Category Archives: Motoring News

Smart phones, stupid drivers – rubber necking takes goolish new twist

Motorists are increasingly breaking the law to use their smartphones.

Motoring organisation the AA has found that 42 per cent of motorists admit to using a smartphone while driving – and 60 per cent of those drivers said that using one had distracted them.

Clive Maxwell has awkward questions for the oil companies


Meet the motorists’ new friend, Clive Maxwell. As the newly-appointed chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading, he has called for evidence into whether drivers are being ripped off when it comes to filling up their cars.

Motorists feel the pinch as fuel prices keep rising


Petrol prices have risen to within just 3p shy of the record set in April. Motoring organisations are warning that people living in rural areas and businesses are being hit particularly hard.

Video: Police crush one millionth uninsured car

This video posted on YouTube Friday by West Midlands Police shows an uninsured Ford Fiesta being crushed into a cube. This is no ordinary crushing – it represents the one millionth uninsured car to be crushed at the hands of the law.

Forged MOT certificates problematic


Consumers are being warned not to rely on new-style MOT certificates when buying cars.The warning comes from the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) after a 38-year-old man in Cleveland was arrested on suspicion of forging MOT certificates with intent to deceive.