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Latest Motorists News.....
The rush to the scooter .....03/02/2012
Rogue car clamper who stole pay-and-display tickets from legally parked cars walks free... after judge is told he’s HONEST .....02/02/2012
Traffic warden hailed a hero after exposing secret quotas forcing inspectors to issue 10 tickets a day .....27/01/2012
Tesco sparks price war at the fuel pumps with 10p off a litre for customers who spend £60 in-store .....30/01/2012
Motorists to be hit with £100 speeding fines as they bear the brunt of Ken Clarke’s new victim surcharge  .....31/01/2012
Woman launches $10K suit against Honda after claiming her hybrid Civic doesn’t meet gas mileage expectations  .....05/01/2012
Driving licence trap: 1.6m drivers risk £1,000 fine for not renewing photograph that costs just £20  .....04/01/2012
Mobile menaces: 171,000 drivers fined for using a phone behind the wheel as figure jumps by a third in a year .....30/12/2011
Blue badge parking measures introduced to combat fraud .....30/12/2011
Modern car lights ’could save lives’ .....21/12/2011
Drivers hit for £1.3bn in parking fees as councils rake in record takings .....19/12/2011
No more talking behind the wheel: Scientists develop system that can shut down your cell phone while you’re driving  .....09/12/2011
Car insurance rules become more restrictive .....20/06/2011
Wrong way! Three women escape from sinking car after GPS device sends them into lake  .....17/06/2011
£80 a year... the price we’re paying to park without the right change .....13/06/2011
BMW to build the next generation of Minis in Britain in £500m boost for UK car industry  .....13/06/2011
Speeding drivers to be shamed by system that turns traffic lights red if they go too fast... upsetting ALL motorists .....25/05/2011
Driving into a rage: Why male motorists are more stressed by traffic jams .....25/05/2011
Uninsured vehicles subject to new rules and fines .....24/05/2011
On-the-spot fines planned for careless driving .....11/05/2011
Son writes off his dad’s £275,000 supercar .....14/04/2011
Buying a car with the taxman’s help .....10/04/2011
Webuyanycar gave misleading valuations, OFT says .....01/04/2011
How are parking tickets overturned? .....31/03/2011
Secondhand car dealers have been given a rough ride  .....25/03/2011
How are motorists saving fuel? .....01/01/1900
Petrol hits £1.40 per litre as growing fury prompts Osborne to hint at fuel duty U-turn .....11/03/2011
Insurance gender ruling and you .....01/03/2011
Drivers see red after 30% rise in number of traffic lights .....01/03/2011
UK drivers change lanes to outsmart SPECS speeding cameras .....01/03/2011
New blue badge disabled parking crackdown in England .....14/02/2011
PM’s plan for fairer fuel tax ’won’t work’: It would cause chaos warns new finance watchdog .....28/01/2011
Grimsby driver defends warning others of speed gun .....05/01/2011
Petrol prices hit record £1.22 a litre... but oil giants deny claims of profiteering .....01/01/1900
Petrol prices reach record high .....01/01/1900
Lenders shift blame to avoid faulty car claims .....19/11/2010
Rise in ’cash-for-crash’ frauds sees car insurance rocket by up to 50 per cent in a year .....09/11/2010
Beware the Robowarden! Now drivers face parking patrol teams equipped with £500 head-cams .....08/11/2010
Drivers beware, traffic wardens have now gone undercover .....25/10/2010
Toyota to recall over a million cars in US and Japan .....21/10/2010
Car insurance costs rise by new record, says AA .....14/10/2010
Alter your car insurance details? That’ll be £55 please .....11/10/2010
Motorists stranded at petrol station after suppliers pump wrong fuel into tanks .....11/10/2010
Prang-and-run bandits: Collisions into parked cars leave motorists with £169m bill .....03/10/2010
New driving test to include 10 minutes of motoring ’independently’ after memorising a route .....04/10/2010
Drivers facing £250-a-year tax to park at work despite pledge to end ’war on motorists’ .....10/09/2010
