• Copart launches new driver academy
    • 24/01/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Copart UK has announced the launch of a new Driver Academy Programme to recruit and train the next generation of HGV drivers for its expanding, self-owned, UK-wide transportation fleet. The company has launched the £1m-plus programme in partnership with HGVC, the leading provider of commercial licence acquisition [...]
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  • US opens Tesla investigation
    • 01/07/2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    BBC reports that US authorities are investigating the first death potentially caused by self-driving technology. The driver of a Tesla car died in Florida in May after colliding with a lorry. Under scrutiny is Tesla's Autopilot feature, which automatically changes lanes and reacts to traffic. In a statement, [...]
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  • Concern over Britain’s drug drivers
    • 26/04/2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Road Safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is raising concerns about drug driving across the UK. In particular, GEM is worried by recent reports of ‘sky high’ recordings over the legal limit, and by inconsistencies in sentencing of offenders. For example, Christopher Backhouse, who killed his [...]
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  • Motorists warned about hiring cars abroad
    • 27/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The BBC reports that motorists going abroad after 8 June are being warned they will need to take a special code with them if they want to hire a car. From that date the paper counterpart of UK driving licences - which records endorsements and fines - is being computerised. Anyone wanting to hire a car abroad [...]
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