Clampdown on loophole forcing up the price of driving tests after some learners had to pay £200

Clampdown on loophole forcing up the price of driving tests after some learners had to pay £200 – three times the normal price Tests were banned during pandemic, which led to a backlog of almost 500,000 By Daniel Jones Consumer Affairs Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:00 BST, 9 April 2023 | Updated: … Read more

Drivers in their goofy homemade go-karts for Soapbox Derby’s 70th anniversary race

Wacky races! Adrenaline junkies get behind the wheels of their goofy homemade go-karts for Soapbox Derby’s 70th anniversary race (and some are left with cuts and bruises too) By Olivia Jones Published: 01:52 BST, 3 April 2023 | Updated: 01:56 BST, 3 April 2023 Share or comment on this article: Some links in this article … Read more

De-ice your windscreen in SECONDS with this amazing trick using a common kitchen staple for just 16p

De-ice your windscreen in SECONDS thanks to this amazing trick using a common kitchen staple that you can buy at Asda for just 16p Drivers across the UK have been dealing with frozen windscreens in recent days This clever hack which costs next to nothing will clear your windows instantly  By Ffion Haf Published: 10:28 … Read more

Taxi driver fined £60 after stopping outside McDonald’s for 47 seconds to pick up a customer

Taxi driver gets £60 parking fine after stopping outside McDonald’s for 47 seconds to pick up a customer  Kam Parvez, 33, of Stoke-on-Trent fined £60 for stopping outside a McDonald’s  The taxi driver successfully overturned the fine after winning second appeal   The DVLA made £24million selling driver details to private firms last year By Zac … Read more

Steering wheel locks are flying off the shelves amid rise in thieves targeting modern, keyless cars

Steering wheel locks are flying off the shelves amid a rise in thieves targeting modern, keyless cars Motoring retailer Halfords has seen sales of security devices rise 23 per cent   Wireless fobs allow drivers to unlock cars and start them with press of a button But criminals can hack them with devices which copy signal … Read more