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Fine mess: new £2500 penalty reduces roadwork delays

Fine mess: £2,500 penalty reduces roadwork delays

Plans to make utility companies and council contractors pay up to £2,500 a day to dig up roads at peak times are hoped to reduce congestion.
Published 16 February 2018
Laywer Nick Freeman calls for a ban on hands-free phone use

Ban hands-free phone use in cars, says lawyer

With a successful career spent defending wealthy and famous clients from driving convictions, it’s little wonder that Nick Freeman enjoys the nic
Published 16 February 2018
The new 'reasonably priced' Kia Ceed grows up for 2018

The new 'reasonably priced' Kia Ceed grows up

The Kia Ceed is best known for being the car that countless celebrities crashed, crunched the gears of and peeled the tyres off — sometimes...
Published 15 February 2018
Dyson plans range of three electric cars

Dyson plans range of three electric cars

Dyson's plans to offer a range of three cars, as the British engineering company prepares to enter the electric car market.
Published 15 February 2018
Killer driver had never passed a test

Killer driver had never passed a test

A motorist who drove for decades even though he had never passed a test and had no licence has been found guilty of killing a woman...
Published 15 February 2018
Zebra Fuel fills up the car on your driveway while you sleep

Zebra Fuel fills up the car while you sleep

Filling up the car can be a bit of a chore for every motorist. Now a solution is at hand: fuel delivered to your front door.
Published 15 February 2018
Sharp increase in drink-drive casualties

Sharp increase in drink-drive casualties

Ministers are under pressure to cut the drink-drive limit after figures showed that the number of people killed or injured in alcohol-related...
Published 15 February 2018
New drivers face night ban, second test after probationary period

New drivers face night ban

Young motorists could be banned from the road at night if plans for probationary driving licences are approved.
Published 15 February 2018

Video: SkyRunner flying car crashes during takeoff

Despite flying cars first getting off the ground as long ago as 1949, when Moulton “Molt” Taylor, an American inventor, took to the skies in the...
Published 14 February 2018
Sunday Times Driving Me and My Motor interview: Sir Ranulph Fiennes, explorer

Me and My Motor: Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has explored some of the world’s most inhospitable places. Seemingly immune to pain, he once removed his frostbitten fingerti
Published 14 February 2018
Subaru Impreza WRX: Drive! Philip Glenister's favourite getaway cars at the London Classic Car Show

Philip Glenister's top getaway cars

is there such a thing as a "good" getaway car? It's perhaps a little oxymoronic but certainly, some cars are better suited to the role than...
Published 13 February 2018
Gee whiz: the muscular Mercedes-AMG G 63 can outrun a Porsche 911

Gee whiz: new Mercedes-AMG G 63 can outrun a 911

When it comes to listing unlikely high-performance cars, the Mercedes-AMG G 63 has to be somewhere near the top of the contenders. The imposing 4
Published 13 February 2018