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Derby rejects Clean Air Zone scheme
The BVRLA has welcomed Derby City Council’s plans to apply new air quality traffic management measures instead of opting for a charging Clean Air Zone (CAZ). Earlier this year Derby City Council put three air quality
ACIS calls for greater collaboration to fut...
The crash repair industry needs to work more collaboratively to prevent longer key-to-key times as bodyshops get to grips with advanced driver assisted systems (ADAS) technology, according to ACIS, the UK’s leading distributor to the sector.
Survey shows that old and animals should be...
In a survey managed by MIT Media Lab and reported in the UK newspaper, The Independent, old people and animals should be sacrificed in autonomous vehicle crashes. They also felt that the vehicle should decide in
Sofico celebrates 30th birthday
Global automotive finance, leasing, fleet and mobility management software provider, Sofico, is celebrating its 30th birthday – and looking ahead, says the next 30 years are likely to be the fastest-changing the automotive finance and leasing
UK car production falls in September
UK car manufacturing fell by -16.8% in September, according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 25,610 fewer cars rolled off production lines than in the same month
Diesel drivers face rip off at the pumps
Data from PetrolPrices.com shows that since the end of March prices have been steadily rising, and industry experts are predicting that this will continue, especially for diesel, as we head into colder weather. The price rises
Speed cameras that catch the most people re...
Figures revealed by the comparison site, GoCompare, have shown that since 2016, the most prolific speed cameras have been predominantly located in Avon and Somerset; the top eight were policed by the Avon and Somerset police
Knock-on effect of WLTP depresses EU car ma...
The European car market recorded the highest monthly decline of the last decade in September 2018, as 1.12 million vehicles were registered – 343,000 less than in September 2017. The drop follows August’s inflated results, which were
Data worth £32 billion will fuel driverles...
AXA and Burges Salmon have published a report into how passengers’ personal data, valued at £32 billion by 2025, needs to be managed by Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) – also known as driverless cars. As
Don’t put clocks back to save lives
With the clocks going back this Sunday (28 October) IAM RoadSmart has again called to scrap the practice this year, and switch to a daylight saving system to cut the number of young children injured in
