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Cops crush 70,000 uninsured vehicles

Published Wednesday, April 1st 2009

Cops crush 70,000 uninsured vehicles The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) reports a massive rise in the number of uninsured vehicles it is seizing every month. At the current rate of 460 vehicles a day, the coppers collect rou...

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Hydra nets crash for cash fraudsters

Published Thursday, March 26th 2009

Hydra nets crash for cash fraudsters Two London men have been jailed for their part in a fraud ring that claimed £3m for a string of bogus motor “accident” claims in the London area between 2005 and 2007. Ahmad Bolkhari-Ghahi, 24...

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Flux picks up the EV baton

Published Thursday, March 26th 2009

Flux picks up the EV baton The market for Electric vehicles (EVs) may at last be starting to achieve critical mass. With Nissan and Tata both apparently set to begin EV production in the UK, the beginnings of a network of rech...

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Ladies 1, Gentlemen 0?

Published Wednesday, March 25th 2009

Man plus car mean danger! Ladies nice! So says self proclaimed “road safety and motoring services champion” GEM Motoring Assist (when was the competition?). That at least is the gist of th...

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Jones' BMW Cliffhanger

Published Wednesday, March 25th 2009

Motor insurers may need to look again at crass stupidity exclusions after the Halifax Evening Courier reported the story of a Yorkshire man who left his BMW teetering over the edge of a 100ft precipic...

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Monumental distraction

Published Friday, March 20th 2009

Monumental distraction Driving hazards are a bit of a theme this week. Esure’s somewhat idiosyncratic contribution to the debate is the claim that historic monuments are a major threat to road safety. Esure claims its ...

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Yes, phones more risky than booze

Published Friday, March 20th 2009

Using a hands-free mobile phone is more dangerous than drink driving - so claims prog-rock motor insurer yesinsurance.co.uk. A statement issued by the affirmatively named firm demands the law be chang...

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Law tightens on credit hire paperwork

Published Wednesday, March 18th 2009

A new High Court ruling suggests that in future credit hire firms (CHOs) will need to ensure claimant drivers sign paperwork before being provided with a vehicle ‚ where previously documents mig...

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