Traffic congestion in cities across the UK has got significantly worse over the past year, with commuters spending the equivalent of 10 working days a year stuck in traffic – up from nine days a year ago.
Category Archives: Motoring News
Before recalls, safety was low in GM hierarchy
To understand how General Motors allowed a problem with a small part to balloon into a crisis, look at the organization chart.
Reuters: At least 74 dead in crashes similar to those GM linked to faulty switches
By Ryan McNeill and Paul Lienert
At least 74 people have died in General Motors cars in accidents with some key similarities to those that GM has linked to 13 deaths involving defective ignition switches, a Reuters analysis of government fatal-crash data has determined. Such accidents also occurred at a higher rate in the GM cars than in top competitors’ models, the analysis showed.
Navigant forecasts global NGV sales to hit 4.2M units in 2023
According to a recent report from Navigant Research, worldwide sales of light-duty natural gas vehicles (NGVs) will grow from 2.5 million annually in 2014 to 4.2 million in 2023.
As a result, the total number of NGVs on roads worldwide will approximately double to nearly 40 million in the next 10 years, accounting for 2.6% of all vehicles on the roads.
Motorist fined £600 for speeding at 149mph on M25
A motorist was caught on speed camera travelling at 149mph on the M25 – the highest speed recorded by a speed camera between April 2013 and May 2014.
The driver was caught in Kent and was banned from driving for six months and was fined £600.
