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Speeding remains the most common offence on British roads with almost 200,000 people caught between January and March this year alone, according to the latest data. A Freedom of Information request by leading temporary car insurance provider Cuvva to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) highlighted the top five …

Nearly a half of all motorists admit to breaking the speed limit on 60mph country roads – the highest level since 2016, according to new RAC data. Some 48% of the 3,102 drivers questioned for the RAC Report on Motoring say they have driven faster than the limit in the …

Nine out of 10 driving instructors say learners picked up bad driving habits from their parents during the pandemic. A survey of instructors by Young Driver, the UK’s largest pre-17 driving school, revealed the Top 10 worst habits picked up by learners from their parents: Not following ‘mirror, signal, manoeuvre’ …

Using the phone while driving, tailgating and dangerous overtaking top the list of most irritating things drivers do, according to passengers. With lockdown easing and traffic set to rise, a trans-European survey of 2,000 drivers examined what bad behaviour behind the wheel was most likely to cause a war of …

It’s Road Safety Week (16-22 November) and the theme for the 2020 campaign is “no need for speed”. Organised by the road safety charity Brake, it offers opportunities for everyone to reflect on how they use the roads, and what they can do to reduce risk. “In a crash, just …

Children think their dads are better drivers than their mums, but they believe they go too fast and suffers the most road rage. In new research for MG, 1,000 young people aged 6-16 years – whose parents both drive – were questioned and it was found 43 per cent named …

Analysis of more than five BILLION miles of driving data has revealed that men are almost twice as likely to speed on the road as women. Telematics insurance firm insurethebox studied customer data across the UK for men and women of all ages from the past five years. It discovered …

Tottenham Hotspur head coach José Mourinho has joined Audi as a brand ambassador. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the announcement of the reopening of Audi Centres across the UK for service business, and in England for sales (since June 1), plus the resumption of Premier League football …

Irresponsible drivers have been exploiting the coronavirus restrictions to speed excessively, according to data analysed by the RAC as part of a freedom of information (FOI) request to all British police forces. ‘Lockdown speeding’ has become an unwelcome by-product of the Government’s fight against COVID-19 with 20 police forces catching …

Volvo has started to implement a new 112mph speed cap on all its new cars, underlining the Swedish manufacturer’s position as a global leader in road safety. As well as the speed cap, every Volvo car will now also come with a Care Key, which allows Volvo drivers to set …