Taxi of Mum and Dad   According to research conducted by Sainsbury’s car insurance, there is an estimated £32bn of unpaid taxi fares accrued by parents driving their kids around each year. The school run; ferrying the kids around to friends o...

Mr Robinson, a physiotherapist won a case against a false whiplash claim Nazir Hussain, a taxi driver from Dewsbury is the centre of a landmark court case concerning a whiplash claim. Physiotherapist Lee Robinson was at traffic lights with Mr Hussain...

The Transport for London (TfL) Board have rejected calls for a 22% fare hike for the London black cabs of the capital during the months of July and August while the Olympics are on. The change was rejected on account of the majority of drivers not wa...

Drivers throughout the UK are being urged to exercise diligence when purchasing their motor insurance as a recent case shows there are companies out there that are not authorised to sell insurance, thus, null and voiding any cover. The news came abou...

A new style London black cab has hit the roads in the form of a modified Mercedes benz vito light goods van. Eco City Vehicles (ECO), who are responsible for the modifications to the Mercedes van have expressed their concerns on early 2011 take-up of...

Motorists will be pleased to hear of a recently unveiled government plan to investigate the reasons and impact of rising car insurance premiums. The original investigation, which was started in March, will be revisited to try to establish if there ar...

What is CIE? Why is it being introduced? How will it affect me? When is the initiative being launched? What happens if someone does not adhere to the scheme? How do I check to see whether my vehicle is recorded as ‘insured’? What is CIE?...

The Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) is seriously urging drivers not to drive without appropriate insurance. From 2011 onwards it will be introduced that any car will require insurance unless it is declared ‘off road’, similar to the SORN de...