RAC
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Fleet industry news 6 Oct 2021Fuel crisis: RAC fears petrol and diesel price rises
With analysts predicting $90 a barrel before the end of the year, unleaded could hit a new record high of around 143p per litre and diesel 145ppl.
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General News 4 Oct 2021‘Glow yellow’ marker helps halve thefts of catalytic convertors
Police are appealing to fleet workshops, garages and MOT centres to support a new initiative targeting the theft of catalytic converters and other components.
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General News 27 Aug 2021Bank holiday traffic to double some journey times, warns RAC
An estimated 16.7m leisure trips are planned over the August bank holiday weekend, with data suggesting the South West could see the worst of the jams.
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General News 26 Aug 2021New drink-drive figures published by DfT
Between 210 and 250 people were killed in accidents in Great Britain where at least one driver was over the drink-drive limit in 2019, new figures suggest.
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Fleet industry news 6 Aug 2021Drivers add 16 miles to their journey to avoid narrow roads
Three-in-10 motorists avoid narrow country lanes and are prepared to take a detour to avoid them, according to new research Ageas and the RAC.
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Fleet industry news 4 Aug 2021Diesel at its costliest in more than seven years
RAC warns that fuel price increases are set to continue, with July seeing the biggest monthly rise in the price of petrol since January 2021.
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General News 2 Aug 2021Reduce motorway speeds in wet weather, say drivers
Seven-in-10 drivers would like lower motorway speed limits in wet weather, according to new research from the RAC.
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Electric fleet news 23 Jul 2021Too few charge points could ‘impact’ 2030 ICE ban
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation says that access to charge points can be a ‘postcode lottery’.
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Electric fleet news 19 Jul 2021RAC and British Gas offer EV charger with specialist tariff
The RAC has partnered with British Gas to offer an electric vehicle (EV) charger and tariff to support drivers of plug-in cars.
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Fleet industry news 16 Jul 2021RAC forecasts ‘unprecedented summer’ for fleets on UK roads
A third of drivers with a foreign trip planned will holiday in the UK instead if overseas travel restrictions remain.
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General News 14 Jul 2021Half of cars and vans broke speed limits in towns and on motorways in 2020
Free flowing traffic conditions resulted in 56% of cars exceeding the speed limit on 30mph roads compared to 53% on motorways, according to new DfT statistics.
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People news 5 Jul 2021
Industry jobs: Roles filled at Assurant, Osprey Charging, Mobilize and Continental
Lee Coomber has been appointed to the new role of RAC client director at Assurant and Osprey Charging appoints Alex Bamberg as its non-executive director.
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General News 5 Jul 2021Petrol prices reach eight-year high
Petrol prices have soared in the last eight months to reach an eight-year high of 132.19p per litre, according to data from RAC Fuel Watch.
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Environment news 1 Jul 2021Hitachi Capital partners with RAC for new leasing service
The RAC has launched a new electric vehicle (EV) leasing service with Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions for the consumer market.
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Tax and legislation news 18 Jun 2021Councils to get powers from December to issue traffic fines
Councils outside London will be given powers to enforce so-called moving traffic offences from December, the Government has confirmed.
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General News 3 Jun 2021
Diesel ‘almost 20p per litre dearer’ than a year ago
Diesel has suffered a 14.4p per litre hike in the past six months alone, with petrol also rising sharply.
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Electric fleet news 28 May 2021RAC to equip a fifth of its fleet with EV chargers by 2022
The RAC is working to install emergency electric vehicle (EV) charging units in a fifth of its patrol vans by the end of next year.
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General News 27 May 2021
Spring Bank Holiday traffic warning as drivers return to roads
The forthcoming Spring Bank Holiday weekend will see an estimated 10.8m leisure trips taken by car, new RAC research of drivers’ plans suggests.
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Fleet industry news 18 May 2021
More than a thousand stolen catalytic converters recovered
Police forces have recovered more than 1,000 stolen catalytic converters and arrested more than 50 people.
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Fleet industry news 17 May 2021Battery failure ‘most common cause’ of breakdown
Almost a third of drivers experienced their most recent breakdown on a journey relating to work.
