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Car ownership demand increasing among young drivers
- 12/07/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has revealed that car ownership among 17-24-year-olds is more important than ever. According to an Auto Trader study of over 2,000 young drivers, 90% said car ownership was important to them, with independence and poor public transport among the main reasons cited. In fact, 70% of those surveyed [...] -
Uninsured driver numbers double
- 20/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Young drivers convicted of driving without a valid licence has more than doubled in two years amidst escalating premium prices. New research carried out by road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has revealed that 6,316 British drivers aged from 17-20 were convicted of driving without insurance in 2023. That is up [...] -
Graduated Driving Licences set for UK launch
- 09/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Graduated Driving Licences are set to be introduced to the UK to improve road safety and offer more support for younger drivers. The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (New Drivers) Bill has been introduced to parliament with cross-party support by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater. Graduated Driving Licences Intended to [...] -
Young driver numbers fall by nearly 10%
- 05/12/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
New data has revealed that 360,000 fewer 17- to 26-year-olds hold a full driving licence in 2023 compared with five years ago. This represents a drop of 9.2%. According to data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), analysed by CarGurus, there were 3.54 million young drivers with a full driving [...] -
Car premiums makes up 20% of young driver salaries
- 22/11/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New data has found that young drivers are spending more than 20% of their annual income on car insurance. According to figures from the House of Commons Library, the average UK salary in 2022 was £33,280 while the average car insurance premiums were £924. That means on average car insurance premiums account for [...] -
Millennials set standard for cleaner cars
- 31/10/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Millennial drivers are more image conscious when it comes to their cars than any other generation. New research from Volkswagen Financial Services UK has shown that people aged 25-34 are more than three times as likely (22%) to wash their car on a weekly basis compared to people aged 45 and over (6%). However, [...] -
Subscription models reveal generation gap
- 04/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has found that more than six in 10 millennials would rather access a car via subscription than owning it outright. New research by Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) has found that 61% of people aged 18 to 34 are interested in accessing a car via subscription, similar to services such as Netflix, [...] -
Young drivers underestimate cost of insurance
- 11/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
More than half of young drivers do not budget enough money to pay for their insurance in their first year of driving, new RAC research reveals. Fifty-six per cent of the 500 young drivers surveyed for RAC Black Box Car Insurance expected their first premium to be under £750 when the average insurance cost for [...] -
Car buyers should put safety first
- 11/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Brake, the road safety charity, is encouraging drivers – especially the young – to put safety first when it comes to buying a new vehicle. The call comes on the back of survey results, released today (11 August 2015), showing safety features are less of a priority for young drivers when choosing a vehicle than [...] -
Young drivers need law change
- 14/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Long overdue reform of the UK’s driver testing regime is required said the ABI today. The reform, in the form of graduated driving licencing, is required to help reduce the shockingly high numbers of young drivers and passengers killed or seriously injured on the UK’s roads each year, the Association of British [...]
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