A new text message scam has been doing the rounds, motorists are being told to be wary of receiving this message. Scammers are sending out fake parking ticket texts, the DVSA have urged people to be vigilant when receiving these messages urging the individual to pay the fine, stating they have been caught parking illegally. […]

1.Red X fines on smart Motorway The RAC released research earlier this year which showed over a fifth of the drivers on smart motorways have driven in a closed off lane marked with an X. Driving in a lane closed by a red X sign is illegal and if caught can result in three points […]

A Mercedes left in a multi-storey car park for three years has finally been removed after racking up more than £14,000 in parking tickets. The car had been sitting in the Broadway Plaza sheltered parking area in Birmingham city centre for so long a two inch layer of dust covered the car. The black Mercedes […]

Graham Wilkinson, from Shoebury, Essex, has been fined £35 for letting his son get out of his van whilst he was stopped at a zebra crossing. At the time, Wilkinson thought nothing of it but the seven-second stop, which also allowed pupils to cross the road safely, was caught on camera by Southend Council’s spy […]

Whilst driving in the sun might seem all fun, it comes with is inherent dangers too. Problems such as your car overheating can be annoying; however the most prevalent threat comes in the form of the dreaded sun strike. The glare from the sun is caused when the sun’s rays hit your windscreen at a […]

Whilst driving in the sun might seem all fun, it comes with is inherent dangers too. Problems such as your car overheating can be annoying; however the most prevalent threat comes in the form of the dreaded sun strike. The glare from the sun is caused when the sun’s rays hit your windscreen at a […]

Welsh drivers are at more risk of being pulled over for driving offences than any other UK drivers, official figures have revealed. It shows that North Wales and Dyfed-Powys police forces breathalyse a higher number of drivers than anywhere else in Britain, with one in every 29 people undergoing the test, and one in 26 […]

Australian great-grandmother Mrs. Griffiths turns 100 on Monday and still enjoys the freedom driving her car brings. She recalls being taken too school when she was a child in a horse and buggy and when her family got their first car, she had learnt how to drive it by the early age of 12. At […]

Driving instruction should be compulsory in schools to make Irish roads safer, politicians have said.A cross-party committee also wants provisional licence-holders to have to take a full driving test within a specific period and called for parking fines to be halved if paid within 14 days. Penalty points must also be imposed on the last […]

Westminster Council has reported that it is owed a whopping £4.5 million in parking fines from foreign drivers. It appears that the main culprits are those who own the most expensive luxury vehicles. The council is not able to enforce any kind of legal action on drivers who live abroad as they cannot accurately trace […]