It has taken an ugly shape of a nation-wide fraud. The Transport Minister, Norman Baker, has echoed his voice on the growing concerns of people using blue badge to get some free parking space. “Motorists who pretend to be disabled to get some free parking are frankly disgraceful”, he said in an interview. It has […]

A 25 year old woman holds the pain and grief of the death of her husband after he was hit by a car, but she also holds the guilt as she was the one that hit him. Mrs. Knox, was driving their family car when she was trying to find her husband after an argument, […]

Sky Sports presenter Georgie Thompson was banned from the road for 19 months yesterday after she admitted drink-driving.The glamorous ex-girlfriend of TV host Dec Donnelly was more than twice the legal limit when she was breath-tested by police last month.They pulled her over outside her flat in Chelsea, London, after they saw her hit another […]

Driving instruction should be compulsory in schools to make Irish roads safer, politicians have said.A cross-party committee also wants provisional licence-holders to have to take a full driving test within a specific period and called for parking fines to be halved if paid within 14 days. Penalty points must also be imposed on the last […]

Mrs Duke, 41 was guiding her 17 year old daughter into a parking space, when she lost control and revered her Ford KA into her mother. It is thought Mrs Duke was teaching her daughter to drive and was practising in the car park where she worked in Rochester. She suffered such serious head injuries […]

By all accounts the “green” car market is a fledgling one. According to statistics from research firm Datamonitor, and as featured in last week’s trends feature, hybrid and electric cars make up just 0.9% of the UK car market. It isn’t surprising, when Datamonitor’s figures indicate that consumers still perceive environmentally friendly vehicles to be […]

There is some ambiguity over where you should park your car in order to get the best car insurance quote. Some insurers will reduce your insurance premium if your car is parked on a driveway as opposed to on the street and this is understandable. There is less chance that your car will be scratched, […]

Research has shown that drivers are not impressed with a number of service stations across the country. The main complaints are that there is limited seating and often a pressure to buy products for the shop or cafe. The toilet facilities are thought to be substandard – dirty and not stocked properly. Car parking facilities […]

From Hollywood actors to Boris Johnson, a host of well-known figures have been raising the profile of electric vehicles. So why are these cars fast becoming the latest celebrity ‘must have’? At last month’s Academy Awards ceremony in the US, a number of actors chose to arrive at the red carpet in electric vehicles rather […]

Manoeuvres should not be the scary part of a driving test as this is the time where you are most in control of the car. You can be asked to complete any one of the manoeuvres in your driving test, so don’t go up on test in hope that the examiner won’t choose the one […]