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Ministers are thinking about allowing councils to issue local parking tickets to violators of around £100. The Scottish Government stated that if the fine is increased from the normal £60 cap it may reduce the amount of parking that occurs illegally in congested areas, and help to better fund the costs of parking enforcement. The only areas that . . . → Read More: £100 council parking tickets Fuel prices that were supposed to have a big rise in April, but will instead be staggered over the rest of the year in order to gently ease consumers into the cost of rising inflation according to a statement that the Chancellor made this week. However, motoring groups are not happy with the statement since they claim . . . → Read More: Chancellor not as kind as he implies on fuel costs We’ve got some video coverage of Formula 1 World Champion, Jenson Button, working as a cab driving job in Sandwich, . . . → Read More: Jenson Button working as a cab driver in Sandwich, Kent In nature sometimes it is referred to as the hunter becoming the hunted, but for the millions of people who have been clamped it was sweet justice when a clamper had his vehicle impounded by the council parking wardens. The van was spotted without a current valid tax disc and was clamped and then taken away on . . . → Read More: Clamper clamped and towed Britain seems to be moving back towards the record high petrol prices of 2008, according to the AA. A year ago the average motorist was paying about 90.7p per litre; the current average price is about £1.15. AA said that the average cost of petrol for a two-car family is running about £50 a month more . . . → Read More: Petrol on its way to new high Volkswagen Insurance Service is introducing an impressive line-up of insurance products for owners of Volkswagen passenger cars and commercial vehicles. It will also include Audi, SEAT and Skoda customers. The Volkswagen Group has signed a long-term contract with Allianz Insurance plc, effective January 1st this year. VIS director David Maloney said he feels that the partnership with . . . → Read More: VW insurance for VW owners The AA has done quite a lot of research on the subject of motoring convictions as related to gender. Among all of the motorists on the road, approximately 18% have been convicted of some sort of motoring offence; however in that 18%, the number of men found guilty of an offence was far higher than the . . . → Read More: Men commit more motoring offences than women Legendary motorcycle speedway racer Barry Briggs MBE is in the UK to promote his recently launched book ‘Wembley and Beyond’, a revealing story of the life and times of speedway’s most colourful superstar. With six successive British speedway titles and four World titles with his last individual Championship coming in 1966, Briggs is one of the . . . → Read More: New book from Speedway legend Barry Briggs – Wembley and Beyond Although Renault announced plans to close the Valladolid Factory in Spain a few weeks ago, the news is now good for workers at the factor as the doors will stay open for at least four more years to build a new electric car model. Renault decided to build the new electric model at Valladolid as part of . . . → Read More: Renault to produce electric car in Spain A Livingston man claims that he was given a fine for driving uninsured in a city that he has never been to that was meant for someone who has the same birthday and identical name. The man, David Lee aged 45, received post from the DVLA on Friday that stated he had received six penalty points and . . . → Read More: Man facing arrest for same DVLA details as another man |
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