Gwent police have had to pay out nearly £100,000 in legal costs, repairs and compensation after they smashed in 73 year old Robert Whatley’s car in 2009 when he wasn’t wearing his seatbelt. One police officer hit the window glass 15 times with his baton, whilst another jumped on the bonnet and kicked in the […]

Mr Swift of York was caught speeding at 147mph in a 70mph zone back in June 2011. A traffic officer caught him on the A64 Malton Bypass driving his Jaguar XKR. Mr Swift originally denied speeding and claimed he was not the person driving the vehicle at the time of the offence. However, after a […]

Nissan and FedEx Express have gone into partnership to trial Nissan’s NV200 electric vehicles and potentially change the way companies get around congested city streets and do their bit for the environment at the same time. FedEx currently operate 43 all electric vehicles in London, Paris, New York and other dense urban cities around the […]

More and more boroughs are using drastic punishments for anybody caught drink driving over the Christmas period. Drivers in Barrhead and Neilston will automatically lose their licence, be banned from driving for 12 months and get a criminal record if found to be driving over the limit. Some will even have their car confiscated. Tough […]

An insurance scam could have left around twenty thousand motorists uninsured according to a report by the BBC. ‘Ghost brokers’ are targeting young drivers who are struggling to afford high insurance premiums, as well as communities where English is not the first language and where residents may not understand how the UK insurance system works. […]

Women in Saudi Arabia have been campaigning to try and overturn a ban which prevents them from driving. Currently if a woman is caught behind the wheel of a car she can be arrested. The ban is in place to try and keep some control over women and keep them away from men but what […]

The cold season is entering the higher area of its rev band and Mercedes-Benz is here to help us cope with these driving conditions. The Mercedes Benz Driving Academy offers us tips on how to handle winter and also takes things further – in the UK, it is introducing the Mercedes-Benz Winter Driving Course. Held […]

The new iPhone 4S is making it possible for motorists to legally text while driving in Iowa. The Department of Public Safety says Iowa’s ban on texting while driving does not apply to Siri, Apple’s new virtual assistant.Features like Siri or any of the similar voice-command applications let users tell their phone what to text. […]

Car insurance provider, Esure, estimate that 2.7 million drivers on UK roads are putting themselves and other road users in danger by driving with bad eyesight.According to insurer Esure who carried out the study, 2.7 million drivers admitted they’d probably fail their driving test if they were to take it again because of their poor […]

The U.K. government should halve the amount lawyers receive for administering motor insurance claims for personal injury to control rising claims expenses, according to former Home Secretary Jack Straw. “What we’ve got is unnecessary costs riding in the system,” Straw told Parliament’s Transport Committee today. Removing 600 pounds ($938) from the 1,200 pounds lawyers receive […]