Tuesday, 9. March 2010
According to tyre provider, Protyre, pothole damage is increasing whilst local authorities are unwilling to carry out repair work until the bad weather is over, for fear that any work done now will be wasted if the cold weather continues and re-pops out the filler. Protyre suggest that 300 new potholes are being identified in Britain every day with hundreds of pounds of damage being caused to tyres and suspension. Read more »
Tuesday, 23. February 2010
According to tyre provider, Protyre, pothole damage is increasing whilst local authorities are unwilling to carry out repair work until the bad weather is over, for fear that any work done now will be wasted if the cold weather continues and re-pops out the filler. Protyre suggest that 300 new potholes are being identified in Britain every day with hundreds of pounds of damage being caused to tyres and suspension. Read more »
Wednesday, 3. February 2010
Do you know the most likely place in Great Britain to leave your car parked and have it broken into? Nope, it’s not Liverpool, how rude of you to even think it. Nor is it London – surprisingly, the top five spots, according to Endsleigh insurance, who carried out the survey, are headed up by Hull, followed by, in order, Nottingham, Bradford, Manchester and Doncaster. The safest place is Swindon with the fewest Read more »
Sunday, 20. July 2008
There has been a loophole in the law allowing drivers in the EU to apply for a driving permit (equivalent to a licence) in another country whilst having their original licence confiscated following a driving offence. There was already a mutual recognition of disqualification’s between Northern Ireland, Ireland and Great Britain but the European Court Of Justice has ruled that drivers who have had their licences confiscated cannot apply for a driving permit in another EU country. The main problem was apparently between the Czech Republic and Germany whereby German drivers who were banned were crossing the border and applying for a driving permit – but no more it would seem!