Nissan have been forced to recall 130,000 of their vehicles in Britain after there had been several complaints of the steering wheel just falling off in their hands. This will be the third time in 12 months that the Japanese car manufacture firm will have to recall their vehicles, the total damage to Nissan on a worldwide scale is having to recall a total 841,000 Micras a considerable amount that could seriously damage the business. (more…)
Heathrow Closes Runway As Plane Arrives On Fire
A plane was seen by passers by flying towards the direction of Heathrow with a murky black trail behind the planes right hand side engine, this was filmed by an eyewitness said to be a local, it was also very apparent to the passengers who could visibly see the issue on board. The plane which was a British airways plane was originally heading for Oslo but detected technical difficulties during the flight and decided it would be best to turn back; it approached Heathrow soon after just taking off after many had seen what appeared to be the engine on fire. (more…)
The Parking Ticket With An Attitude
Ever got a parking ticket and thought, if this parking ticket told me off I would never offend again? Yeah? No me either. The company FlashPark have developed a device that mimics that of a parking ticket that could replace the traditional parking ticket, or maybe not. The device resembles a parking ticket but with a distinct difference, it talks. There is a big red button located on the device with the audio sign next to it, you’re seemingly meant to click this button in order to receive your infringement notice. (more…)
Low-Level Traffic Offences See Changes
Low-level traffic offences can often take longer for the police to complete than the larger scale traffic offences. Taking a longer time to complete wastes a lot of the police’s valuable time could use to be tackling major traffic offences and this is a big issue with most traffic offences being low profile cases. This method has been reviewed and there is set to be changes in the way traffic offences are to be dealt with in the near future. (more…)
Technology That Can Save Lives
The CU80 could prove a device to save lives. Its a mass USB like device that can be plugged into a car near the steering wheel, the CU80 operates by blocking the use of laptops, mobile phones any tech related devices. This will hopefully prevent the use of mobile phones when driving is illegal in this country and is a huge problem, if caught with a mobile phone then you can ultimately been fined £60 and receive 3 points on your licence. There are several advertising campaigns and protests in order to get people to stop using the phone in their car, its dangerous. Using a mobile can result in dangerous driving and ultimately death of either those around or the driver. (more…)
Legally Driving With Over 12 Points
People who receive 12 points within a 3 year period are usually banned from driving for 6 months as 12 points are the legal maximum amount. The 12 points allow for quite a fair number of minors in several peoples opinions and also in the eyes of the law, newly qualified drivers get less lineance with only being allowed to get 6 points in their first 3 years of driving. Would you worry if you where on the road with people who had totalled up 12 points or more? As they should be banned and with good reason to be. (more…)
Pilot With Forged Documents Put Lives In Danger
American national Michael Fay settled in Alton, Hampshire and is currently subject to a police manhunt. Why you ask? The 59 year old Michael Fay was a former US Air force pilot and worked for Afriqiyah Airways the Libyan national carrier and during his time as a pilot which was an eight month spell for the airline made 8 landings at Gatwick airport. The air plane that he piloted was a 320 Airbus which seats 144 passengers. A fellow pilot became suspicious of Fay when talking to him on an internet forum and alerted his suspicion to the police. (more…)
Millions Face Fines For Outdated Licences
Up to two million motorists could be fined for having an expired licence photo card. Some may be shocked to learn that you actually need to update your licence once every ten years, people often assume that if you don’t need to renew your paper licence you don’t need to renew your card half of the licence, this presumption is wrong. It also doesn’t help that on the front of the licence the actual dates that you need to see for the licence to be renewed by are extremely small and people just over look them. (more…)
Don’t Save “Home” In Your Sat Nav!
Thieves are always looking for new ways to get their hands on your goods one of which is cars just like it always has been. Amongst other valuable items in a car new models often have a inbuilt GPS which people regularly use to travel to and from locations, many people program sat navs to save their favourite locations and most commonly home. Saving home into your sat nav creates a new threat if your car is unfortunately subject to burglary. (more…)
Misleading MPG Figures Crackdown
Adverts showing figures for MPG (Miles per gallon) for cars are often seen as misleading as they are almost impossible to achieve the advertised figure or so people say. The newest complain listened to by the advertising standards authority was that of an Audi A3 owner who was unable to achieve the MPG figure advertised on the TV after countless attempts proving that the advert is misleading which is against advertising regulations. (more…)