Well, someone is saying you’ve not and that someone is The Health & Safety Executive and VOSA. A series of spot checks in March and April has revealed that the majority of commercial vehicles fail to meet the standards for basic load security. The DFT lays out standards to cover how a load should be […]
Read MoreSo How Congested Do You Feel?
The Department For Transport keep all kinds of statistics and I guess that’s so Government can decide what they need to do to keep us all moving, or perhaps cynically, can decide what we are doing now, that they can charge us for in the future. The DFT have just released some preliminary findings for […]
Read MoreIt’s Not Easy Being Green – or at least, it’s not cheap!
Way back in August 2009, we ran a story on our website about Nissan’s new, “all electric” vehicle, The Leaf. Well Nissan have just released the prices for “The Leaf” and if you fancy one, you had better start saving up as it’s going to cost you £23,350 when it arrives here in the UK […]
Read MoreLondon Congestion Charge To Rise – Western Section to Be Scrapped
Some good, some bad that’s what it seems as London Mayor Boris Johnson announces the intention to increase the London Congestion Charge to £10 a day from most likely 4th January 2011. The good side is that TFL are planning to scrap the western extension to the zone by the end of this year and […]
Read MoreFord Focus & Ford KA’s are The Best Used Cars of The Decade
As if We Didn’t Know Already That Well Henry Ford must be looking down with a smile on his face as two of the cars made by the company he started, way back in 1903 has just picked up a couple of major awards, but not as new cars this time, but as used ones. […]
Read MoreBio-Fuel More Damaging Than Regular Petrol or Diesel?
Seems The EU Don’t Want You To Know! We all merrily troll along, trying to do our best and pretty much believing all we are told and where possible, acting on the advice we are given, as we are not cynics are we? So its pretty bad to find out that things that we were […]
Read MoreFancy A Volvo My Old China?
Well, after Jaguar going east to India, it looks like Volvo could be heading east as well, but this time to China, as it’s likely a Chinese company could be the next to gobble up a prestigious European brand as Volvo’s owner Ford Motor Company, seem to have agreed a deal with a Chinese company […]
Read MoreWhat Distracts You When You Are Driving?
Most drivers will admit that they get distracted whilst driving. So what distracts us most? Is it the array of hi-tech gadgets that are in most of our cars today, or is it the same things that distracted drivers 50 years ago? Every one of us allows them selves to be distracted from the already […]
Read MorePay Road Tolls With Your Fuel Card – What A Good Idea
Isn’t it nice when you come across sensible, common sense thinking? Well the “Fuelcard Company” has announced that their “Keyfuels” fuel card is going to be accepted as a method of payment on the M6 Toll. We all know what a pain toll roads are, and finding change or rooting around for cash to pay […]
Read MoreChevy Offer 5 Year Warranty In The UK
GM owned Chevrolet has announced they going to offer a five year warranty on a couple of its models. Aveo and Cruze, will both get the extended warranty and in addition to that, they also get free servicing for 3 years or 30,000 miles. Mark Terry, Chevrolets UK Managing Director said that “Chevrolet car were […]
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