• Record number of 100-year-old drivers

    • 27 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    There are more than 133,000 drivers aged 90 or over in the UK, according to data analysed by car leasing comparison website LeaseLoco, while the number of drivers over the age of 100 has also reached a new high The most up-to-date driving licence data from the Department for Transport revealed that the number of [...]
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  • VMs call for delay to ICE ban

    • 7 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Some vehicle manufacturers are asking for a five-year delay to the government’s 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars Transport secretary Grant Shapps said that many had expressed concerns about meeting the 2030 deadline during the Second Zero Emission Vehicle Transition council meeting held at the [...]
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  • NAB discuss salvage with the DfT

    • 12 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The National Association of Bodyshops (NAB) met with Barry Sheerman, MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Transport Safety, (PACTS) and Maria Ullah at the Department for Transport (DfT) to discuss their concerns surrounding motor vehicle salvage control and the risks it presents to the [...]
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  • Abolition of VIC check scheme

    • 5 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Vehicle Identity Check (VIC) scheme that is required before repaired write-offs are allowed back on the road is to be abolished from 26 October 2015 Discarding VIC has the following implications for vehicle owners: From 26 October 2015 a new simpler process that will not require a VIC where the insurer has [...]
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  • 20mph speed limit moratorium demanded

    • 18 March 2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    No new 20mph speed limits should be allowed until a Department for Transport study is published in 2017, says the Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) In 2014 the Department for Transport (DfT) began a three-year study into all the impacts of 20mph speed limits, including their effects on actual speeds, accidents, [...]
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