The European Commission wants all cars by 2015 to be ready to call an emergency number by themselves if the event of a crash happens and the owner is unable to call for help. Technology these days would make this possible, people crash all the time and many car crashes are fatal, could this new suggested system save lives? In the event of an accident the eCall will automatically send a message to emergency services, the true genius comes in the fact that the system won’t respond to lower impact parking errors such as parking so it wouldn’t waste emergency services time. (more…)
Croatia Celebrates Joining EU
A good day for most Croatians as many took to the street of the capital Zagreb to celebrate there recent “success” in joining the EU. Croatia have become the 28th member of the European Union, this is particularly emotional for most Croatians as it comes just after a brutal war for the fight of independence stretching nearly two decades. The change saw the removal of customs at the borders with Slovenia. (more…)
Speed Limit Increase U-Turn
We reported a few weeks back about the Government being pretty set to change the speed limit from the traditional 70mph and hiking it to 80mph, there seemed to be very little opposition to the change. Now however this has taken an apparent U-Turn with the current transport secretary saying that safety would be compromised. This however was strongly disagreed by Philip Hammond the former transport secretary who believes that the speed limit increase would save millions of pounds due to faster journey times as well as being safer. (more…)
Illegally Issued Traffic Tickets
Over the UK there are thousands of tickets distributed yearly to those who break traffic laws most of which are caught on camera, those large yellow boxes of misery. A new BBC report however shows that between 2011 and 2013 there has been six thousand eight hundred and forty parking tickets illegally issued, how? Unauthorised cameras, some cameras on the road aren’t authorised yet can still result in you getting a fine, the amount totalled for these illegally issued traffic tickets was £350,000 a considerable amount. (more…)
Newcastle Footballer Faces False ID Charges
No one can escape when it comes to traffic offences, Newcastle united star Cheick Tiote is facing charges after several accusations of driving related offences. One of which was a very serious offence of using a false identification document. The 27 year old Newcastle’s star midfielder could see a large fine or a lengthy prison sentence if found guilty which will surely affect his footballing career. (more…)
Aston Martin Luxury Car Revealed
This one’s for the petrol heads out there, the new Aston Martin Vanquish Volante bit of a mouthful if you ask me is the luxury car that Aston Martin have just unveiled. The first fully carbon fibre skinned Volante that the 100 year old history of Aston Martin has ever released. Some of the features are truly fantastic but for the price wow it should be, although I suppose it is a “luxury” car, as a loose term I would refer to it more as a speed demon technical term I know. The car boasts a price tag of £199,995 because the extra £5 to tip it over £200k was obviously a step too far. (more…)
Britains Roads Could Worsen
Another severe winter with flooding and frosts this year could see the forcing of road closures in several places in the UK with roads becoming unusable. The roads are already costing the economy massively with £5bn being poured into fixing the roads yearly. Last years attempt to fix the backlog of needed repairs as 1 in 5 of Britain’s roads are classified as being in a poor condition has been unsuccessful, last year councils fixed 2.2 million potholes which is around 500,000 more than in previous years. (more…)
BP 50p Car Wash Offer
BP are kindly offering their registered online customers a premium car wash for just 50p, simply register on the BP website and 1,2,3 your car can be washed for just 50p, but is it that simple? The offer means that you can get different offers such as express wash (£3), Super wash (£6), Premium wash (£9) at just a small price of 50p although I don’t see why you wouldn’t go for the premium as they are all 50p no matter which was you go for. This isn’t what’s upset people however it’s a great offer from BP and it promotes their services as people are going to go out their way to travel to a BP station. (more…)
Ryanair Keeps 1st Place For International Passengers
Ryanair the well-established low cost airline budget has been known as one of the big competitive airlines in the industry today partially due to it being one of the lowest cost airlines out there. Established in 1984 Ryanair has had serious growth from the tiny airline it once was Ryanair is now the hub of several airports worldwide and fly’s to hundreds of locations internationally and its always been one of the busiest international airliners and this was rewarded last year when Ryanair welcomed just shy of 80 million passengers for international flights which topped all other airliners and got crowned the biggest international airliner of the year, a long way to come for a 29 year old airline still considered the new kid on the block. (more…)
The Risks of Ignoring Tyre Safety
More than half the amount of people driving the UK don’t perform regular tyre checks which can be a very serious matter. A tyre that is in good nick is more important than people presume, take for example a vehicle travelling on the motorway at 80mph the only thing ensuring that your car doesn’t hit the bottom of the road are your tyres. When you’re travelling at such a speed if your tyres aren’t taken care of they can chip away in small potholes and gravel or even just a normal road, evidently parts of your tyre can be worn away. (more…)