The Covid-19 lockdown has reduced traffic on the roads by almost two thirds, cutting the number of daily accidents significantly. However, it has also brought an increase in speeding and erratic behaviour behind the wheel, according to data from telematics providers. Police forces are turning to Twitter to shame motorists caught flouting the laws, with … Read more
Jaguar Land Rover today revealed its new electric driverless pod that will be at the heart of new real world autonomous vehicle trials on public roads in Coventry from next year. The city will be used as a ‘living laboratory’ by Britain’s biggest car-maker to test how the self-driving pods interact with other vehicles, pedestrians … Read more
A self-driving electric Nissan Leaf has navigated itself 230 miles up the country to complete the longest and most complex autonomous journey ever achieved on UK public roads. The epic landmark drive – from the car giant’s engineering centre at Cranfield in Bedfordshire, near Milton Keynes, to the Nissan factory in Sunderland where the car … Read more
E-scooters could be legalised on UK roads if they pass safety tests… just months after TV presenter died in collision with lorry while riding one Although sales have soared they can at the moment be used only on private land Safety campaigners say they’re a risk to other road users and want them banned Hundreds … Read more
Legal loophole is allowing a man with 66 points on his driving licence to stay on the roads along with 10,000 others Magistrates can let drivers carry on if ban would cause ‘exceptional hardship’ Loophole allowed 10,589 motorists to stay on the roads in recent years 1,792 were women and 8,797 were men and many … Read more