Motorists face curb on all cars without insurance

Motorists have a year to get cover or face fines, even if their vehicles are not used. Are the new rules going too far, too fast?

Millions of uninsured motorists have until the end of the year to buy appropriate cover or face an unprecedented crackdown from police and the courts – including fines of up to [...]

10 cold, hard questions about the big freeze

  Miles Brignall surveys the fallout from the extreme weather, from delayed flights to disappearing cars

1. I crashed my car after sliding off a main road because it hadn’t been gritted. Can I sue the council?

You may be able to sue the local council, or Highways Agency, but it will be a long-winded affair, with only [...]

Logbook loans’ to be outlawed

Government announces consultation into controversial loans which offer cash in return for a borrower signing over their car’s logbook

Controversial high interest loans secured against a borrower’s car are to be outlawed under government proposals.

Consumer minister Kevin Brennan has announced plans to ban logbook loans, also known as bills of sale, which are secured against the value [...]

Driven to Distraction by Clarkson

Once again the beardy Guardian-reading marxists in their N-reg Peugeots at the Highways Agency have claimed the slower you drive the faster you arrive at your destination. The facts are this. There is no evidence speed cameras have saved a single life. Which brings me neatly on to the Clio, because that’s the name of the [...]

Career by numbers: Driving instructor

£16,000 Guideline earnings for newly qualified approved driving instructor (ADI)

£23,000 Average earnings for an experienced ADI

£35,000 Potential earnings for a fully booked ADI

21 Minimum age for registering as a driving instructor with the Driving Standards Agency

12.5 Percentage of working driving instructors who are not fully qualified, according to a recent AA survey

28 Percentage pass rate for [...]