Summer Breath Test Campaign Reveals Drink Driving on Increase. Following the summer drink driving campaign, statistics released by the Chief Police Officers Association have revealed that the percentage of drivers over the legal limit has increased in comparison to the same period last year. Some 88,629 drivers were breath tested in June and 6.1% of […]

Here’s How to Find Out. From early 2011, a new law gives the DVLA more power to combat keepers of vehicles that are not insured.  Whilst the law has been active for a few months now, we thought we would give you a reminder of just what it entails and what you should do, to […]

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) have recently completed a poll of 4000 people asking them if a 20mph speed limit zone should be adopted outside schools.  Not surprisingly, 67% of those asked agree it’s a good idea and are in favour of it. Taking it a bit further, 38% felt that also thought that […]

Stuck in a 49 Mile Long Traffic Jam! Satellite Navigation company TomTom have reported that data analysed from  their Traffic Centre has revealed that the “good old” M25 was responsible for five of the ten worst traffic jams during July 2011. The worst single tailback was on Friday 29th July at 5.45pm on the M25 […]

Think Bike – Yes You’ve Heard That Before, But This Time, Its Think About the Biker, Not Just the Bike. “Clunk Click Every Trip” was only around as a road safety slogan for a short while and once the majority of us had realised that it made absolute sense to use seat belts and buckle […]

But No Thanks To British Owned Companies It’s hard to think what British owned car companies we have left in the UK, but despite that, the car industry is thriving, with Great Britain PLC becoming a major exporter of cars to the value of around £25 billion a year and employing around 700,000 people. The […]

Back in 2009, when US car giant General Motors were facing bankruptcy, they were trying to unload as many things as they could in an effort to survive and one of those was Vauxhall/Opel.  A deal was almost agreed with a consortium led by Magna and the Russian’s Sberbank, however at the last minute the […]

Most improved car manufacturer is Nissan Auto Express conducts an annual survey called “Drive Power” and Nissan must be pretty chuffed with the results as the survey of over 23,000 car owners asking them to rate the cars they drive over 10 different categories such as performance, ride quality, braking and build quality found that […]

We have written much about companies being prosecuted under the “Corporate Manslaughter Act” and advised everyone to ensure that they put everything they can in place to make sure this does not happen to them.  Fail to do that and if you find your company is in court, you are defenceless! Under the Corporate Manslaughter […]

John Lennon may well have sung about the “4000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire” but it seems the entire countries roads are full of holes and whilst the authorities don’t know “how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall”, new research suggests that its likely to cost over £13 billion pounds to fill them […]