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All Post EVs News Study

Electric vehicles account for more than one in 20 car miles driven in UK – study

Motoring research charity the RAC has found that at the end of 2024, zero-emission cars – the vast majority of which are pure battery-electrics – were undertaking 5.3% of all car mileage.

By Motoring News Aggregator, 5 hours18 July 2025 ago
All Post Motoring

Heatwave Sparks Surge in UK Breakdowns, RAC Warns Drivers

As temperatures continue to climb across the UK and a significant heatwave takes hold, the RAC is reporting a dramatic increase in vehicle breakdowns

By SWVaux Staff, 1 week10 July 2025 ago
All Post Motoring News

Private parking companies issue a record 14.4m tickets to drivers in a single year

Private parking companies have issued a record 14.4m (14,371,841) tickets to drivers in a single year, according to RAC analysis of just-published government data for the year ending March 2025.

By Motoring News Aggregator, 1 week9 July 2025 ago
All Post Motoring News Roads

Drivers fined almost £1m from just 36 yellow box junctions last year

Up until May 2022, only councils in London and Cardiff could enforce yellow box junctions and other moving traffic contraventions, such as driving the wrong way up a one-way street.

By Motoring News Aggregator, 3 weeks26 June 2025 ago
All Post News

One-in-six drivers who ignore MOT advisories suffer a breakdown – or worse

One-in-six drivers (17%) who didn’t act on advisory notices following an MOT in the last 12 months – an estimated 6m people – went on to experience a vehicle breakdown or were involved in a collision as a result, according to new RAC research. *

By Motoring News Aggregator, 1 month16 June 2025 ago
All Post Motoring News

Petrol drops for third month in a row to near four-year low

Diesel now at its lowest since end of September 2021

By Motoring News Aggregator, 1 month4 June 2025 ago
All Post News Study

Be wary of the ordinary: talking to passengers and daydreaming found to be biggest causes of distracted driving mistakes

In total, more than six-in-10 (63%) surveyed said they made a mistake on the roads as a result of being distracted by internal or external factors.

By Motoring News Aggregator, 2 months3 June 2025 ago
All Post News Roads

‘Double dose of delays’ on the cards for drivers making 18m bank holiday trips

The RAC and transport analysts INRIX are warning of a potential ‘double dose of delays’ on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 May when the highest number of leisure trips are projected to be made by car – 3.4m on both days respectively.

By Motoring News Aggregator, 2 months ago
All Post Motoring News

Second month of lower fuel prices as petrol and diesel fall by 2p a litre in April

While petrol dropped across the UK from an average of 136.1p to 134.1p and diesel from 142.6p to 140.6p, the RAC believes the reductions should have been far greater due to the fact oil traded significantly below $70 for the whole of April, in contrast to March when it was above this level.

By Motoring News Aggregator, 3 months2 May 2025 ago
All Post Motoring News

Private parking firms on track to issue nearly 14.5m tickets to drivers in a year

Car park management companies have made 41,000 requests a day for vehicle keeper details in six months from April 2024

By Motoring News Aggregator, 3 months25 April 2025 ago
All Post Government Roads

MPs and roads experts meet face-to-face to help solve Britain’s pothole crisis

More than 70 parliamentarians were yesterday given unrivalled insight in how best to tackle the UK’s pothole crisis at a first-of-its-kind event organised by the RAC at Westminster.

By SWVaux Staff, 3 months24 April 2025 ago
All Post News Roads

Busiest Easter bank holiday on the roads in three years with 19m trips expected

This year’s Easter bank holiday weekend could be the busiest since 2022 – the first full getaway after COVID lockdowns – with more than 19m leisure journeys planned, according to a new study of drivers’ getaway plans by the RAC and traffic analytics specialists INRIX

By Motoring News Aggregator, 3 months14 April 2025 ago
All Post News Press release Roads

21m getaway trips planned as schools break for Easter

More than 21m leisure journeys are expected to be made by car this weekend as most schools in England finish for the Easter holidays, according to an RAC survey of drivers’ getaway plans.

By Motoring News Aggregator, 4 months1 April 2025 ago
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Four-in-10 say they have no alternative but to drive to work

A car-dependent nation: 81% would struggle to adjust to life without their vehicle

By Motoring News Aggregator, 4 months27 March 2025 ago
All Post Motoring News Press release

Unexpected car repairs cost drivers more than £600 a year

RAC Mobile Mechanics increasingly doing ‘garage-type’ repairs on the drive

By Motoring News Aggregator, 4 months21 March 2025 ago
All Post Motoring

Pump prices expected to fall as wholesale cost of fuel drops

Drivers should see fuel prices fall from a six-month high in the next few weeks due to a significant drop in wholesale costs, analysis of RAC Fuel Watch data reveals. *

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By SWVaux Staff, 4 months14 March 2025 ago
All Post Motoring Press release

February fuel rise sends pump prices to six-month high

The average price of a litre of petrol has hit its highest level since last September, with drivers having now endured five consecutive months of price rises, according to new data from RAC Fuel Watch*.

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By Motoring News Aggregator, 5 months5 March 2025 ago
All Post Motoring Press release Roads

Quarter of drivers affected by bright headlights drive less at night as a result

A quarter of drivers (25%) who find vehicle headlights too bright are driving less at night as a result, while 22% say they wish they could, a major new study on headlight glare from the RAC shows.*

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By SWVaux Staff, 5 months17 February 2025 ago
Motoring News

Drivers Face Fourth Consecutive Month of Fuel Price Hikes

Motorists are experiencing continued pain at the pump, with petrol and diesel prices rising for the fourth straight month, according to new data from RAC Fuel Watch. Unleaded petrol is now 5p per litre more expensive than at the start of October, while diesel has increased by 6p per litre.

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By SWVaux Staff, 5 months5 February 2025 ago
All Post Motoring Roads Study

More than a third of drivers admit to accidentally driving in a bus lane

A new RAC study has found that drivers are being unwittingly caught out by ‘confusing’ bus lanes with more than a third (36%) saying they have accidentally driven in one.*

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By Motoring News Aggregator, 6 months29 January 2025 ago

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