Electric vehicles will have to pay to enter Greater London for the first time from the end of this year. The air of change over London is slowly but surely sweeping across Britain and motorists need to understand and be ready to pay to drive on our busiest roads over coming years. The capital’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone was the country’s first 24/ 7 Clean … [Read more...]
Yellow perils are money boxes for councils, says RAC
Drivers in 10 local authority areas newly enforcing yellow box junctions paid fines worth a combined £998,640 last year after apparently falling foul of the rules governing them, new RAC data analysis shows. Up until May 2022, only councils in London and Cardiff could enforce yellow box junctions and other moving traffic contraventions, such as driving the … [Read more...]
National low-down on 20mph limits from Tempcover
Wales has Britain's highest percentage of urban roads with a 20mph limit, shows new research which highlights significant differences between British regions and local authorities. The analysis, conducted by temporary car insurance experts Tempcover, examined data provided by Insight Warehouse, which comes from their comprehensive national maps of speed … [Read more...]
Newslines 11 April
More than 100,000 drivers in Wales have been caught over the 20mph speed limit since it was introduced in September 2023, according to new data. The latest data from GoSafe revealed 7,958 offences recorded in north Wales and 7,326 in mid and south Wales in August, while last month 4,950 offences were recorded in north Wales and 4,128 in mid and south Wales … [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...]
Austin raises hat highest to car fans
New research by the car leasing experts at Auto Trader reveals the cities around the world with the most motor-loving communities. The research analysed the number of car meets, auto events and motor shows in over 400 cities worldwide, along with the number of Instagram posts associated with each city’s car meets, to show how strong the car-loving … [Read more...]
Lotus 72 stars in F1 Exhibition
The Formula 1 Exhibition has announced F1’s most successful car, the legendary Lotus Type 72, will be on display at the new London show opening on 23 August at ExCeL London. The first car to be announced at the new venue, the Lotus Type 72 is widely regarded as the most successful race car design in history and one of the greatest F1® cars of all time, … [Read more...]
Newslines 19 April
The RAC predicts petrol could hit 150pp litre and diesel 160pp litre as tensions rise in the Middle East over coming weeks. The motoring body said retailers had pushed up profits since January and this added £5.00 to fill up a typical car. Labour and Plaid Cymru have voted against a Welsh Conservatives' motion in the Senedd to roll back the controversial … [Read more...]
Yellow “money-boxes” for Welsh capital, drivers warned
Cardiff's yellow box junctions are cash machines for the city council, according to analysis by the RAC, which has been looking at their legal implications. Almost every yellow box junction of 100 analysed in London and Cardiff is bigger than it needs to be to prevent traffic congestion, leading to countless unnecessary fines for drivers, a new study … [Read more...]
Newslines 12 March
About 9% of commuters to Cardiff spend over an hour a week sitting in traffic, they told pollsters for CarMats. This contrasts with more than a quarter of drivers stuck in Edinburgh's jams or 22% in London and Leeds while the least time was reported by drivers in Norwich. The KIA EV9 has won two major awards for 2024. It was last week voted UK Car of … [Read more...]
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