Divorce papers, alongside a wedding album and ring, were left behind in a car sold last year in Merthyr Tydfil, it's revealed. Alongside divorce memorabilia, a microwave was also forgotten by a customer from another car buying branch in Tonypandy in 2024 while other items include a Grandma, a pet’s ashes, prescription drugs, hay bales and Holy Water, all … [Read more...]
Crazy day trips predicted this Bank Holiday
This August bank holiday is expected to be the busiest in nine years with an estimated 19.2m leisure journeys by car as drivers go ‘day trip crazy’, according to the RAC. Saturday 24 August will be the busiest on the roads with 3.7m getaway trips planned, slightly ahead of the 3m journeys planned every day on Friday (3.2m), Sunday (3.1m) and Bank Holiday … [Read more...]
‘Carmageddon’ predicted for Easter getaway by RAC
More than 14m leisure journeys are expected to be made by car this Easter weekend when the bank holiday collides with most UK schools breaking up, according to a new study of drivers’ getaway plans from the RAC and INRIX. Data indicates Good Friday could spell some of the worst delays for drivers as an estimated 2.6m getaway trips by car are due to be made … [Read more...]
Charging into the great getaway this week
With the annual Chrismas getaway approaching, many drivers and families may be doing their first long run in a new electric car. Just as with a traditional petrol or diesel car you have to prepare your vehicle and yourself for the journey. The electric era is well and truly with us and we are likely to be getting close to a million evs on UK roads by the … [Read more...]
Capital’s congestion worsening
Traffic jams are getting worse in Cardiff. Latest flow figures from TomTom studied off and on-peak journeys and found traffic management changes in the Welsh capital have made the daily commute slower for drivers. It is now worse than Birmingham and Glasgow and contrasts with an improvement in commuting through Bristol. Junction revisions in Cardiff … [Read more...]
