Tips and Information

We've compiled a few Christmas gift ideas for the driver in your life. Researching it helped us with the problem and we hope it will help you too.

The cost of insurance, and the perceived shadiness of many insurers, have been a favourite grumbling topic for years. Companies seem quick to increase premiums but slow to reward loyalty and careful driving. We look at the reasons our premiums are so high.

The roads can be a hectic and confusing environment so it's not surprising that rules get broken. Whether it's through haste, misjudgement, forgetfulness, frustration or anger. We've examined data from DVLA, the police and insurance companies to get an overview of which offences are most common on UK roads, and the penalties they can carry.

We've scoured lists from top motoring sites and statistics from motoring associations, breakdown/recovery services and service/repair companies to discover the things that go wrong most frequently. Here's what we found.

Here are our tips to help you keep your acrylic number plates and your personal registrations safe and secure.