The United Kingdom is considering pushing back the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by five years, to 2035. This is due to a number of factors, including the cost of living crisis, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the global chip shortage.
Progress in developing self-driving vehicles risks stalling if the Government fails to include relevant legislation in the King’s Speech, MPs have warned.
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Drivers in Wales have been warned not to rely on their sat-navs for the new 20mph speed limit, which comes into effect on Sunday, September 18, 2023.
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The UK government has announced new regulations that will require public electric vehicle (EV) chargers to be 99% reliable.
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A total of 31 new speed cameras will be switched on in Wales on Monday, June 26.
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A new report from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed that although motor insurers paid out £2.4bn in motor claims in the first quarter of this year there are ‘early indications are that the whiplash reforms introduced in 2021 to create a simplified, fairer, more efficient, and cost-effective compensation system are having an impact’.
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Drivers should be charged on a per-mile basis in a major overhaul of the UK’s motoring taxation system, according to a new report.
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The RAC has said that the government is “not on track” to meet its own commitment to install 500,000 public charging points by 2030.
Stellantis, the world’s fourth-largest automaker, has warned that it may be forced to close its UK plants unless the government renegotiates the Brexit deal.
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A new AI speed camera is being trialled in the UK, and it has already raised privacy concerns.
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A new report from the RAC has found that nine out of ten yellow box junctions that councils want to enforce have problems with visibility or size.
According to new research by the RAC, 69% of drivers want the hard shoulder to be reinstated on the 235 miles of existing all-lane-running smart motorways.
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Additional funds are being allocated to increased speed camera enforcement, to ensure compliance with the new default 20mph speed limit in built-up areas in Wales.
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Safety concerns have been raised about the time it will take motorists using self-driving technology to put their hands on the steering wheel in an emergency, after a new system was approved.
(more…)It has been reported that the £3bn project to introduce new smart motorways across the UK has been halted due to serious concerns over safety.
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The Welsh Government has delayed a consultation on pavement parking, which was due to take place this year.
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Drivers could be charged to use Wales’ trunk roads under landmark climate change legislation.
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Diesel drivers – including almost everyone who runs a van for a small business – are continuing to suffer from inflated prices at fuel pumps up and down the country and are seeing no benefit from plummeting lower wholesale costs, despite the Chancellor continuing the fuel duty freeze in Wednesday’s Budget, the RAC is warning.
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The Government’s ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030 could be “difficult” to achieve, the Duke of Richmond has said.
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has revealed his Spring Budget – and two key policies are set to impact drivers across Britain.
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