’Crash for cash’ claims soar to record level adding £44 to every driver’s insurance premium .....10/09/2010
Motorway services losing £11million a year as drivers avoid expensive stop-offs .....10/09/2010
Wheel clampers face private land ban .....17/08/2010
Drug-driving test equipment to be trialled .....06/08/2010
Speed cameras face axe in cuts: But the empty shells may stay as a deterrent .....26/07/2010
Cutting the cost of your car insurance can be easy  .....26/07/2010
Bogus insurance claims at record .....26/07/2010
Government to ban the ‘legalised muggers’ who fail to display parking rules – then charge up to £800 to release cars .....05/07/2010
New Toyota scare as 270,000 drivers are warned their engines could cut out .....05/07/2010
’Most dangerous’ roads in Britain named by safety group .....30/06/2010
How Mr Loophole got Monty off...and landed the taxpayer with a £30,000 bill  .....22/06/2010
Lorry drivers who smuggle illegal immigrants escape fines .....17/06/2010
Drivers could be over limit after less than a pint under new law .....15/06/2010
Add screenwash or risk contracting Legionnaires’ disease, drivers are warned  .....15/06/2010
Parents ’breaking law’ on car insurance .....07/06/2010
Families squeezed even harder as petrol hits new record price while wholesale prices fall .....17/05/2010
Police tackle dangerous driving on country roads  .....14/05/2010
U.S. to install ’black boxes’ in new cars and lorries after Toyota safety crisis .....07/05/2010
AA survey finds Londoners ’worst at driving tests’  .....20/04/2010
High-tech speed cameras which use satellites to track motorists on secret trial in Britain .....20/04/2010
Toyota expected to pay record £11m fine for ’hiding car faults recall for months’ .....20/04/2010
Petrol price hits record high .....09/04/2010
China becomes world’s leading car manufacturer with purchase of Volvo from Ford for £1.2billion .....07/04/2010
Nissan’s Sunderland factory to become Europe’s biggest green car plant  .....05/04/2010
Pothole nightmare for motorists  .....18/03/2010
Second-hand car dealers shamed by OFT  .....18/03/2010
Cost of car insurance soars by 25% in two years .....08/03/2010
Motorists to save £5,000 on low carbon vehicles as Government launches new green scheme .....03/03/2010
Motorists who pass driving test second time round are safest on the road .....26/02/2010
The 5m ’death trap’ cars on Britain’s roads .....26/02/2010
We have put growth over safety, admits Toyota chief .....26/01/2010
Car scrappage scheme extended in bid to prevent slide back into recession .....16/02/2010
How do you stop a car with a jammed accelerator? .....05/02/2010
Toyota says UK repairs will not start until 10 February  .....04/02/2010
RAC warns over number of licensed wheel clampers  .....03/02/2010
Wheel clamping dispute tribunals to be set up  .....03/02/2010
Toyota car recall hits US, Europe and China  .....28/01/2010
Ford posts first annual profit for four years  .....28/01/2010
Drivers who leave more than one pay-and-display ticket on their car windows will be fined .....28/01/2010
UK car production slumped in 2009  .....22/01/2010
Untaxed cars seized in crackdown  .....22/01/2010
DVLA sells drivers details to clampers at £2.50 a time .....21/01/2010
Formula One boss Ecclestone in last-ditch bid to take the wheel of car maker Saab .....15/01/2010
Petrol prices rise above £5 a gallon for first time in 15 months with warning of worse to come .....14/01/2010
Switzerland millionaire hit by record speed fine .....08/01/2010
Petrol prices rise above £5 a gallon for first time in 15 months with warning of worse to come .....01/06/2010
£15 extra tax on car fines: Now drivers face hefty surcharge to compensate victims of violent crime .....01/01/2010
Soaring petrol prices push inflation to 1.9%... even though food and mobile phone charges are cheaper .....21/12/2009
Driver wrestles with car for 30 terrifying minutes as it gets stuck in cruise control at 50mph on busy motorway .....21/12/2009
