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If you wear your seat belt under your arm in the UK, you could be fined £100
If you wear your seatbelt like this in the UK, you could be fined £100 Drivers are being stopped by UK police and given the choice of a fine or some distressing road safety videos because they did not wear their seatbelts correctly while driving. Everyone knows you can be fined for not wearing a seatbelt, but not many drivers...
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BMW to recall a further 88,000 cars in the UK over battery scare
BMW battery scare recall Following a media investigation by the BBC Watchdog program in the UK over a potentially fatal electrical flaw, some 312,000 vehicles were recalled by the manufacturer. The media investigation found that some vehicles could cut out completely while on the road. Further to that investigation and subsequent recall, BMW is also recalling an extra 88,000 cars...
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BMW recalls 312,000 vehicles in the UK
The DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency) in the UK has criticised the German car giant's failure to provide timely information on faulty vehicles. This is the second BMW recall of thousands of vehicles from UK roads in just over a year due to problems with the cars' power supply. The recall includes the BMW 1 Series, 3 Series, the...
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Tesla owner banned from driving for sitting in the passenger seat
A Tesla owner in the UK has been banned from driving for 18 months because he activated the car's autopilot system and then transferred to the passenger seat while travelling on the M1. Bhavesh Patel, aged 39, of Alfreton Road, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at St Albans Crown Court on Friday, April 20. The court heard that at...
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Northern Ireland New Car Sales Plunge
The latest Motor industry data from Northern Ireland shows that the new car market has dropped by 16.8 per cent in March. The Northern Ireland new car sales decelerated during March with 1,434 fewer new cars being driven off forecourts compared with the same month last year. The latest figures come from the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders...
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UK Car Manufacturing Slumps
UK Car Manufacturing Slumps Again The number of new cars built in UK fallen for the seventh consecutive month in a row indicating a decline the UK domestic market. The British car industry has stressed the importance of future EU trade after double-digit drop in production in February. The UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reported that just...
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Jaguar to supply 20,000 cars to Google's self-drive ride-share company Waymo
From 2020 the ride-hailing service, Waymo will use Jaguar’s I-Pace cars as part of their fleet. Jaguar Land Rover will supply up to 20,000 of its new electric I-Pace cars to the Google Alphabet subsidiary. The plan is for the Jaguar cars to be converted into self-driving vehicles for its ride-hailing service. The deal was announced at the New York motor show...
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Bright Headlights Dazzling Motorists
Drivers are being blinded by LED headlights which far ‘too-bright’. These bright LED bulbs that are becoming increasingly more common in newer cars are being blamed for temporarily blinding other drivers which could, potentially cause a fatal accident. One in six drivers say they have narrowly avoided an accident because of the blinding effects of the new headlights, the motoring...
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Multi Millionaire Tycoon who spent £40m on classic cars sues car dealer
Multi Millionaire Tycoon who spent £40m on classic cars is suing the car dealer he invested with claiming that the dealer invented buyers and sellers so as to seal the deal. The wealthy classic car buyer claims that the car dealer is a “serial fraudster” who invented the fictitious buyers and sellers. The millionaire, Mike Tuke, who is an engineer,...
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Northern Ireland car sales stall in February
According to the latest figures from Northern Ireland, new car sales stalled last month as the motor trade sold 243 fewer cars in February compared to the same month last year, latest industry figures show. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said car sales in Northern Ireland fell year on year by 5.69 per with just 4029 new...