UK voters with cars and other vehicles pay more in fuel duty (£26.9bn) alone than UK firms and companies pay in business rates (£26.8bn) and the equivalent of 97.5% of what is received through council tax (£27.5bn). Other motoring taxes raise another £6.1bn in vehicle excise duties, and a further £25bn from VAT on fuel and car sales, company car tax and insurance premium tax . Of the £582.6 … [Read more...]
Easter warning of motorway breakdowns from the AA
With millions of drivers expected to hit the road next Easter weekend, AA research shows that around a quarter of them have potentially endangered their lives unnecessarily by stopping on the hard shoulder in a non-emergency. Since 2000, 836 people on average in the UK have been killed or injured each year in incidents on hard shoulders and lay-bys. An AA-Populus poll of 18,806 AA members … [Read more...]
Worries expressed over driverless cars
The AA acknowledges that the Select Committee report Motoring of the Future poses many pertinent questions about the future of motoring but the AA maintains that neither the report nor Government yet has the vision to answer those questions. Edmund King, AA president, said, “The report rightly points to potential problems of a transition period on the roads. There is a potential nightmare … [Read more...]
EU to close odometer loophole
Firms that offer to wind back the mileage on cars and other road vehicles will have been outlawed by mid May 2018 across the EU, AA Cars has learned. As part of the AA’s work with motoring organisations across Europe , representing more than 35 million members; lobbying by the Czech motoring organisation revealed the clampdown on mileage adjusters. In response to a question from the Czech … [Read more...]
Motorway changes danger to users, says AA
AA analysis of potential driver behaviour on new all-lane-running motorways with no hard shoulders, but spaced refuge areas shows that around 10% of drivers would seek to take advantage of an empty first lane – even if it was closed to prevent an accident. Despite ‘red X’ signs telling them to stay out of the lane, 3% would continue in the closed lane until they saw an incident ahead and 3% … [Read more...]
Ford win AA patrol order with new Transit
Ford is supplying 343 Ford Transit Custom vans to the AA to join its fleet of patrol vehicles. They will raise Ford’s share of the 2,100-vehicle AA patrol fleet to more than 50 per cent. Ford secured the order from the AA following an exhaustive analysis of whole-life costs. Sarah Dopson, AA head of fleet, said: “We looked at all the usual factors – acquisition price, depreciation, … [Read more...]