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Drivers in Japan face dementia tests to cut deaths

Japan has introduced traffic rules to stop people with dementia driving, after a series of deaths caused by confused elderly motorists.
Published 20 March 2017
Police knew of doubt over drug‑drive tests

Police knew of doubt over drug‑drive tests

Police chiefs were warned last year that a controversial forensics laboratory used a method for analysing blood samples that could be challenged
Published 05 March 2017
Caravaners rejoice: the self-driving car will take the tedium out of towing

Self-driving car takes the tedium out of towing

No list of the most mundane aspects of driving would be complete without including towing a caravan.
Published 05 December 2016
Opinion: Self-driving cars still need a human touch

Opinion: Self-driving cars need a human touch

When is a self-driving car not a self-driving car? Most of the time, actually. When the cab-hailing firm Uber announced it was launching...
Published 04 November 2016
Tesla says all cars it produces are now fully self-driving

Tesla: all our cars now capable of self-driving

While the rest of the world continues to grapple over self-driving car legislation and fairly important matters such as whose safety...
Published 20 October 2016
Win a James Bond Corgi DB10 and Aston Martin driving experience

CLOSED: Win Bond Corgi DB10 and Aston Martin experience

The Aston Martin DB10 driven by James Bond in Spectre, the secret agent's latest big screen adventure, is rarer than hens' teeth...
Published 17 June 2016

Extended test: Audi and BMW plug-in hybrid cars

Plug-in hybrid cars are catching on. Sales are soaring, up five times since 2014, although admittedly that’s like saying sales of ice cream in the...
Published 15 June 2016
Food hygiene at Tossed and Subway at South Mimms services scored badly

Bon appetit? The motorway services that failed food...

As if bank holiday traffic jams, grouchy children and radio stations playing back to back adverts weren't bad enough, drivers face another test of...
Published 29 April 2016
Mitsubishi fuel economy rigging

First VW Dieselgate; now Mitsubishi admits rigging...

First it was Germany’s giant Volkswagen Group; now Mitsubishi, one of Japan’s biggest car makers, has admitted cheating in fuel economy tests
Published 20 April 2016
Who is to blame for Dieselgate? Driving tracks down the engineers involved

Who is to blame? Driving tracks down the engineers...

If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen. That’s what the advertisements used to say. Now VW’s reputation is in tatters...
Published 07 March 2016
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Top 10 most-read Driving.co.uk articles of 2015

The diversity of the most read articles in 2015 reflect a thoughtful and engaged Sunday Times Driving audience...
Published 30 December 2015
Drug driving suit test by Emma Smith for Sunday Times

High way to hell: testing the Ford drug-driving suit

Driving struggles to control a car in a suit made to raise awareness of the effects of drug driving
Published 23 November 2015