Petrol up 26% in one year: £5 a gallon by Christmas... DESPITE fall in the cost of oil .....25/11/2009
Speed camera that rakes in £500,000-a-year blamed for doubling of motorway casualties .....24/11/2009
The ’dirty’ electric cars that can actually increase CO2 .....23/11/2009
Tired tyres put drivers in danger  .....02/11/2009
Petrol prices soar to highest level this year .....29/10/2009
£3,300 levy on new vehicles as fuel duty soars  .....29/10/2009
The cowboy clampers’ tally rises by 64% in a year as motorists are fleeced of £58m .....20/10/2009
Beware of the supertrap: Hi-tech French speed cameras could be heading to Britain’s roads .....20/10/2009
Causing a whirr, the penny-a-mile Mini that you plug in and charge .....04/10/2009
Pay-as-you-drive scheme could be alternative to car tax, say MPs .....04/10/2009
Government drops plans to force driving instructors to sit in on their pupils L-tests .....04/10/2009
Drivers ’should always be blamed for cycle crashes’  .....08/10/2009
Drivers’ details sold by DVLA are used in bizarre roadside adverts for Castrol .....05/10/2009
DVLA forced to pull ’anti-gay’ private numberplates from auction after complaints .....05/10/2009
Congestion is driven down by the recession .....07/09/2009
’Green’ car sales boom, but put a brake on a loan direct from the dealer .....01/09/2009
Morrisons freezes fuel prices as 2p duty increase adds £120 to cost of motoring .....01/09/2009
’One in five’ young drivers uninsured .....27/08/2009
MPs urge foreign lorry crackdown  .....27/08/2009
Petrol ’could hit £1.20 a litre by Christmas’ as crude oil costs rise .....25/08/2009
’Legalised mugging’: AA demands ban on cowboy clampers making £1bn a year out of motorists .....24/08/2009
The speeding ’stitch-up’: Middle-class drivers ’will have to pay big costs bills even if they win court cases’ .....17/08/2009
Oh no, not again: Richard Hammond in four-car pile-up in his £110k supercar .....10/08/2009
Petrol prices set to rise by 5p a litre by September as wholesale costs soar .....10/08/2009
Now a £350 tax just for parking your car at work .....04/08/2009
Half of motorists ’would fail their driving test if they took it today’ .....04/08/2009
Pay-as-you-drive scheme could be alternative to car tax, say MPs .....30/07/2009
How texting as you drive increases your risk of crashing by up to 23 times .....30/07/2009
Years of chaos for drivers as more of the M25 is widened .....13/07/2009
A £50 bounty for every car clamped: Scandal of motorists targeted on private land .....13/07/2009
Private clamping ’legally shaky’  .....09/07/2009
Scrappage scheme lifts car orders .....06/07/2009
UK road deaths reach record low .....25/06/2009
Motorists to be repaid £1.5m in fines over illegal speed trap .....22/06/2009
Police warn drivers not to hide car keys at home... to avoid violent clashes with burglars .....22/06/2009
Schumacher ’revealed’ as the Stig .....22/06/2009
Heavily pregnant driver fined £70 for parking in parent and child space... because she had not yet given birth .....19/06/2009
Young drivers in Britain are failing to learn safety lesson, report warns .....19/06/2009
Car makers forced to slash prices to boost sales .....15/06/2009
Pensioner given £70 parking ticket for stopping on own drive .....15/06/2009
Weststar pulls out of LDV rescue  .....02/06/2009
How insurance companies are taking young drivers for a ride .....02/06/2009
Vauxhall job axe to hover over workers for months .....02/06/2009
New weapon in speeding campaign  .....01/06/2009
Scrap scheme boost to car sales  .....29/05/2009
New motorbike test is under fire .....27/05/2009
Listening to the football while driving ’could make you crash’ .....27/05/2009
Speculators blamed as petrol price rises over £1 a litre .....26/05/2009
Cash for bangers car deal stalls on the first day as Ford and Honda pull out  .....19/05/2009
Parents spend three days a year - and £2,000 - ferrying children around .....18/05/2009
Speed cameras rake in £10,000 an HOUR from drivers .....07/05/2009
Eating at the wheel could add 40% to the cost of car insurance .....29/04/2009
