Police pay lowest car insurance premiums
Driving instructors pay the third cheapest premiums for their personal vehicles, according to Quotezone research.
Legal
Reaching biting point
Carly Brookfield opens the DIA casebook to find out how we helped a member resolve a car finance issue
Tyres more than 10 years old will be banned on heavy vehicles
Tyres that are aged 10 years and older will become a failure item at annual test
Making a CCJ go away
Following on from the last DIA casebook, Carly Brookfield goes into more detail about the damage financial disputes can do to you and your business – and the risk to your ADI licence
When a CCJ can really make you pay
Carly Brookfield looks at the damage financial disputes can do to you and your business – and the risk to your ADI licence
Highway Code: your views needed
The government wants your views on changes to the Highway Code which aim to improve safety on pavements.
Do the right thing
Carly Brookfield discusses a case where, by trying to do right by her pupils, one of our members ended up on the wrong side of the regulator
Old tyre ban for lorries, buses and coaches
The Department for Transport has announced that tyres aged 10 years or older will be banned on the front axles of lorries, buses and coaches using new laws. DVSA already checks for tyres over 10 years old during roadside enforcement stops. This change in the law will allow it to issue stronger penalties if found …
Mandatory MOT testing restarts 1 August
Mandatory MOT testing is to be reintroduced from 1 August 2020 as COVID-19 restrictions are slowly lifted, roads minister Baroness Vere has announced. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, drivers were granted a six-month exemption from MOT testing in March to help slow the spread of the virus. However, as restrictions are eased when safe to …
Motor insurance premiums drop
The average car insurance premium fell by over £50 over the past three months, according to the latest Premium Drivers report from comparethemarket.com. In Q2 2020 (March–May 2020), premiums fell 7% to £702 – a drop of £53 compared to the previous quarterly price of £755. The decline in premium prices makes this quarter the …
