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Up to 36,000 parents that are strapped for cash are committing fraud by listing their children as a secondary driver on motor policies in order to reduce their car insurance premiums. This scam, which is illegal, has become more popular in light of the economic downtown, and is hurting the insurance industry according to figures that were . . . → Read More: Tens of thousands of parents committing motor insurance fraud Do you worry about the environment and the ways in which you can help reduce your carbon footprint? Are you under the impression that taking public transport over driving your car lowers the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that you create? You may be surprised to find that taking public transport has a lot of hidden emissions that . . . → Read More: Is it more environmentally friendly to take the bus? Perhaps not If you haven’t replaced your paper driving licence with a photocard then here is a step by step guide on how to do it online. One nice feature of this is that if you have a recent passport then they can use the photograph stored for that so no new photos to . . . → Read More: How to apply for a replacement photocard driving licence online The Thai police force has adopted an unusual scheme aimed at lowering the number of drink driving deaths. They have set up a series of fake car crash scenes, complete with smashed up cars and “dead bodies” intended to highlight the consequences of driving . . . → Read More: Weird Thai Drink Driving Fake Crashes According to highly respected breakdown and motor insurance company the AA, the number of times ordinary motorists are being pulled over by police in cases of mistaken identity is on a steep upward curve. The motoring institution says that police are pulling people over to check if they are driving with a viable licence and are then . . . → Read More: Poor vehicle registration IDs catching more uninsured motorists The M4 in South Wales will soon become known as a ‘hydrogen highway’ with work beginning on a network of alternative fuelling stops that will be stretched out between Swansea, Cardiff, and Newport. Under the new scheme, the region will be one of the first to premier a greener way to travel by vehicle. The idea behind . . . → Read More: Welcome to the M4, the hydrogen highway In the past four years thousands of vehicles were stolen using blank documents that were obtained from the DVLA illegally. Police were able to recover about ten faked log books every week, but there are around 130,000 blank books that were taken in 2006 missing. The Association of Chief Police Officers stated that over 11,000 cars that were . . . → Read More: After four years stolen DVLA logbooks still being used for theft Less than 72-hours after releasing betting on the next automaker to issue a major recall, bookmaking company Paddy Power were forced to pay out yesterday on Honda after the car-making giant announced a widening of its recall due to potentially deadly air bags. Honda were considered relative outsiders on the bookmakers list and were . . . → Read More: Paddy Power Bookies taking bets on next manufacturer to an announce a model recall Reports from Toyota suggest that the Japanese company will soon make an announcement regarding its Prius hybrid and the possibility of a large recall due to brake problems. The car giant who currently is the largest in the world has maintained that they have not come to a final decision regarding the hybrid yet, although American car . . . → Read More: Now Toyota may recall Prius The Milano-Senremo Cup will be taking place for the eighth time from Friday March 12th to Sunday 14th March 2010. This historic three-day spectacle invites people to register their vehicles and show them off to visitors and fellow drivers before battling it out to lift the trophy at the end. On the first day of the event, . . . → Read More: The Milano-Senremo Cup 2010 at Monza |
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