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• Commercial Vehicle Show 2009
  The Commercial Vehicle show for 2009 is set to be an exciting event.The show will be held at the NEC in Birmingham 28-30 April 2009. The show will go ahead despite the absence of all the major...
• A bus for the future
  A design was submitted to the Transport for London ‘A New Bus for London’ competition that may change they way we travel in the future.The Freight*BUS was designed by Hugo Frost and it incorporates...
• Two speeding tickets and your out
  Motorists could be automatically banned from the road after two speeding tickets under the government’s new proposal.The proposal would see new motorists banned from the road if they commit a single...
• Fines to double
  Critics have called for tougher measures to ensure that motoring offences are been taken more seriously and enforced correctly. Next year motorists who fail to wear seatbelts will pay double the fixed...
• Limos safety questioned
  The amount of stretch limos being hired for events such as hen nights and proms is on the up and there is wide concern about their safety.West midlands and Wales’s traffic commission are concerned...
• Could this be neighbours from hell?
  The police will be introducing new rules early next year. The plans to get groups of 6 adults volunteers into groups and supply them with speed detection equipment to identify drivers that are breaking...
• Fuel prices drop for Christmas
  The joys of Christmas have come early for motorist as the price of petrol drops, with a prediction of another 7p decrease by Christmas as the price of oil dropped last week to $50 a barrel for the first...
• Non-UK drivers beware
  New road safety proposals will aim to address the problem of non-uk drivers and haulers who break the rules.Drivers from outside the UK will not escape punishment under the new law. Police and...
• Law exploited by new speed camera
  Drivers will soon be allowed to alert other drivers of the speed cameras location within three seconds of spotting the speed camera.A new device will be sold to drivers that will allow their device...
• Dark winter days require use of headlights
  The Police and the Department of Transport are urging Motorists to ensure that their headlights are working properly and that they are using them during the dark winter days as they becoming gloomier and...
• Drivers to test road toll devices next year
  The recruitment of hundreds of drivers is underway to participate in Government funded trials for road pricing systems that could eventually result in charges of up to £1.30 per mile for the most congested...
• Fire fighters injured by thugs throwing stones
  The 999 Emergency services are a crucial facility that deals with situations that can be fatal. So when two fire fighters suffer eye injuries when their vehicle’s windscreen was smashed by a gang of thugs...
• Electric Vehicles need you
  The government are looking for families to exchange their petrol or diesel cars for a car that plugs in to the mains to charge.The trial is taking place next year involving up to 100 electric cars...
• Wrong fuel costs thousands of pounds
  Thousand of diesel drivers across the country can admit to making the fatal mistake of putting the wrong fuel into their cars costing them hundreds of pounds in damages.Over the past five years,...
• Gang sentenced for insurance scam
  A gang of 13 have been sentenced to a total of 10 years after they made up car accidents to claim over £250,000 in compensation from insurance companies.The ‘crash for cash’ scam involved staged...
• Stolen disabled parking badges
  Recent reports have shown that one in 200 badges are stolen ever year. London Boroughs are dealing with hundreds of cases a year where they are finding a combination of stolen, forged or borrowed badges.Parking...
• Brown demands lower petrol prices
  Gordon Brown has today announced that petrol retailers must slash their prices, as they ignore the fall in oil prices and charge their customers way too much to fill up their vehicles.The two leading...
• Government to mend our roads
  After years of no win no fee cases involving the maintenance of our roads, the government have decided to finally do something about public road improvements after an average of £53 million a year is spent...
• School transport checked for safety
  Police in Cleveland are carrying out operation coachman that will be targeting transport that carries children to and from school.This operation is being led over the next two weeks to ensure that...
• Pollution on the street, at all time high
  West Oxfordshire District Council has commissioned air quality monitoring for a street in Witney, Oxfordshire following a successful monitoring of Horsefair in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.Bridge...
• Wrecked movie car sold to fan
  The sports car, which was wrecked during the filming of the new James Bond film, The Quantum of Solace, has been bought by a 007 fan for thousands of pounds.A stuntman accidently drove the luxury...
• Combating number plate theft
  A car crime clinic, which is hoping to attract many motorists in combating registration plate theft, will be taking place in Stockport this weekend, Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October at Heaton Moors...
• DVLA takes tough stand on licenses
  The DVLA are cracking down on driving licenses. If you do not renew your photo card and counterpart of your license every 10 years you could face a fine.The theory behind it is you have to renew...
• Diesel pump contaminated with illegal fuel
  A £500 fine was issued to a motorist by Customs Offices when they discovered he had red diesel in his tank.The motorist had just left a Bradford petrol station after filling up his car with diesel,...
• Credit crunch hits drivers hard
  The credit crunch, which has already hit the sales of new vehicles in the UK, is now affecting motorists paying for repairs on their vehicles. Research has found evidence that drivers are avoiding replacing...
• Ambulance hit by speeding van
  A paramedic has been awarded compensation after a horrific road accident. The paramedic was in the passenger seat of the ambulance when a van driver crashed into him. The van driver was speeding and went...
• Texting while driving more deadly than drinking
  New research carried out suggests that texting whilst driving effects motorist reaction times more so than being under the influence of drink or drugs.Research carried out by the RAC has shown...
• Seatbelt fines to double
  Under new government plans announced yesterday, 16th September 2008, the fines for not wearing vehicle seatbelts are set to double from £30 to £60.A survey that was recently carried out showed...