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Garage of the Year 2015

Vote for your Garage of the Year with Auto Express

Auto Express and Motor Codes team up to find best local and national workshop
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10 Apr 2015
Lib Dems offer £100m prize for low emissions car
Nick Clegg

Lib Dems offer £100m prize for low emissions car

Liberal Democrats announce £100m of taxpayer money up for grabs for manufacturers who develop new ultra low emissions cars
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10 Apr 2015
Record month for new car registrations in March
Record month for new car registrations in March

Record month for new car registrations in March

Almost half a million cars registered to make March 2015 the best month this century
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8 Apr 2015
Driverless cars to reduce accidents and create UK jobs
Robert Goodwill

Driverless cars to reduce accidents and create UK jobs

New study puts UK at forefront of autonomous tech push with £51 billion economy boost
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27 Mar 2015
Police to use new photo ID checking tech at the roadside
Police pulling over Ford Ka

Police to use new photo ID checking tech at the roadside

Traffic cops will be linked to DVLA database to call up driving licence photos at roadside
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25 Mar 2015
England's busiest A-roads could become 'mini motorways'
Speed limit to be cut to 60mph on M1

England's busiest A-roads could become 'mini motorways'

Roundabouts and traffic lights to be scrapped on A-roads as part of European-style expressways
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20 Mar 2015
Budget 2015: fuel duty freeze and £100m for driverless cars
Budget 2016: what it means for motorists

Budget 2015: fuel duty freeze and £100m for driverless cars

George Osborne's 2015 Budget delivers more funding for driverless cars and a further freeze for fuel duty
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18 Mar 2015
EU cops to hunt down speeding Brits
Speed cameras

EU cops to hunt down speeding Brits

New laws allow European police to trace drivers - but our cops can nab foreign speeders, too
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12 Mar 2015
Major London roads to be 20mph zones
20mph

Major London roads to be 20mph zones

Boris Johnsons announces 20mph speed limits for London with Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham following suit
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12 Mar 2015
Driver gets 40 points without ever holding a driving licence
Driver with second highest points doesn't have licence

Driver gets 40 points without ever holding a driving licence

UK motorist gains a total of 40 penalty points despite never having a full or provisional driving licence
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12 Mar 2015
Government plugs in and adds electric cars to its fleet

Government plugs in and adds electric cars to its fleet

More than 100 plug-in cars will join the Government fleet as part of the ultra-low emission campaign
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10 Mar 2015
Car parks to give 10-min leeway before issuing tickets
No fine for drivers overstaying parking by 10 minutes

Car parks to give 10-min leeway before issuing tickets

Raft of car parking rule changes will also include a ban on CCTV camera cars
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6 Mar 2015
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New car market continues to boom in the UK
New car sales continue to boom in the UK

New car market continues to boom in the UK

A further 12 per cent rise in new car sales is recorded in February as the Ford Fiesta holds on to top spot
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5 Mar 2015
Motoring offenders to plead guilty or not guilty online
iPhone app

Motoring offenders to plead guilty or not guilty online

New Government service allows drivers taken to court for minor motoring offences to plead guilty or not guilty online
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27 Feb 2015
Bodyshop shortfall could hike insurance prices
Car body repair bodyshop paint spray

Bodyshop shortfall could hike insurance prices

Warnings of car bodywork repair delays and increased insurance premiums
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26 Feb 2015
More drivers using mobile phones at the wheel
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More drivers using mobile phones at the wheel

Number of motorists using a phone behind the wheel is up from 2009 levels with most texting or on social media
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26 Feb 2015
Thousands of private parking fines potentially illegal
UK’s parking ticket lottery

Thousands of private parking fines potentially illegal

Motorists could be in line for millions of pounds worth of repayments, according to RAC Foundation legal expert
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20 Feb 2015
Data suggests women drivers speed more than men
Car accident damage

