CarFest presented by bp pulse is the UK’s biggest family fundraising festival and switching its fleet to sustainable fuel for the first time this year, thanks to an in augural partnership with SUSTAIN. From delivery trucks to luggage buggies, 123 festival fleet vehicles will run on SUSTAIN Diesel for the event, a ‘plant-powered’ drop-in fuel from … [Read more...]
Holiday getaway without the pain
Driving can give you a pain when and where you least expect it and holiday driving with added pressures of family and finding your way through heavy traffic can bring on cramps and pains, which can be reduced with a bit of preparation. The good news is that there are many ways to alleviate the physical effects of driving. Auto Trader recommends making a … [Read more...]
Ford Mustang Mach-E is gold for Welsh medalist
Distance is everything to the world's top Paralympic Shot putter and he swares by his new Ford Mustang Mach-E to get him about Britain quickly, cheaply and in the greenest way. Ford Sporting Ambassador Aled Sion Davies OBE, from Bridgend, is on a sustainable road to the Paralympic Games in Paris next month with his Ford Mustang Mach-E. He has collected … [Read more...]
Keeping a family tradition on track
They say the railway is a family and that’s certainly the case up in Rhymney where a father and his daughter (above) are both working, having passed out 17 years apart. Incredibly when Tia Rees was passed out as competent this month, it was by Driver Manager Haydn Cridland, the same man who helped her dad Dean pass on his rules in 2007. “I knew Tia was on … [Read more...]
Crazy day trips predicted this Bank Holiday
This August bank holiday is expected to be the busiest in nine years with an estimated 19.2m leisure journeys by car as drivers go ‘day trip crazy’, according to the RAC. Saturday 24 August will be the busiest on the roads with 3.7m getaway trips planned, slightly ahead of the 3m journeys planned every day on Friday (3.2m), Sunday (3.1m) and Bank Holiday … [Read more...]
Winners and losers over a decade of change
Some brands have seen phenomenal growth in registrations over the last decade and others have plunged into oblivion, according to Scrap Car Comparison. The top 10 Car Brands With The Biggest Growth In The UK were: Tesla - 339,717% change over last decade Dacia - 1,434% change over last decade McLaren - 640% change over last decade Infiniti - … [Read more...]
Take a holiday from potholes and go abroad
Most drivers prefer the state of roads across the Channel compared to the UK’s pothole-ridden ones, according to RAC Europe. Six-in-10 (62%) motorists say local roads in Europe are in better condition with fewer potholes than equivalent roads in the UK, with only a fifth (17%) thinking UK roads are in better shape than those on the continent. Concerningly, … [Read more...]
EV range record is smashed
Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest journey by an electric car on a single charge – 569.64 miles. The new benchmark in electric vehicle performance was achieved by Webfleet-sponsored drivers Kevin Booker and Sam Clarke, supported by co-pilot Richard Parker of Webfleet, in a … [Read more...]
Speed and accidents decrease with lowered limits
Speeding offences decreased 29% in urban areas in July compared to the same month last year, said GoSafe. The combined offences on 20 and 30mph roads went down to 14,421 compared to 20,303 detected by fixed and mobile speed cameras, red-light cameras and average speed systems. The statistics show average speed has also gone down along with recorded … [Read more...]
Tradelines 7 August
Fatigue is being added by FleetCheck to the employee fit-to-drive declaration included in the company’s daily vehicle walkaround safety app. The fleet software specialist says that there is increasing concern among employers about the dangers of tired drivers and a desire to include it in risk management policies. Responding to the news that the Labour … [Read more...]
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