A report by Tiger.co.uk, a car insurance comparison site, says that dance teachers and choreographers are the professions most likely to commit a driving offence.It analysed 270,000 recent car insurance quotes, examining the relationship between 313 different occupations, average annual mileage and the number of motorists with driving convictions.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Dancers more likely to speed – allegedly
A report by Tiger.co.uk, a car insurance comparison site, says that dance teachers and choreographers are the professions most likely to commit a driving offence.It analysed 270,000 recent car insurance quotes, examining the relationship between 313 different occupations, average annual mileage and the number of motorists with driving convictions.
Which? says petrol cars may be cheaper to run than diesels
The consumer organisation, Which? says the overall running costs of petrol cars may be lower than their diesel equivalents.This year is set to be the first in which diesel cars will make up more than half the new car market. However, a Which? comparison of diesel and petrol versions of six popular car models has found that petrol engines can often be the more cost effective choice for drivers covering a typical annual mileage.
Seven million gardens concreted over to make driveways
According to the RAC Foundation, up to seven million gardens have been covered with tarmac to provide driveways.
Apparently around 80% of Britain’s 26 million dwellings were built with a front plot. Almost a third of these plots have been turned into hardstanding. This means seven million front gardens now contain concrete and cars rather than flowers and grass, a total area roughly equivalent to 100 Hyde Parks.
Bridge becomes Lego homage
A dull bridge in the industrial city of Wuppertal in Germany has been turned into a tribute to everyone’s favourite childhood toy. And for once, the occasional German weakness for bright clashing colours (e.g. the VW Polo Harlequin), has found a productive outlet. The bridge in question had been converted from a disused railway to become a walking path, but the ugly concrete was not really in keeping with the spirit of a nice Sunday afternoon stroll.
VW now more Asian than European
While the French government has crisis talks about job losses at Peugeot, VW sales continue to soar. Worldwide sales for the first half of 2012 were up 8.9% to a nice round 4.5 million units.
Sales in central and eastern Europe were up 27.3% and sales in Germany rose 4.4%. Only Western Europe excluding Germany saw a fall of 5.7%. Sales in the USA were up by 22% and Asia saw a rise of 17.6% – to an incredible 2.8 million units.That means more than half of all VW group cars are now sold in Asia. That is why VW is the only “European” mainstream car manufacturer that is still doing well – it is not really European any more.