Data suggests women drivers speed more than men

Rental car data shows women speed more than men but male drivers cause more damage to the car
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19 Feb 2015
False whiplash claims are wasting NHS time
False whiplash claims wasting NHS hours

False whiplash claims are wasting NHS time

GPs are reporting more and more suspect patients, with up to one million hours wasted on these fraudsters
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13 Feb 2015
128mph in a 30mph zone! UK's worst speeders revealed
Worst speeders in England and Wales revealed

128mph in a 30mph zone! UK's worst speeders revealed

Highest speeds recorded on safety cameras revealed with two motorists hitting 146mph
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12 Feb 2015
Pay for fuel on your phone with new app
Shell and PayPal to offer smartphone payments at the pump

Pay for fuel on your phone with new app

New system from Shell and Paypal will allow drivers to pay for their fuel from their cars
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12 Feb 2015
Doctors named as Britain's worst drivers
Doctors named as Britain's worst drivers

Doctors named as Britain's worst drivers

GPs have highest proportion of claims of any occupation for second year running
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10 Feb 2015
Sharp decline in number of traffic police on roads

Sharp decline in number of traffic police on roads

Number of traffic officers falls by almost a quarter in England and Wales
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10 Feb 2015
Police to use HGV spy trucks to spot motoring offences
Police spy lorries

Police to use HGV spy trucks to spot motoring offences

Police set to patrol roads in unmarked HGVs with cameras to spot offenders from above
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10 Feb 2015
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Keyless car crime up as gangs target vans
Crime

Keyless car crime up as gangs target vans

New wave sees vehicle crime rise by eight per cent in London with BMW, Land Rover, Ford and Mercedes targeted
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5 Feb 2015
More learners recruiting lookalikes to cheat driving test
Driving test tips

More learners recruiting lookalikes to cheat driving test

A record number of drivers are sending impostors to take their driving and theory test exams for them
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3 Feb 2015
Call for stricter regulation of crash write-offs
Renault Clio Campus crashed in a ditch

Call for stricter regulation of crash write-offs

Leader of National Association of Bodyshops wants national write-off register to protect road users
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3 Feb 2015
"Squirrels ate my Toyota!"
Toyota Aygo with squirrel

"Squirrels ate my Toyota!"

Croydon motorist suffers repeated repair bills as local squirrels attack his Toyota Aygo
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28 Jan 2015
Pothole compensation claim made every 11 minutes in Britain
Pothole compensation claims rise after flooding

Pothole compensation claim made every 11 minutes in Britain

Councils pay out £3.2 million in pothole damage compensation but approve less than a quarter of all pothole claims
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26 Jan 2015
Petrol prices hit a five-year low but there's further to go
Low fuel prices

Petrol prices hit a five-year low but there's further to go

Government under growing pressure to help motorists as experts say fuel prices are still too high
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23 Jan 2015
Car insurance costs back on rise
Doctors named as Britain's worst drivers

Car insurance costs back on rise

Average quote for car insurance is now £594, with further price increases to come
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23 Jan 2015
Motorists are too poor to fix their cars

Motorists are too poor to fix their cars

Survey: cash-strapped drivers are cutting back on vital repairs and maintenance needed to make their cars safe to drive
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22 Jan 2015
Government reveals £15 billion road upgrade plan
Motorway

Government reveals £15 billion road upgrade plan

David Cameron has outlined plans for large UK infrastructure spend ahead of next year’s General Election.
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1 Dec 2014
Driving test shake-up to drop three-point turn

Driving test shake-up to drop three-point turn

Change to the practical driving test could also see reverse around a corner dropped
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28 Nov 2014
Euro NCAP shake-up means two-tier star ratings for cars
Euro NCAP crash test

Euro NCAP shake-up means two-tier star ratings for cars

New tests only give five stars to cars with latest safety kit
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26 Nov 2014
Britain is the worst country in world for road rage
Road rage

Britain is the worst country in world for road rage

Survey reveals Britain has angriest motorists, with distracted driving also an issue on UK roads
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24 Nov 2014
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