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Transport for London launch consultation on the congestion charge

05 August 2021

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a consultation which is running until October 6 2021 on the congestion charge. TfL’s proposals are as follows: A daily charge of £15. Reducing the hours of operation from 07:00 to 22:00 each day, to between 07:00-18:00 Monday to Friday and between 12:00-18:00 at weekends and on Bank holidays. There would be no charge between Christmas and New Year. A discount of 90% for residents living in the Congestion Charge zone. A pay next day charge of £17.50, and the deadline for making a delayed... Read full article

The AA has developed a solution for rescuing stranded EVs

04 August 2021

Electric vehicles (EVs) may be harder to ‘rescue’ in the event of a breakdown than petrol and diesel vehicles. A recent article by Wired highlighted that fact that, in the case of petrol and diesel vehicles, if you run out of petrol, a top up can have you quickly back on the move. In the case of EVs, however, getting back on the road is a little more complex. Breakdown recovery vans don’t generally carry batteries for helping stranded EVs, due to their significant weight and the resulting additional petrol or diesel needed to... Read full article

‘Relay attack theft’ is on the rise

30 July 2021

‘Relay attack theft’, which involves the use of technology to pick up the signal from a car key inside a house and relay it back to a portable device which allows criminals to unlock a vehicle and drive it away, is on the rise. According to provisional figures from the National Police Chief’s Council, vehicle crime increased by 3.1 per cent between May 2021 and June 2021. Provisional figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) show a 3.1% increase between May 2021 and June 2021 in vehicle crime – the... Read full article

New enforcement cameras are coming to London to tackle dangerous driving

29 July 2021

Transport for London (TfL) will implement 50 new enforcement cameras in the capital covering banned turns, bus lanes, yellow box junctions and weight restrictions in Autumn 2021. The move, intended to improve road safety by targeting dangerous driving behaviours, follows the success of a trial using the cameras in 2020 which increased driver compliance by 60% in six months. The cameras can also be easily moved to new ‘hot spot’ locations once compliance has been successfully increased in the original location. TfL says that... Read full article

Driving habits could indicate early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

21 July 2021

A study by the University of Toronto in Canada is investigating whether driving habits can indicate early signs of Alzheimer’s. The study, which monitored the driving habits of a group of 139 over-65s in Missouri for a one-year period left researchers confident that driving habits could indeed indicate early signs of the disease. Half of the group had been diagnosed with early or ‘preclinical’ Alzheimer’s disease before the study commenced, whilst the other half did not. Whilst examining the differences in driving... Read full article

New technology to enable police to instantly identify motoring offenders at the roadside

20 July 2021

New technology developed by the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) and Home Office could save police officers up to 16 minutes per case when identifying a motoring offender at the roadside. Police officers will be able to access the driver’s photograph stored on the DVLA database at the roadside bysearching the Police National Computer (PNC) to obtain the driving licence number. This means that they can quickly verify whether the information they are given by the driver is true. Currently, it can only be used in the case of a motoring... Read full article

New business council will encourage electric van uptake for corporate fleets

13 July 2021

Power companies BT and BP have joined forces to form a new business council, intended to assist ministers in accelerating the switch to electric vehicles (EVs). The council was formed out of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘Build Back Better’council, made up of 30 members. It will advise the government on issues such as charging infrastructure and availability with the aim of encouraging companies with large fleets to use greener options, such as electric vans. Headed up by BT CEO Philip Jansen and BP CEO Bernard... Read full article

Parking firms issued 4.4 million parking tickets in twelve months during 2020/21

12 July 2021

Despite a reduction in traffic levels during the pandemic, private parking firms issues 4.4 million parking tickets over a 12-month period in 2020/21 – equating to 12,000 tickets daily. Although shocking, this is down from 8.4 million in the previous 12 months according to the RAC Foundation. Private parking firms contact the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to obtain motorists’ records in order to contact them about parking infringements. Obtaining these records costs firms £2.50 per record and, out of 151 firms who... Read full article

E10 petrol will become the new fuel standard this summer

10 July 2021

E10, an eco-friendlier petrol, will be introduced to UK filling stations this summer (2021) as the new standard petrol grade. According to the Department for Transport, 95 per cent of all petrol-powered vehicles currently in the UK will be able to run on E10, and that all cars built since 2011 are compatible. It is important to note that as many as 600,000 vehicles in the UK, as estimated by the RAC, will not be compatible with E10. The government website has an E10 checker, which can be used to find out if your vehicle will be compatible with the... Read full article

Hybrid and EV drivers will travel the furthest for staycations this summer

09 July 2021

A survey of 2,000 people by Euro Car Parts has found that a third will travel an average of 212 more miles than usual for UK staycations this year (2021), and drivers of ‘greener’ cars plan to travel the furthest. A third also said that they were likely to spend more on their UK staycation than in previous years. Other key statistics include: A quarter plan to visit different parts of the UK more often than usual. 27 per cent plan to take multiple staycations. Less than one in ten plan to stay close to home over the summer. 11 per cent plan... Read full article

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