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Britain among world’s worst for traffic jams

Britain has been named among the ten most gridlocked countries in the world with motorists spending 31 hours a year stuck in peak-time traffic.
Published 13 February 2018
Private parking firms are paying public to catch out motorists

Public offered cash to report illegal parking

Rewards of up to £30 are being given to members of the public to administer their own parking tickets under a “shop a motorist” scheme.
Published 13 February 2018
Driver escapes £130 parking penalty for answering call of nature

Driver escapes fine for answering call of nature

A motorist in his eighties had a parking penalty ripped up after arguing that he had the right to park illegally to answer the call of nature.
Published 12 February 2018
Two cars a minute break speed limit outside West Mercia police chief Anthony Bangham’s HQ

Two cars a minute break speed limit

A top officer wants fines for going even 1mph too fast. So what happened when we set up a radar trap on his doorstep?
Published 12 February 2018
Me and My Motor: The cars and career of David Seaman, former Arsenal and England goalkeeper. Sunday Times interview

Me and My Motor: David Seaman

David Seaman, the former Arsenal and England goalkeeper, may have earned himself the nickname “Safe Hands” but the cars he has owned....
Published 09 February 2018
Dodgy parking operators who fine the dead face ban

Dodgy parking operators who fine the dead face ban

New rules will be introduced to ban cowboy parking companies after operators tried to fine a dead person and a woman too short to read parking si
Published 09 February 2018
Big excess won’t cut insurance cost, drivers warned

Big excess won’t cut insurance cost

Insurers have been accused of ripping off motorists by allowing large excesses on car insurance without offering any savings on the premium.
Published 08 February 2018
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Unlimited fines for emissions test cheats

Ccarmakers that cheat emissions tests are being threatened with unlimited fines under anti-pollution rules being drawn up in Westminster.
Published 08 February 2018
Anger at police chief Anthony Bangham’s plan to fine 1mph speeders

Anger at police chief's plan to fine 1mph speeders

A police chief has been called “public enemy No 1” by motorists incensed at proposals that they should be punished if they exceed the speed limit
Published 07 February 2018

Elon Musk blasts Tesla Roadster to Mars

Elon Musk, the techpreneur founder of PayPal and Tesla, declared himself “giddy and happy” last night as he prepared to launch his new Falcon...
Published 07 February 2018
Millions of addresses sold to cowboy parking firms

Millions of addresses sold to cowboy parking firms

Drivers will be hit by a record six million penalties by private parking companies this year, up by more than a quarter in 12 months, fuelling de
Published 06 February 2018
Call to test older drivers for dementia

Call to test older drivers for dementia

A coroner has called for older motorists to be checked routinely for signs of dementia after a woman was killed by an 88-year-old driver on a bus
Published 06 February 2018