Fuel retailers have failed to fully pass on big savings in the wholesale price of unleaded to drivers, with just a small fall in the average price of forecourt petrol and diesel in August.
RAC
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Car insurer 1st Central is to make RAC breakdown cover available to its 500,000 customers to further enhance its services.
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Drivers are being warned of the risk of delays on routes including the M1 and M25 later this week as record-levels of summer travellers hit the roads for the start of the school holidays.
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UK drivers heading over to France this summer could fall foul of new speed cameras being introduced this year – bringing fines for everything from tailgating to mobile use.
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Coastal and other tourist routes are set to become breakdown hotspots this weekend, with thousands of extra car journeys expected due to the 30c heatwave.
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Drivers are calling for government action on headlight glare with the majority believing some lights could pose an accident risk.
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Around 22 million leisure trips are expected to be made this weekend – up some eight million on last year and marking the highest total for the weekend since 2014.
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The UK’s four big supermarkets have raised the price of petrol almost every day for three months – including on days when other retailers managed to lower their prices.
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Small businesses are risking hours of lost productivity by failing to protect against unexpected breakdowns.