By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive If you’re like me, you may have turned over your driver’s license and wondered what the numbers in the far row mean? After some research, I have now found out, and if you aren’t aware either it could mean you are faced with a hefty fine and penalty points on your license. ‘Information Codes’ are […]
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive Motorists are being warned of the dangers of taking hay fever medications as the UK is hit with a high pollen alert. If you take hay fever tablets the side effects can affect your vision, hearing and reaction times, if you happened to be taking the tablets and ended up in a collision you could end […]
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive It has been reported by the Highway Agency that the average times before a car is hit by another when it has stopped on the hard shoulder is 11 minutes. The main reasons why a car ends up on the hard shoulder are: Tyre Damage & Blow Outs Run Out of Fuel Breakdowns Car Collisions […]
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive What is a Smart Motorway? A smart motor way uses technology to actively manage the flow of traffic on the road, which is controlled from a regional traffic control centre. The control centre will monitor the flowing traffic carefully and activate changes in signs and speed limits which helps keep the traffic moving. Smart motorways […]
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive Almost one million driving licenses were reported as lost, stolen or damaged last year, according to the data released by the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency). A replacement license costs motorists £20, meaning that they have had to pay a collective sum of £19 million on new ID in 2017 alone. The main reason for drivers […]
By Josh Brian Marketing Apprentice In 2017 more than 1000 driving bans were issued to children not legally old enough to be behind the wheel. According to figures from the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency), the number of bans given to children aged 16 or under rose to 1024, this is a serious rise compared to 696 the previous year. Shockingly, 33 of the disqualifications were […]
By Josh Brian Marketing Apprentice You hear stories about people getting hit by cars all the time, but have you heard of the new reactive LED lights designed to significantly reduce the number of pedestrians being hit and killed by cars? According to the latest road casualty statistics, 20 collisions involving pedestrians occur at crossings every day in the UK, that’s more than 7,000 a […]
By Josh Brian Marketing Apprentice Motorists in the most polluted areas of the UK could now be charged for driving into town centres after a judge ordered the Environment Secretary to take more serious action to clean up the air pollution. The government has lost its third High Court defeat in three years against environmental Secretary Client Earth. They have been told that there plans to […]
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive The Government introduced a new three band system for new cars in 2017; however it will be now that many drivers who bought new last year will see the second year charges apply to them for the first time. Drivers have been advised that the new rules will be “challenging” and that it is going to be […]
By Josh Brian Marketing Apprentice Thousands of motorists are unknowingly driving around without insurance after fraudsters have sold fake policies. This is known as ‘ghost broking’ and detectives have noticed a growing number of cases where motorists have been tricked into buying these fake policies. Most drivers are unaware that the policy isn’t real and provides no cover until they try to […]