Document - 29 April 2016

RAC Parliamentary Newsletter #10 - April 2016

In this month's newsletter we focus on the results of our survey on drivers using handheld mobile phones at the wheel, the UK's youngest uninsured drivers and residential parking permits.

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Illegal handheld mobile phone use at the wheel still rife

Thirteen years after the introduction of the a law forbidding use of a handheld phone at the wheel, new RAC research shows the behaviour is far from being stamped out.

13 April 2016 00:01

Motorists support residents’ parking schemes, despite realising they just shift the problem elsewhere

Residents’ parking schemes are creating a ‘parking paradox’ with nearly half of all motorists (48%) being in favour of them while six in 10 (61%) believe they just shift the problem to another area.

30 March 2016 00:01

Number of children convicted of driving without insurance rises by 21% in two years

Nearly 1,000 children were convicted of driving with no insurance in 2014

5 April 2016 00:01

Price of petrol goes up 3p a litre in March signalling first rise since July 2015

After eight months of falling pump prices, the average price of petrol suffered a sudden and unwelcome 3p a litre rise