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Scammers use social media to offer bogus ve...

Sep 05, 2018Comments off

The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has been made aware of a spate of fraudulent activity, where scammers are advertising bogus vehicle leasing

‘Go Electric Taxi’ scheme launc...

Sep 05, 2018Comments off

The UK’s most extensive programme for encouraging taxi drivers to upgrade to an electric vehicle is being launched in Coventry today. The Go Electric Taxi

Brake’s 2018 Fleet Safety Survey is n...

Sep 04, 2018Comments off

The survey will focus on your organisation’s policies and procedures in relation to vulnerable road users – pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. We kindly ask that

Bodyshops must optimise risk and reward pot...

Sep 04, 2018Comments off

Bodyshops must have one eye on the road ahead to optimise the safety and earning potential of ADAS – advanced driver assisted systems – when

Will 2019 be the year of the used van?

Sep 04, 2018Comments off

“Will 2019 be the year of the used van?” is one of the key questions being posed at the next meeting of the Vehicle Remarketing

Hazard perception test not fit for purpose ...

Sep 04, 2018Comments off

New research from LV= General Insurance, the UK’s third largest car insurer, has found that over half (53%*) of newly qualified drivers – almost two million

Dyson to create ten-mile test track for new...

Sep 03, 2018Comments off

Dyson has unveiled plans to turn a disused air field into a 10-mile test track for its new electric car, which is due to debut

Reversing and parking are key factors in se...

Sep 03, 2018Comments off

One in 10 serious van accidents are the result of parking and reversing incidents. A report carried out by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles from Department for

Nigel Evans MP wins road safety award

Sep 03, 2018Comments off

Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, has today been named as Road Safety Parliamentarian of the Month for August 2018, by Brake, the road

Police to crackdown on drivers with inadequ...

Sep 03, 2018Comments off

An initiative is being run by forces in Thames Valley, Hampshire and the West Midlands, and is supported by the road safety charity Brake and