In The Car’

More than 80% drivers are unaware that playing loud music in cars is against the new Highway Code safety rules, while almost two thirds admitted to eating while driving, which ...

27 October 2007

Employee 'Timebomb

Employees using their own cars at work are ‘health and safety timebomb’The rise in employees using their own cars on business has created a fleet of unchecked and unmanaged drivers ...

26 October 2007

The New Seat Altea Freetrack 4

Seat Altea Freetrack 4 - Seat’s Spanish Armada is getting stronger as it makes it’s way across the seas to the UK mainland and they have one new ace up ...

20 October 2007

Personal travel planning can cut car use by 10%

More people walk, cycle and use public transport after using personal travel planning (PTP) schemes, research unveiled today by Transport Minister Rosie Winterton shows.PTP encourages people to consider alternative transport ...

20 October 2007

New Think! Campaign Targets Parents For First Time

Parents are being reminded: kids do as you do, not as you say, as part of a new THINK! road safety campaign aimed at driving down child road casualties, launched ...

20 October 2007

Almost Half Of In-Car Smokers Will Ignore New Highway Code Rule

Although over 3 million UK motorists have had accidents, ‘near misses’ or lapses in concentration as a result of in-car smoking distractions.A staggering 45 % of motorists who smoke questioned ...

20 October 2007

Brits’ Regular Car Journeys Are The ‘Journeys From Hell

Do you feel stressed out even before you get to work?Research by online insurer swiftcover.com reveals that one in eight British drivers (12%) find driving to work the most stressful ...

20 October 2007

Parents Huge Fear For Child Safety

The safety of children on our roads is one of the greatest concerns for parents, according to a report out today.The Cambridge University report, Community Soundings will feed into the ...

20 October 2007

Audi A5 Coupe

Audi A5 Coupe - Four seats in a Coupe? Ridiculous. Well I am afraid not as Audi pull another gem out of their bag with the new A5 four seater ...
20 October 2007

Happy 1st Birthday Mercedes-Benz World

Located at the world-famous Brooklands circuit, the birthplace of British Motorsport and aviation, Mercedes-Benz World is celebrating its first birthday in style with a series of special events and everyone ...

13 October 2007

Hard Shoulder As The ‘New’ Fourth Lane?

Following leaked document (yeah right) Gordon Brown will this week lead the Labour fight back with radical plans to ease traffic congestion by allowing motorists to drive on the hard ...

13 October 2007

Forty Years Of Breath Testing, But Action Still Needed

The breathalyser testing is now in its 40th anniversary but the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said it was now time to step up the campaign against drink ...

13 October 2007

Car Kissing Contest - This Got My Lips Salvatating

A 27-year-old Chinese woman won the chance to buy a car for the equivalent of 6p by kissing it for more than 24 hours.A shopping mall in Beijing invited people ...

13 October 2007

The Perils Of Dangerous Brakes

According to the Department for Transport one-in-three accidents happens because a vehicle fails to stop in time.Speed is a killer when combined with poor brakes, and apparently, one-in-eight motorists could ...

13 October 2007

Men And Women Expereince Contrasting Crashes!

Men and women may continue to argue about who are the best drivers, but one area where there is a clear gulf between them is the type of bumps and ...

13 October 2007

Porsche Boxster - Ultimate 'Cool'

Porsche Boxter - I have to admit, I have never really been a Porsche fan. Shock, Horror, and its probably due to a very distant boyfriend many moons ago who ...

10 October 2007

Vunerable women on British streets

11.5 million Women (48%) don't feel safe in their everyday surroundings according to recent research by the women's car insurance provider Diamond. One in 10 claiming they feel unsafe most ...

6 October 2007

Superfuels Are Not So Super, Says What Car?

Drivers who fill their cars with expensive ‘superfuels’ and expect to see big economy gains should think again, according to a report by What Car?.Real-world tests were carried out for ...

6 October 2007

We’re A Nation Of Music Motorheads

Forget muddy fields, mp3 players, nightclubs or state of the art sound systems at home, a study of the in-car listening habits of 1,200 drivers by Vauxhall Motors reveals that ...

6 October 2007

Bereaved families’ impact statements

Bereaved families’ impact statements welcomed by BrakeBrake, the national road safety charity, has welcomed the expansion of a Government pilot scheme allowing families bereaved by murder and manslaughter to have ...

6 October 2007

All Aboard Kia’s ‘Walking Bus’

Motoring The Environment from Femalefirst - Helping to reduce both pollution and congestion during the school run and encourage exercise amongst youngsters, Kia dealers across the country are joining up ...

6 October 2007

Hidden Dangers On Rural Roads

Motoring Safety from Femalefirst - You are three times more likely to be killed on a rural road than an urban one whilst in a car warns a Government educational ...