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Car doors that protect themselves against dings have been developed by German engineering specialists Kiekert. The Citroen Cactus features Air Bump door protectors - cushions of plastic which protect the bodywork. The distinctive-looking translucent panels are designed to be...

Drivers have been borrowing bicycle technology since the earliest days of motoring. Behold today's best bicycle hacks for cars. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] The idea that drivers and cyclists are distinct and separate groups is entirely false – not least because most cyclists also own cars. In fact, if it wasn’t for his many years’...

Bicycle sidecars are an unusual alternative to conventional child seats, but what more fun way of passing the cycling bug to the next generation? There is a bewildering array of child seats, tag-alongs and trailers aimed at helping families cycle together, but arguably none is as stylish looking or adventurous as the Scandinavian Side Bike....

The PaperJohn biodegradable carrier bag aims to reduce the one trillion (one thousand billion) plastic bags are used every year worldwide and encourage more people onto bikes. Our seemingly insatiable need for the throwaway carrier bags creates consumer waste that takes between 100 and 500 years to degrade – not to mention a hazard to...

Ford is developing car headlights that detect cyclists and illuminate them automatically. Conventional car headlights do a good job of illuminating the road directly ahead, but on a roundabout the driving direction changes in such a way that the light does not light up the road ahead in time. The new headlight technology uses an infra-red...

The ETA has been voted the number one ethical insurance company in Britain by the Good Shopping Guide for two years running. Beating household-name insurance companies such as Admiral, AXA, Churchill and Halifax, the ETA earned an ethical company index score of 93. The ETA specialises in breakdown cover, cycle insurance and travel insurance...

If you and your mates have been planning a European motorcycle trip for months – don’t let a breakdown ruin the experience. If only to avoid the moral dilemma of whether to abandon your broken down companion or the entire trip, follow these simple steps to help ensure your ride to mainland Europe runs smoothly.

Plastic roads made from recycled materials promise to be smoother, greener and cause fewer delays according to construction firm VolkerWessels. The...

You wait over a century for an electric aircraft to cross the channel and then two do it in less than a week. In 1909 Louis Bleriot, Hubert Latham, Charles de Lambert and Arthur Seymour raced to be the first person to cross the English...

The Lumos is the world's first cycle helmet with brake lights that come on automatically when you slow down. Lumos is described as a 'next generation' cycle helmet. Like any other design on the market, it's protective qualities rely on a layer of polystyrene covered in a thin plastic casing, but Lumos features built-in automatic brake...