The Ultra Low Emission Zone could be expanding to the whole of greater London, according to the Mayor of London. The move would aim to improve air quality throughout the capital. Expanding the ULEZ was Sadiq Khan’s preferred method to reduce pollution and congestion over a Greater London boundary charge or a low-level clean air …
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The UK production is being massively ramped up by Triumph in a move that will more than treble output from the Hinckley factory and create nearly 100 new jobs after a big rise in UK and European sales. Two years ago, the company made cutbacks when production of the last two British-built bikes – the …
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Driving in wet, windy or icy conditions is never ideal, but sometimes a journey has to be made, even if the weather could be better. JMW Solicitors, a national law firm, gives some advice so you can stay safe and legal on the road, come rain or shine. Road safety charity Brake recently published a …
The AA Driving School has launched electric tuition vehicles onto its fleet. London, Liverpool and Cardiff will be among the first locations to start EV lessons, with further interest from driving instructors across England, Scotland and Wales. Instructors with the AA Driving School will begin taking delivery of the Peugeot e208 and e2008 as well …
The Government is being called by the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) to take a more holistic approach to decarbonisation where motorbikes are concerned in a new document called The Journey to a Brighter Destination. When the ban on petrol and diesel cars was brought forward to 2030, it was unclear what it would mean for …
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The proportion of fatal road traffic collisions caused by drink drivers has seen a rise of two per cent, latest figures show. New provisional Government data reveals that in 2020 (the latest year on record), drink-drivers caused an estimated 15 per cent of fatal accidents – an increase from 13 per cent in 2019. It …
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DVSA has released the following to update drivers on the future of the eyesight check. DVSA are consulting on a number of proposals to encourage learner drivers to be better prepared to take their driving test. One of those is changing the law so that it can carry out driving test eyesight checks in any …
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Almost three-quarters of drivers are avoiding using the left-hand lane when driving on an all-lane running smart motorway, new research has revealed. Kwik Fit surveyed 2,000 drivers and 73 per cent of those said that even when the hard shoulder is open for use as a live running lane, they chose not to drive on …
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If you’ve been looking at used car listings recently you will have been likely to come across the phrase ‘full service history’, sometimes written as FSH. This indicates that the current owner has complete records of the maintenance carried out on a vehicle over the course of its life. It’s important to look for a …
Motorists should take steps to ensure their vehicles are as efficient as possible in the face of rising fuel prices, the head of a leading greentech company said today. The AA said fuel prices hit a new record high at the pump across the UK, tightening the squeeze on UK consumers. Over the weekend petrol …
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