Consumer news

A new White Paper looks set to speed up the development of motorways and trunk roads to improve vital delivery routes in the UK. The proposal, by the Independent Planning Commission, aims to increase the progress of major infrastructure plans.

TYRE giant Michelin has teamed up with Kia to be the exclusive supplier for the Cee’d. Michelin’s Energy and Primacy HP (left) models will be now be offered as original equipment on the family car.

JAPAN, the world’s second largest fuel consumer, is exploring the possibility of using sake to power vehicles! Local farmers in Shinanomachi will help by donating waste rice husks to turn 1kg
of rice into around 500ml of ethanol.

TABLETS to counter hayfever can affect drivers more than alcohol, according to the University of Iowa, US. Some antihistamines have side effects that impair the ability to judge distances, it found. One in seven UK motorists suffers from hayfever.

ROAD safety campaigner GEM Motoring Assist has made a film showing how to skid properly. Most collisions involve some form of slide, and the new video – at www.motoringassist.com – helps drivers identify skids and spells out what to do.