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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Sat navs set to have algorithms updated to move traffic away from shortcuts and back to main roads
Local neighbourhoods across the UK that have been plagued with drivers using their streets as shortcuts are set for some good news.
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Government
Welsh government cancels all major road building projects over fears of more cars and emissions
The Welsh Deputy Minister for Climate Change Lee Waters has announced that the country has axed all major road building projects to ‘reduce carbon emissions’ and help in the switch to the way people use the road networks.
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Nearly half of drivers break speed limit on 60mph country roads – highest level seen by RAC since 2016
There has been a significant rise in the proportion of drivers who admit to speeding on 60mph rural roads where more deaths occur than on any other road type, new RAC data* has found.
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Motoring
Seven-in-10 believe drivers should be responsible for making sure passengers ‘belt up’ – survey
More than two-thirds of motorists believe that drivers should be responsible for making sure that all passengers in a vehicle wear seatbelts, a new survey has found.
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Drivers warned that potholes will ‘start peppering the roads’
Drivers are being warned to expect a surge in potholes due to the large amount of rain that fell either side of December’s freezing temperatures.
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Fuel price reductions in December ‘should have been far bigger’ – RAC
A reduction in fuel prices last month “should have been far bigger”, according to new analysis.
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Christmas getaway fuel prices at record high
Drivers are being hit by record Christmas getaway fuel prices, new analysis shows.
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Christmas getaway traffic to build throughout week as 20m journeys expected
UK drivers are embarking on an estimated 20 million car trips to see friends and family in the run-up to Christmas Day.
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Supermarkets ‘taking advantage’ of drivers with high fuel prices – RAC
Supermarkets are “taking advantage” of drivers by charging “far higher” fuel prices than they should be, a motoring services company has said.
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Diesel rocketed by 10p per litre in October
Owners of diesel vehicles have been hit by the third biggest monthly rise in fuel prices on record.
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Gap between average petrol and diesel tops 20p for the first time
The difference between the average price of petrol and diesel has surpassed 20p a litre for the first time, new figures show.
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Drivers denied 10p cut in petrol prices
Drivers are being denied a further 10p cut in petrol prices due to major retailers hiking profit margins, according to new analysis.
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Petrol drivers still getting ‘raw deal’ despite record fall in pump prices
Petrol drivers continue to get a “raw deal” at the pumps despite a record price drop last month, according to new analysis.
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Majority of forecourts still failing to reflect falling wholesale fuel prices
Just 10% of more than 4,500 UK forecourts are charging a fair price for petrol and diesel, according to new figures from the RAC.
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The cost of filling up rises by £9 in June
The average cost of a litre of petrol rose a staggering 16.59p in June, smashing the previous 11p record set in March and sending pump prices further skyward, analysis of RAC Fuel Watch data shows.
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Government under pressure to cut fuel duty again as tank of petrol reaches £100
Pressure is building on the Government to cut fuel duty again after the average cost of filling a typical family car with petrol exceeded £100.
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Call for ‘radical government intervention’ with petrol set to hit 180p per litre
Drivers are being warned that “frightening” petrol prices will exceed an average of 180p per litre this week.
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Fuel prices climb to new record highs
Petrol and diesel prices continue to climb to new highs, figures show.
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Petrol and diesel prices reach new record highs
Petrol and diesel prices have reached record highs, according to new figures.
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