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Include driving on school curriculum

Major motoring organisations and experts are backing a petition urging the Government to include driving on the school curriculum. The petition has been launched in a bid to help cut […]

Skill Auto finalists announced

IMI Skill Auto competitors are heading to Birmingham NEC on the 19-21 November for the final of the competition. Eighteen finalists will compete for gold at the UK Skills Show in […]

Side road accidents increase by 12%

The number of car accidents involving a driver pulling out of a side road accounted for an estimated 198,000 crashes nationwide last year, according to latest research by Accident Exchange. […]

VW overtakes Toyota’s global sales

Volkswagen overtook Toyota as the world’s largest carmaker in terms of sales in the first half year, achieving its long-held ambition three years ahead of target. But remaining on top […]

FTSE boosted by potential RSA takeover

Zurich Insurance has said it is considering a bid for RSA Insurance, the owner of the More Than brand. The Swiss firm said, ‘Zurich notes the recent market speculation in […]

Brake – ‘Engage youth in road safety’

Brake, the road safety charity, is urging the people of Northern Ireland to improve road safety in their communities by attending a training course to help them spread vital road […]

Daimler to test self-driving trucks

German carmaker Daimler is planning to test self-driving trucks as early as this year, according to executive board member Wolfgang Bernhard. He told a German newspaper, ‘We are positive that […]

Fiat Chrysler fined a record £67.6m

US regulators have imposed a record fine of $105m on Fiat Chrysler (FCA) over recall failures. Under the agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the carmaker will also offer […]

Thirty-eight charged over ‘cash for crash’

Thirty-eight people have been charged over an alleged ‘crash for cash’ insurance fraud in Cumbria. Police said the offences took place across the county between 2010 and 2014, and the […]