Many motorists are putting themselves at risk by failing to adapt their driving style to compensate for the weather, a car insurance provider has warned. According to Sainsbury’s Car Insurance, 33% of drivers do not bother to check the weather forecast before heading off on a journey, while 18% have ignored warnings against driving in […]

MORE than five million British motorists are currently breaking the law by driving unsafe vehicles, according to new research. And the number of dangerous cars on the road may have been boosted by people keeping older cars for longer to benefit from the government’s scrappage scheme, claim insurers. The most common repair faults identified include […]

Many accidents occur every year due to drivers not leaving enough distance between themselves and the vehicle in front. Braking distance refers to the distance a vehicle will travel from the point the brakes are applied to when the vehicle comes to a complete stop. Road conditions, speed and weather conditions can all affect the […]

January saw the country come to a standstill with snow disrupting transport, schools, hospitals and driving tests. Driving tests across the U.K. were cancelled by the DSA (Driving Standards Agency) during January due to the freezing weather and icy roads. Figures suggest that 31,000 of the 40,000 scheduled tests were cancelled affecting not only cars, […]

After a dreary start, new-car sales finally outstripped those of January 2009 — but only just. New official figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show the number of new cars registered in January (16,595) are up 5.04pc on those for the corresponding period in 2009 (15,799). At one stage they were […]

New safety fears have been raised about some of the Toyota range, with as many as 2.3 million cars in the United States being recalled. The Japanese car maker announced the recall after a potential design problem with the accelerator. It was found that the accelerator pad was sticking and not returning to the idle […]

A new study by the University of Oxford predicts that the number of cars on the world’s roads in twenty years will double to 2 billion, but that electric vehicles will account for only a small percentage of the overall fleet in the medium to long-term. The study suggests that car companies are raising false […]

Some car related expenditures increasing in price are a near certainty: petrol prices, fuel duty, and the cost of buying a car. However, it is also thought that the value of some second-hand vehicles will go up quite a lot. Most of us are aware that when we buy a car and drive it of […]

The rumours that spread about the new Volkswagen Polo not being suitable for test are untrue according to the DSA (Driving Standards Agency). Potential buyers and instructors were equally worried that they may experience trouble with the car. It was the Hill Start Feature that was cause for concern, with many fearing that this would […]

With the present economic conditions, it is thought that around half of all motorists (46%) are failing to have their car serviced, repaired and maintained.  Car-related expenditures are deemed not as important as other expenditures such as Christmas. Some non-essential car expenditures such as the latest Satellite Navigation and alloy wheels can be overlooked, but […]