A summary of the most interesting automotive news articles covering everything from changes in VED rates, to environmental news, driver behaviour and more.
Motorists who kill whilst avoidably distracted at the wheel - including using a mobile phone, drinking and eating - will face up to five years in prison under new careless driving laws
Despite record petrol prices, soaring car tax and rising congestion, British holidaymakers are rejecting planes and trains in favour of their cars for this year’s summer getaway
Lotus Engineering has announced a collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast and Jaguar Cars to develop an engine which maximises fuel efficiency when running on renewable fuels.
Left-handers are all right when it comes to learning to drive, according to a study commissioned by the AA Driving School to mark ‘Left-Handers Day 2008’ today (Wednesday, August 13).
The London congestion charge is losing its battle against gridlock after it was revealed that the capital’s streets are as gridlocked now as they were before the levy was introduced
Drivers are being reminded of the problems that litter can cause on motorways and major A roads as the Highways Agency’s summer ‘Bag it! and Bin it!’ campaign against roadside litter gets underway
Cars that warn motorists about crashes before they happen and ‘intelligent’ roads that direct drivers to empty parking spaces are being developed in Britain
Government plans to increase car tax for ‘gas-guzzling’ vehicles should be bolder to increase their environmental impact and encourage a greater switch to low-emission models
Insurance group Admiral says that rates in the motor market will need to rise by up to 20% over the next two to three years for it to become profitable again
Road deaths are rising sharply in many parts of Britain - with huge regional variations - although the total number of people killed in crashes has dipped to an 80-year low
Mr Brown visited the British International Motor Show on Tuesday and held talks with motor industry bosses and representatives of electricity generating companies.
This comes less than a week after Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly announced a £6 billion investment programme to improve and make better use of motorways and other key roads.
Morrisons and Asda announced they were slashing up to 4p off a litre of fuel. Morrisons cut petrol from an average of 117.92p to 113.93p a litre. At Asda, the price fell from 116.9p to 113.9p.
INEOS, one of the world’s largest chemical companies, is aiming to produce commercial quantities of bioethanol fuel made from biodegradeable household waste by 2011 enabling cars to run on rubbish!
Crime rates - including vehicle-related crimes - could increase as the credit crunch threatens to bring to an end the longest recorded period of falling crime in living memory...
Cost-cutting car owners are regularly running out of fuel as they try to economise with fuel prices at record levels, according to a survey by breakdown company Britannia Rescue.
DVLA gives a unique serial number to all registration certificates issued. Due to a technical issue in the printing process, the following serial numbers have not, and will not be issued.
Businesses have called for the fuel duty escalator to be scrapped and not postponed, which was the move announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling earlier this week.
Roads would be safer if money was spent improving accident black spots rather than more speed cameras, according to the latest survey of driver opinion from the UK’s biggest dedicated motoring panel.
Gordon Brown has defended a decision to postpone a 2p rise in fuel duty after David Cameron suggested it was timed to coincide with next week's by-election.
Further plans to allow drivers to use motorway hard shoulders and possible tolled lanes have been announced by the Government as part of a six-year, £6 billion jambuster package.
Drivers who kill are to be given tougher sentences that could result in a maximum 14 years in prison, following the publication of new guidance to judges and magistrates by the Sentencing Guidelines C
Swindon Borough Council could become the first local authority in Britain to scrap speed cameras and spend its £400,000 road safety budget on other initiatives.
London is the most expensive place in the world to park a car, according to a global parking rate report compiled by Colliers International, a property consultancy.
Formula One racing star David Coulthard is waving farewell to the fast lane this season but is encouraging young drivers to share their ideas on how Britain can produce better, safer drivers.
Car manufacturers are racing to be the first to introduce in-car internet technology that will allow passengers to surf the web and download their favourite videos and music while on the move.
Diesel car drivers are being unfairly penalised on the duty they pay on fuel. The UK Government receives 55.4p in duty for a litre of diesel, but in France it is 33.3p and Spain as low as 23.5p.
The Mini is going electric. Over the next few months, parent company BMW will be carrying out tests on hundreds of electrically powered Minis built at its Oxford plant and then modified in Munich.
An estimated nine million motorists will have to pay more road tax under reforms aimed at punishing gas-guzzling vehicles, the government has admitted.
BMW and Fiat have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop platforms and engines that could be used across their respective Mini and Alfa Romeo marques.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on motorists to switch to electric or hybrid vehicles and learn eco-driving techniques to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
London Mayor Boris Johnson has scrapped proposals for an emission-based congestion charge that would have seen a £25 fee for high-emission vehicles and low-emission vehicles being exempt from charges.
The Government has applied the brake to the increased use of biofuels in the wake of new scientific evidence about their sustainability and impact on food prices.
