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Killer driver had never passed a test

Killer driver had never passed a test

A motorist who drove for decades even though he had never passed a test and had no licence has been found guilty of killing a woman...
Published 15 February 2018
Zebra Fuel fills up the car on your driveway while you sleep

Zebra Fuel fills up the car while you sleep

Filling up the car can be a bit of a chore for every motorist. Now a solution is at hand: fuel delivered to your front door.
Published 15 February 2018
Sharp increase in drink-drive casualties

Sharp increase in drink-drive casualties

Ministers are under pressure to cut the drink-drive limit after figures showed that the number of people killed or injured in alcohol-related...
Published 15 February 2018
New drivers face night ban, second test after probationary period

New drivers face night ban

Young motorists could be banned from the road at night if plans for probationary driving licences are approved.
Published 15 February 2018

Video: SkyRunner flying car crashes during takeoff

Despite flying cars first getting off the ground as long ago as 1949, when Moulton “Molt” Taylor, an American inventor, took to the skies in the...
Published 14 February 2018
Sunday Times Driving Me and My Motor interview: Sir Ranulph Fiennes, explorer

Me and My Motor: Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has explored some of the world’s most inhospitable places. Seemingly immune to pain, he once removed his frostbitten fingerti
Published 14 February 2018
Subaru Impreza WRX: Drive! Philip Glenister's favourite getaway cars at the London Classic Car Show

Philip Glenister's top getaway cars

is there such a thing as a "good" getaway car? It's perhaps a little oxymoronic but certainly, some cars are better suited to the role than...
Published 13 February 2018
Gee whiz: the muscular Mercedes-AMG G 63 can outrun a Porsche 911

Gee whiz: new Mercedes-AMG G 63 can outrun a 911

When it comes to listing unlikely high-performance cars, the Mercedes-AMG G 63 has to be somewhere near the top of the contenders. The imposing 4
Published 13 February 2018

Britain among world’s worst for traffic jams

Britain has been named among the ten most gridlocked countries in the world with motorists spending 31 hours a year stuck in peak-time traffic.
Published 13 February 2018
Private parking firms are paying public to catch out motorists

Public offered cash to report illegal parking

Rewards of up to £30 are being given to members of the public to administer their own parking tickets under a “shop a motorist” scheme.
Published 13 February 2018
Driver escapes £130 parking penalty for answering call of nature

Driver escapes fine for answering call of nature

A motorist in his eighties had a parking penalty ripped up after arguing that he had the right to park illegally to answer the call of nature.
Published 12 February 2018
Two cars a minute break speed limit outside West Mercia police chief Anthony Bangham’s HQ

Two cars a minute break speed limit

A top officer wants fines for going even 1mph too fast. So what happened when we set up a radar trap on his doorstep?
Published 12 February 2018