Motorists must guard against unscrupulous car cloning criminals to avoid fines and penalties for offences they’ve not committed, warns leading vehicle data and valuation specialist HPI. Criminals use cloned registration plates to avoid detection via police automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems, which can have serious financial implications for … [Read more...]
Newslines 11 October
Barry Island is seeing a proper tidy rise in customers as new trains and the return of some old favourites give the area a welcome boost. More than 100,000 people caught the train to the Island in July and August, a huge rise from 57,000 the previous year and some of that's put down to filming the final Christmas special of Gavin and Stacey comedy … [Read more...]
More drivers missing vehicle tax payments
There has been a worrying increase in the number of drivers having their vehicle tax Direct Debits cancelled by DVLA after payments couldn’t be taken due to a lack of funds, figures analysed by the RAC show following a Freedom of Information request. Almost one million drivers (950,377) had their Direct Debits cancelled in the financial year 2021-22, an … [Read more...]
2,000 banned a week so far in 2021, Moneyshake told
Britain’s dangerous and bad drivers have been exposed. The DVLA has confirmed to Moneyshake mobility services that 502,888 drivers have been disqualified from driving in the last four years, 86,000 drivers lose their licence per year excluding ‘totting up bans’, in 2021 alone, nearly 2,000 drivers have been banned every week so far, 3,767 drink drivers … [Read more...]
Premiums rising again and young drivers’ risk
Motor premiums are rising again after months of decline in the wake of coronavirus travel limits. Dan Hutson, head of motor insurance, comparethemarket.com, said, “Car insurance premiums are on the rise and have increased by £16 to £714 in September, from August. “This follows four consecutive months of declining costs leading to premiums reaching the … [Read more...]
