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Our take on the latest motoring issues. We’ll give you our inside view and we’re always on the side of the driver

Crit'Air car windscreen sticker
Motoring admin, Opinion

I’m going to France. Do I need a CRIT’Air car windscreen sticker?

The CRIT’Air scheme has been designed to reduce pollution in city centres around France. The idea is that all vehicles should display a CRIT’Air car windscreen sticker (the French call…

By James Foxall22nd August 201916th July 2020
mobile phone
Driving, Opinion

How dangerous really is using a mobile phone at the wheel?

Not so long ago, the law was changed to increase the punishment for driving with a hand-held mobile phone. Now there’s a lot of noise being made about the government…

By James Foxall19th August 20196th July 2020
driverless cars
Opinion

My 17-year old keeps asking about driverless cars. How far away are they?

Driverless cars are undeniably the future, but when will they become reality? Five years? Ten? Or longer? German company Continental is uniquely positioned to give us a definitive answer. You…

By James Foxall18th July 20196th July 2020
Car tax band
Motoring admin, Opinion

Car tax bands? I want a whole new car tax system

Politicians seem to be jostling in a queue for who can cut vehicle exhaust emissions by as soon as feasibly possible. And that’s fine. No one wants to poison the…

By James Foxall25th June 20196th July 2020
particles
Opinion, Tyres

Tyre particles are the latest emissions problem

David Attenborough has been brilliant at drawing attention to the plight of plastics in our oceans. And while many of us might tut at the sight of a plastic bag…

By James Foxall30th May 20196th July 2020
electric car charging
Opinion

Electric car charging points are the real challenge

Barely a week goes by now without the launch of a new electric vehicle (EV) like the Mercedes EQC (above). This would be great for the environment – assuming they…

By James Foxall23rd April 20196th July 2020
Car dealers
Opinion

Why are some car dealers stuck in the 1970s?

We routinely bash car dealers in surveys for being untrustworthy. A recent experience shows such reports may have a point. A family friend is 18, in the RAF. As a…

By James Foxall28th November 20186th July 2020
MOT test
Opinion

Why abolishing the MOT test is a really bad idea

The UK is the envy of most of the rest of the world for its road safety record. We tinker with that at our peril. A valuable contributor to that…

By James Foxall22nd November 20186th July 2020
Computers
Opinion

In-car screens. Computer says no?

There was a time when you could go to a scrap yard and find yourself in Citroen corner, usually full of XMs and Xantias. They’d often be a bit dusty…

By James Foxall22nd November 20186th July 2020

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