RAC launches pay per mile insurance
The RAC has launched a new “no ties” insurance system aimed at people driving fewer than 6,000 miles per year. The idea is thanks to the dramatically reduced amount of miles driven by people since Coronavirus restrictions were introduced last year. The Club says data shows drivers are covering 20% fewer miles than two decades […]
89 dashcam videos of driving offences sent to police every day
As many as 89 dashcam video recordings of alleged motoring offences were submitted to police forces every day in 2019. The RAC says a total of 32,370 pieces of footage were received by 24 police forces that accept video evidence of driving offences from members of the public, double the number recorded in 2018 (15,159). […]
More drivers than ever plan to ‘go electric’ when they next change their cars
Nearly eight-in-10 drivers think that pure electric cars are still too expensive when compared to conventional vehicles of a similar size, but a steadily increasing proportion are planning to choose one when they next change their car. Research from the latest RAC Report on Motoring suggests 9% of the 3,000 respondents to the study said […]
Motorists still concerned by potholes according to new RAC research
The state of local roads is the the UK’s most widespread motoring concern in 2020 despite a dramatic fall in car use during the pandemic, according to research conducted for the RAC’s annual Report on Motoring. This year’s research highlighted a noticeable increase in the number of drivers who say local roads have deteriorated with […]
Double the amount of battery electric vehicles sold in 2020 compared to last year
Despite the pandemic, more than twice the number of battery electric vehicles have so far been sold this year compared to the whole of 2019 while fewer than half the number of diesel cars were sold this year, according to the RAC. Between January and November 2020, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and […]
Excessive speeding catalogued in RAC study
The RAC has built up a file of some of the worst excesses of people speeding on the quieter roads during stay-at-home messaging. It put in a Freedom of Information request to all British police forces and heard how 20 caught their worst offenders at speeds in excess of 100mph. The worst speeder in the […]