Penalty points are costing UK drivers over £132 million a year in higher insurance premiums, and last year 1.45 million UK motorists took part in retraining courses after committing driving offences to avoid accumulating points and a fine. This is hardly surprising as points can stay on your driving record for anywhere between four and 11 years and can see you lose your licence if you collect too many.
A Bonhams auction at Goodwood Revival this past Saturday, the 8th of September, saw one of the most desirable plates for several years sell for upwards of £400,000.
Over the past 20 years we have seen an influx of cars on our roads, but which brands have seen the biggest growth in the number of new cars registered?
There are many causes for road accidents; driver distractions, car malfunctions, weather conditions and more. We wondered what are the most frequent and what are we Britons doing on the roads that cause us to have so many accidents per year? Unfortunately, the number of road deaths in Britain hit a five year high back in 2017.
24 hours of racing! That’s right, teams from some of the biggest names in autosport will have spent an entire day racing around the Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans in France on the 16-17th of June.