A would-be driver from Leicester has shelled out £2,852 on 92 driving theory tests costing up to £31 each – but without a pass, he cannot take the practical test. The information, produced from a Freedom of Information request to the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), also showed there is a 46-year-old man who has failed his practical test 20 times…. Read More http://bit.ly/Avwl7B
Home is mostly the most prized possession of everyone’s life. With this hike in economy, having your own home is nothing less than a boon. Buying home insurance for your home is necessary to save yourself from any big disasters in life. Whenever a first-time buyer thinks about home insurance the very first question that arises in his mind is that what does home insurance covers…. Read More http://bit.ly/wXjroO
A group of MPs examining the car insurance industry has concluded that whiplash claims must be restricted in order to solve the problem of fraud, which is pushing the cost of premiums sky high.The number of personal injury claims, mostly for whiplash, made on insurance has been rising in recent years, even though the number of accidents is actually reducing…. Read More http://bit.ly/yxaAkk
One driver from Shropshire was astonished to find that her car insurance premium more than doubled after her address changed, despite the fact she’d only moved 175 yards away from her previous home, and was still living on the same street. Hayley Fulton’s car insurance premium stood at £720 for the year prior to moving to a larger property in the same village of Highley in Shropshire with her family….. Read More http://bit.ly/zK3Yft
He is in the hosp. right now with a crushed leg all up and down, broken ribs, stitches 2 spots on face, and something with his neck. He was airlifted to the e.r.He has surgery tomorrow. The truck is like completely totaled, the engine was all the way on the other side of theroad…. Read More http://bit.ly/v6XVqs
Included in the proposed changes is the abolition of the rule that says motorists need to have a paper counterpart to their driving licence from 2015. The proposed changes also say that there would no longer be any need to renew a statutory off road notification or SORN if the vehicle is still not on the road…. Read More: http://bit.ly/symzqp
Insurance for young drivers is rising each year which presents every new motorist with a huge financial burden. Some insurance companies will not even insure young drivers due to the risks involved. The statistics speak for themselves with young drivers responsible for a staggering one in four road deaths or serious injuries and are ten times more likely to crash than most other motorists. So does technology offer the answer…. Read More http://bit.ly/sUZPwH
Swansea was also listed amongst the five worst places to park in Britain for aggressive driving practices, with one in 20 residents of the area admitting they would attempt to use physical and verbal intimidation to secure a parking space. A new survey byAXA Car Insurance has found that many of the towns and cities in Wales are rated worst in the nation for both parking and driver aggression…. Read More http://bit.ly/t9GD1P
Today, driving cars has become a passion among the teenagers. They want to drive, take their friends out, etc. But many parents think that allowing their teenager children drive they will have to pay higher premiums for car insurance…. Read More http://bit.ly/rMGllY
A survey by Carrentals.co.uk reveals that almost 1 in 3 motorists are planning to postpone repairs or non-essential maintenance on their cars to save money. This could be a particularly bad move as winter approaches. Some 60% of drivers don’t get round to regularly checking their tyres and 80% don’t check their brakes…. Read More http://bit.ly/uUXhxM
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has given its seal of approval to the new Motor Industry Service and Repair Code. The code, which has 6,500 member garages and dealers, covers car repairs and servicing. The OFT says that it only approves codes which “have proved effective in safeguarding and promoting consumers’ interests, going further than the basic requirements of the law”…. Read More http://bit.ly/thyG6N
Usually, car insurance plan for classic car will be more expensive than ordinary car insurance plan. The main reason is the high monetary value and the high repair cost of classic car have boost up the car insurance price. It is hardly to find classic car parts since it is no longer mass production had jacked up the accessories price, that directly shoot up the car repair cost…. Read More http://bit.ly/vlYSqN
More customers have officially complained about used car dealers than any other type of trader so far this year, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). More than 56,000 drivers complained to Consumer Direct about the selling of second-hand cars in the first nine months of 2011, compared to 48,000 complaints concerning home maintenance and improvements and 36,200 about furniture….Read More http://bit.ly/vDFvB6
More customers have officially complained about used car dealers than any other type of trader so far this year, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). More than 56,000 drivers complained to Consumer Direct about the selling of second-hand cars in the first nine months of 2011, compared to 48,000 complaints concerning home maintenance and improvements and 36,200 about furniture…Read More http://bit.ly/vDFvB6
Young drivers will welcome news that one of Britain’s biggest car insurance providers is trialling ‘black box’ insurance policies, which promote safer driving and could lead to lower premiums. Direct Line is the latest insurer to adopt telematics technology, which can be used to monitor a driver’s behaviour via data transmitted from a black box installed in cars….Read More http://bit.ly/sBFLyi