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Plumbase improves safety and efficiency wit...

Dec 17, 2019Comments off

One of the UK’s largest plumbing and heating merchants is saving money and improving road safety after investing in driver behaviour technology. Plumbase has installed Trakm8 telematics devices in 220 company cars. The company doesn’t track

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Freewheeling: AA’s invention to aid r...

Dec 17, 2019Comments off

Boffins in the AA’s research and development department have come up with an ingenious solution to help future-proof the breakdown service to deal with the increase in electric vehicles and SUVs. Their mission was to come

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LCV Leasing offers vans from the back of a ...

Dec 16, 2019Comments off

There was a time when anything sold ‘from the back of a lorry’ was a synonym for illegally obtained ‘knocked off’ goods. But a van leasing firm is offering totally legitimate deals from the back of

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DriveShare by Hagerty now available to U.K....

Dec 16, 2019Comments off

Hagerty, the world’s largest membership, insurance and media organisation for enthusiast vehicles and owners, has today announced expansion of its DriveShare by Hagerty allowing rentals to United Kingdom residing drivers when visiting the U.S. Launched by Hagerty in 2017, DriveShare is a one-of-a-kind, peer-to-peer car-sharing

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Australia introduces ‘world-firstR...

Dec 16, 2019Comments off

Authorities on the east coast of Australia have taken the fight against mobile phone using drivers to the next level, with the introduction of ‘world-first’ detection cameras. The cameras, which came into effect in New South

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Campaign uses humour to highlight drug-driv...

Dec 16, 2019Comments off

The Safer Essex Roads Partnership has teamed up with Essex Police to launch a new drug-drive campaign – warning offenders they are more likely to be caught than ever before. The focal point of the campaign

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’tis the season for Christmas jumpers...

Dec 16, 2019Comments off

Bus passengers on Stagecoach West Scotland’s services could hardly believe their eyes last Friday (13th December) when the bus doors opened to reveal Santa, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer and even a snowman at the wheel.

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Electric vehicle drivers paid to charge the...

Dec 16, 2019Comments off

Drivers of electric vehicles will increasingly be able, not only to charge their cars for free, but will be paid for doing so because of the UK’s increasing reliance on wind power, according to Ohme, a

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Licence Bureau urges organisations to remai...

Dec 13, 2019Comments off

Licence Bureau is urging all companies who have geared their driver and vehicle resource up to accommodate the huge seasonal increase in home deliveries, to keep on the right side of road safety compliance during December

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Volvo Trucks presents heavy-duty electric c...

Dec 13, 2019Comments off

How can the environmental and climate impact of heavy goods traffic be reduced while the demand for transport continues to increase? Volvo Trucks, having recently started sales of electric trucks for urban transport, believes that electrification