Bangers for cash: Drivers get £2,000 incentive to trade in old cars for new models .....29/04/2009
LDV sends staff home as end nears  .....29/04/2009
Plans to cut traffic speed limits  .....21/04/2009
Car insurance average cost passes £500 for first time .....17/04/2009
Green car subsidy plan unveiled  .....16/04/2009
UK car firms get European funding  .....09/04/2009
Modified cars ’could put lives at risk’ .....09/04/2009
Motorists hit by third fuel stealth tax in 14 months as families face annual petrol bill price hike of £54  .....02/04/2009
Motorists face above inflation increase in the cost of driving tests and licence fees .....01/04/2009
£1,390 world’s cheapest car headed for Britain .....30/03/2009
Sat-nav to aid disabled motorists  .....03/03/2009
Crackdown on reckless motorists  .....03/03/2009
Sat-nav theft alert to motorists .....03/03/2009
Unwitting motorists face £1,000 fines as photocard driving licences expire .....16/02/2009
The camera that measures average speed - and doesn’t flash .....09/02/2009
New crackdown on millions of motorists as number plate check is included in MOT .....09/02/2009
UK car production drops sharply  .....22/01/2009
Motorist beats 98mph speeding charge - by buying back his car and proving it can only manage a top speed of 85mph .....22/01/2009
Uninsured motorists risk a £1,000 fine and losing their car... even if they don’t drive it .....21/01/2009
Clampdown on bus lane motorists  .....21/01/2009
Model Pc returns to cut speeding  .....21/01/2009
Obama’s ’Beast’ of a car revealed  .....15/01/2009
New car sales fall to lowest level in 13 years, sparking ’sale of the century’ two-for-one deals .....14/01/2009
Motorists ’must switch to electric cars by 2050 if Britain is to meet C02 emissions target’  .....14/01/2009
Car insurance premiums could rise by 20% as injury claims soar .....08/01/2008
Rise in motorists using mobiles .....31/12/2008
Calls for ’speed-limiting’ cars  .....30/12/2008
Toyota braced for historic loss  .....22/12/2008
Tata ’to inject cash into Jaguar’  .....22/12/2008
Motor industry bailout ’due soon’  .....22/12/2008
Government confirms Jaguar talks  .....18/12/2008
Campaign nets hundreds of drivers .....10/12/2012
Clampdown on excessive speeders  .....20/11/2008
Warning over whiplash ’epidemic’  .....17/11/2008
Councils cost drivers tens of millions in ’unlawful traffic and parking restrictions’ .....25/10/2008
130mph web video biker is jailed  .....20/10/2008
New £50m ring road opens to cars  .....20/10/2008
Disabled car badge misuse tackled  .....20/10/2008
Retailers push petrol to below £1 .....15/10/2008
Text driving ’worse than drink’  .....18/09/2008
Illegal blue badges cost £500,000  .....17/09/2008
Garages ’tested’ with faulty cars  .....26/08/2008
Half of drivers think mechanic scammed them .....27/08/2008
New code of practice for garages  .....29/08/2008
Motorists warned over fuel thefts .....25/08/2008
Police target holiday motorists  .....25/08/2008
Motorists given car theft warning  .....25/08/2008
Supermarkets reduce petrol prices  .....22/07/2008
’Harsher terms’ for death drivers  .....15/07/2008
How much road TAX will YOU have to pay next year??? .....11/07/2008
Road tax increase ’will hit 9.4m’ .....11/07/2008
rising fuel prices could influence car market .....04/07/2008
MPs gear up for car tax challenge .....02/07/2008
Hauliers head to fuel price demo .....02/07/2008
Seatbelt may have saved crash Pc  .....02/07/2008
Bikers complain about new test  .....01/07/2008
Residents fined for selling cars  .....01/07/2008
Annual road deaths at record low  .....01/07/2008
Bendiest roads in the UK revealed  .....06/02/2006
Biggest annoyances to other drivers  .....01/06/2008
Golf vs BMW .....01/06/2008
How Motoring Offences are dealt with by the police .....01/06/2008
Main Points .....01/06/2008
Motoring offences .....01/06/2008
Squirrels have turned out to be a lot more dangerous than they look .....01/06/2008
National Statsistics - 29 September 2005 .....01/06/2008
Beware the SORN .....01/06/2008