Record number of rodent damage callouts, RAC reports
Breakdowns caused by rodents have risen by 55 per cent from 196 incidents in the first 11 months of 2018 to a record 303 over...
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Three-quarters unknowingly in danger during motorway breakdowns
Nearly eight-in-10 (78%) drivers would unknowingly put themselves in danger after breaking down on the motorway and stopping on the hard shoulder, new RAC research...
Fuel prices should fall by 7p within next week, RAC suggests
Fuel prices have been shooting up again in the UK, rising for a fourth consecutive month but a global oil price drop means pump prices...
Fatal road collisions caused by distraction, impairment and speed at ten-year high
There were 1,711 fatalities on Britain’s roads in 2022, an increase of nine per cent year-on-year, new Department for Transport (DfT) data shows. Some 29,742...
Get an emissions sticker or risk a fine driving abroad this summer, motorists warned
With UK travellers embarking on millions of trips by sea and Channel Tunnel this summer, the RAC is warning drivers to be aware of local...
Foreign roads put the UK’s to shame, say drivers
An overwhelming majority of UK drivers think the roads they’ve driven on in other European countries put the UK’s potholed-plagued streets to shame, new RAC...
RAC attends highest number of second quarter pothole-related breakdowns since 2018
The poor condition of Britain’s local roads is laid bare by new figures from the RAC which show its patrols went out to more than...
Supermarkets doubled fuel margins since the start of war in Ukraine
Following news that lower fuel prices helped reduce inflation last month new RAC analysis has revealed supermarket margins on petrol and diesel have more than...
Drivers set to embark on nearly 13m getaway trips as schools break up for summer
As schools in England and Wales break up for summer drivers are set to make an estimated 12.6m getaway trips by car this coming weekend,...
Grant Shapps pulls back on supermarket fuel price law
Energy secretary, Grant Shapps, appears to have pulled back on plans for a law to force supermarkets to make fuel prices more transparent, instead backing...
