Connected and autonomous vehicle technology in the UK will take another leap forward, following the announcement of funding under the banner of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. With three of the chosen projects un the driverless cars stream of ISCF supported by experts from TRL, the global centre for innovation in transport and mobility continues … [Read more...]
Insurance News
Split insurance costs in Wales
Drivers in Central and North Wales have had a lucky escape from car insurance price hikes this quarter (Q1 2017), while motorists in South Wales have been hit with increased costs over the last three months. According to the latest Confused.com car insurance price index, powered by Willis Towers Watson, drivers in Central and North Wales have seen their … [Read more...]
Fiat, Kia and Citroen top for careful drivers
Running costs, insurance group, price and condition may all be part of the selection criteria for a young driver’s first car, but data from telematics devices can now reveal which low cost cars are associated with safer driving behaviours. Telematics solutions provider Wunelli, a LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Company, has named the Fiat Panda, Kia Picanto … [Read more...]
Safe driving is a good business decision
With one-third of all road crashes still involving vehicles driven on business road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has produced a short video highlighting the issue. Every day around 150 vehicles driven on business crash, and each year there are 14,000 road deaths and serious injuries in involving people at work. IAM RoadSmart is dedicated to reducing these … [Read more...]
Welsh local roads are in terminal decline
Within the next five years almost one in five local roads in Wales will need to be repaired reports this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance survey, published today. The cumulative effect of an ageing network, decades of underfunding, increased traffic and wetter winters has led to around 18 per cent of all Welsh local roads reported as being … [Read more...]
Welsh are worst tailgaters, survey
Drivers in Wales are Britain’s worst tailgaters. Welsh police recorded more offences than in any other region, and nine in 10 drivers said they were victims of offenders, the worst on motorways. According to Freedom of Information data obtained by Confused.com, 129 prosecutions for tailgating were recorded by police in Wales since ‘careless driving’ … [Read more...]
Newslines 24 March
Double-digit growth in demand for British-built cars last month helped deliver the biggest February for UK car production in 17 years, said the SMMT. UK production lines turned out one car every 16 seconds in the month, with total output of 153,041 up 8.0%, as exports grew 13.4% to 118,898 units. The performance helped to drive overall year-to-date … [Read more...]
Parents back toughter law for young drivers, says insurer
Parents of young drivers would back additional tougher driving laws designed to reduce the high human and financial cost of road accidents involving young and newly qualified drivers, new research has found. On the 1 March, higher penalties for using a mobile phone while driving were introduced for all motorists and last year in Wales, 2.5% of drivers … [Read more...]
Plug-in tech makes car ownership less taxing
The number of vehicles clamped or impounded for non-payment of road tax peaked at more than 12,200 a month last summer, over double the number recorded prior to the abolition of paper tax discs. With just one postal reminder from the DVLA, many motorists who relied on the disc as a reminder of the renewal date are being penalised unfairly due to … [Read more...]
Budget 2017 – what it means to you
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget speech today. It was also the final spring Budget as Mr Hammond announced in last November’s Autumn Statement a rescheduling of the two major fiscal-related announcements of the Parliamentary year. Starting in the autumn, Britain will have an Autumn Budget announcing tax changes … [Read more...]
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