‘Drivers being charged up to four times more than on high street’    Motorway service areas are charging up to four times the high street price for basic food and drinks, according to research conducted by road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).   Pr

Only 22 pc of £40 billion raised spent on road maintenance and improvement   NINE OUT OF TEN motorists say they are ‘sitting ducks’ for the Treasury as the Government collects more than £40bn a year in motoring taxation – with Britain’s roads crumbling into one big pothole and s

MOTORISTS ARE warned to be on their guard for a phone text scam that threatens a visit from bailiffs and then fleeces them for a non-existent parking fine. Consumers across the country have received text messages from a company calling itself UK Bailiff Services, say Croydon council.

THE PETROL Retailers Association (PRA), the trade association representing independent forecourt retailers in the UK, has welcomed the fuel duty cut announced in the government’s autumn statement Chairman Brian Madderson said: “After sustained lobbying, the message is fina

ANYONE who has been asleep or abroad for the past six months and bought petrol in the past few days should be forgiven for thinking that the UK’s rip-off pump prices had been frozen in time – that’s the conclusion of the latest AA Fuel Price Report.    In the past month, t

BRITAIN’S STREETS and driveways have become the resting place of ‘ghost cars’ as motorists are abandoning their vehicles or dramatically cutting back on journeys in a desperate effort to save money.   The RAC estimates that there are now 2.9 million cars in the UK which are bein

THE INCREASING cost of owning and running a car is forcing more women to get ‘under the bonnet’ of their cars. Research from the RAC has shown that nearly two thirds of women are happy to get their hands dirty and do their own car maintenance, putting an end to the stereotypical opini

A PLAGUE of parking phobias is blighting the skills and confidence of UK drivers, according to the AA Driving School.   Parallel parking is causing drivers across the country to doubt their skills, with one in six (16pc) saying they’re not confident with the manoeuvre. An AA Dri

CRASH BARRIERS should be re-designed to make them more motorcycle-friendly, say the Institute of Advanced Motorists.   The IAM, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, argues that new research from Sweden shows modern crash barriers provide NO safety benefits whatsoeve

 ….that’s the view of the one consumer group asked for their opinion of who’s the best driver and who should know…. kids!. And the kids weren’t slow at coming up with the bad points of their parents driving:  ‘bad music’ ‘loud singing’ and ‘shouting at ot