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Retraining courses to avoid fines taken by record 1.8m offending drivers in 2022

More than four out of five of last year’s attendees went on speed awareness courses, which aim to help people identify speed limits.

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2023

Call for regular eye tests for drivers as 4% of licence holders are 80 or older

Some 1.6 million people with a licence are in that age category, according to PA news agency analysis.

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2023

One in 24 local road bridges cannot carry heaviest vehicles, councils say

Local authorities identified 3,090 bridges as being substandard at the end of 2022, the RAC Foundation said.

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

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Drivers suffer 24% increase in parking tickets

A record 5.7 million tickets were handed out by private companies in Britain in the second half of 2022.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Learners with at least five failures take more than 50,000 driving tests a year

The total bill for repeated failures could run into thousands of pounds for learners who pay for more lessons.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2022

Price gap between diesel and petrol prices nears 25p per litre

There are fears the situation will worsen

Liverpool Echo · Nov 20, 2022

Gap between diesel and petrol prices nears 25p per litre

The extra cost of diesel is reaching a new high according to government figures

Wales Online · Nov 20, 2022

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Drivers hit with 7p rise in petrol and diesel prices due to pound's decline

The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts is currently around £1.62

Manchester Evening News · Oct 16, 2022

Drop in sterling adds 7p per litre to fuel bills

The Competition and Markets Authority published a review into high pump prices.

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022

Lorry parking shortage forces thousands of drivers to sleep in laybys

Thousands of lorry drivers are forced to park in laybys and industrial estates each night due to a severe shortage of purpose-built facilities.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Electric vehicles hit ‘significant milestone’

More than half a million pure battery-electric vehicles are on UK roads, new figures show.

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022

Record gap between petrol and diesel prices

Filling a typical family diesel car is now around £9 more expensive than for petrol models

Wales Online · Sep 29, 2022

Road fatalities rose 7% in 2021 as traffic levels increased after pandemic shutdowns

Figures remain stubbornly high, say road safety campaigners

Wales Online · Sep 29, 2022

Road fatalities rise 7% in 2021 with more than 1,500 deaths

The Department for Transport said an estimated 1,558 people died in crashes last year.

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

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The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022

Fuel costs soar for Premier League away fans

Analysis shows how many stadiums away supporters can reach on £20 of fuel this season.

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2022

RAC: Invest in freight facilities instead of turning motorway into lorry park

Steve Gooding, the organisation’s director, said current measures were causing massive disruption.

Wales Online · Jul 1, 2022

Drivers hit with record 8.6 million parking tickets by private firms in a year

Motoring body demands government officials not to drag their heels over new guidelines for 'rip-off parking practices'

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Drivers handed record 8.6 million parking tickets by private firms in a year

The figure is an increase of more than 50% compared with four years earlier.

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Wales Online · Jun 29, 2022

Experts to probe Britain's deadly smart motorway crashes

The new independent Road Safety Investigation Branch will look into road crashes in a similar way air, sea and rail incidents are investigated

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

New investigation team to probe causes of deadly smart motorway crashes

Collisions on motorways with the hard shoulder removed will fall under the remit of the Road Safety Investigation Branch.

Daily Mirror · Jun 25, 2022

Extortionate electric car charging costs at motorway services laid bare

Electric vehicle owners without a home charger may need to shop around to find the best price after Which? research found motorway services can cost 8p a mile more than filling up with petrol or diesel

Evening Standard · May 24, 2022

More cost of living pain as petrol and diesel prices hit ANOTHER record high

The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts was 167.7p on Monday

The Independent UK · May 24, 2022

Petrol and diesel prices hit record high

Retailers have been accused of raising profit margins since the cut in fuel duty.

Daily Mirror · Apr 23, 2022

Highway Code's bizarre rules for self-driving cars - can I watch TV behind the wheel?

New Highway Code rules proposed by the government's Department for Transport are likely to be in place later this year. They include allowing people to watch TV in self-driving cars

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

Cut in fuel duty ‘should be more’ than 5p per litre

Fuel duty is currently levied at 57.95p per litre.

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