A vehicle leasing company has advised people not to share their number plates on social media for fear of having them cloned by criminals. No, we're not joking. According to the company concerned, owners should obscure number plates before posting car pics.
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There are many potential risks to cars and their drivers, ranging from vandalism to number plate cloning, carjacking and others. We've collected what we consider to be a reasonable and practical selection of tips to help you and your car remain safe and secure.
In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, European countries are using car number plates to detect and exclude Russian vehicles from their roads.
Motorsport is big business and Formula 1 has truly international appeal: in fact, F1 is the fifth most popular sport in the world. But where many people could probably name at least one past or present member of England's Lionesses football squad, they might struggle to name a single woman driver, past or present, in Formula 1. Why should that be?
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