RAC welcomes latest fall in fuel prices
The cost of filling up at the forecourt has dropped again with three supermarkets cuttings the price of a litre due a fall in oil prices.
The cost of filling up at the forecourt has dropped again with three supermarkets cuttings the price of a litre due a fall in oil prices.
The costs of traffic congestion are forecast to rise faster in the UK than in France, Germany and the US, with Londoners particularly badly affected, according to research published on Tuesday.
THINK! is launching a new campaign to warn drivers of the dangers of country roads.
The RAC welcomes the Government’s announcement that they will trial the sharing of data between HM Revenue and Customs, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and six police forces with a view to ensuring foreign vehicles that stay in the country longer than six months pay their share of motoring taxation and can be pursued to pay motoring fines.
New rules introduced by the DVLA following the scrapping of the tax disc could result in motorists paying up to £38m more in tax when they sell vehicles privately.
The RAC is re-stating its call on the Government to raise awareness of the dangers of texting or taking a call at the wheel with a hand-held phone, as new figures released this week show the number of accidents where a mobile phone contributed to the cause has risen by 21% since 2010.
The global alternative asset manager, The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, to become a co-shareholder in RAC. Following the transaction, Carlyle and GIC will jointly own a majority stake in the business with RAC management holding the remaining shares.
More than a third (36%) of motorists are not aware of the imminent move to do away with the need to display the paper tax disc in the windscreen of a vehicle despite the changes taking effect in less than two weeks’ time on 1st October.
When it comes to the battle of the sexes there are two motoring honours that men are not going to be proud of laying claim to – running out of fuel and putting the wrong type of fuel in their car.
Drivers’ worst habits on the nation’s fastest roads have been revealed in new research by the RAC, which shows that motorists admit to eating, drinking and reaching into the foot well while driving on the motorway.
RAC Group is pleased to announce that Sir Michael Rake is to be appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the parent company of the RAC Group (the “Company”). In addition, David Lowden will join as Senior Independent Director (SID) and Peter Plumb and Cilla Snowball CBE will become Non-Executive Directors.