Eight-in-10 drivers (83%) want the Government to take action to tackle pavement parking in England, but they’re split on how best to approach the problem, new RAC research shows. Forty-two percent are supportive of an outright ban on parking on pavements in England, while a virtually identical proportion (41%) instead want to see councils given powers to … [Read more...]
Act on advisories before it’s too late says RAC
One-in-six drivers (17%) who didn’t act on advisory notices following an MOT in the last 12 months – an estimated 6m people – went on to experience a vehicle breakdown or were involved in a collision as a result, according to new RAC research. Of the 1,460 drivers who have had their vehicle recently MOT’d, 44% said the test resulted in one or more advisory … [Read more...]
Ghost brokers are defrauding drivers
Ghost brokers are haunting motorists, warns a Welsh business. Gocompare is warning motorists to avoid too good to be true car insurance deals on social media following concerns that fraudsters known as ‘ghost brokers’ are preying on people’s financial worries caused by the Covid pandemic. The warning comes following the arrest at the end of May, of a man … [Read more...]
Parents failing young drivers, says AA Insurance
According to AA Insurance, nearly half of drivers believe that it is acceptable to reduce car insurance premiums for young drivers by insuring the car in a parent’s name, naming a young driver as a ‘named driver’. This is known as ‘fronting’ – where a named driver on a policy is the person driving the car most or all of the time. And alarmingly, 1% of … [Read more...]
