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Motorists who have removed the diesel particulate filter (DPF) from their car's exhaust to save on the £1,000 cost of replacing it will be lumbered with a car or van that's unable to pass the MOT. Changes to the MOT test criteria means that a major fault will be assigned to the vehicle if smoke of any colour is witnessed coming from the...

Motoring folklore has it that the driving experience is but a shadow of its former self. In the good old days: Tarmac was better laid and maintained; Parking wardens understood the need to stop illegally and would politely walk away without issuing a ticket; Police officers understood that speeding was not a ‘real crime’ and would turn a...

Having already disrupted the private hire industry, Uber is turning its attention towards the electric bicycle hire market. The ride-sharing giant has snapped up American bike share company Jump, which specialises in dock-less electric bicycles. Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi said: "We're committed to bringing together multiple modes of...

What better way to celebrate Star Wars Day than this R2-D2-themed design by Burton? It's just that cycle helmets aren't all they're cracked up to be. Who will wear this? Injury rates in countries where very few cyclists wear helmets are amongst the lowest in the world. There is speculation over why this might be, but even those with...

Now the sun has finally made an appearance, here's our guide to the weird and wonderful tents pitched for summer 2018. Little beats sleeping under canvas, but conventional tents have a few drawbacks. Once the air temperature drops, tents cool very quickly inside and, conversely, in direct sunlight they can become like saunas. On a crowded...

The use of titles to distinguish between married/unmarried women, but not men, is not only outmoded, but discriminatory so as a business we’ve now stopped using titles entirely with all our customers in written or emailed correspondence. From the start of this month, none of our written communications have included honorifics of any kind....

A man whose mobility scooter broke down in Huddersfield town centre earlier this month was left stranded after local taxi firms were unable to take him home. The Huddersfield Daily Examiner reports that Cleveroy Ritchie sat calling out for help in the rain – but even people who stopped to try and help him could do nothing. He eventually...

The Department for Transport is considering bringing the country in line with London by making pavement parking an offence and punishable by a fine of £70. Driving on pavement is already illegal across Britain, and is responsible for over 40 deaths a year, but penalties are seldomly enforced. Furthermore, the Highway Code instructs...

Bromptons have become the go-to folder for rail commuters, but you'll be lucky to spot this one-of-kind custom superlight version by Derek Cranage. Brompton's range-topping S1E-X is a claimed 9.3 kg, but a host of bespoke carbon parts has reduced the weight of Derek's bike to only 7.1 kg making it arguably the world's lightest folding...

The A roads and motorways now policed by average speed cameras are the only carriageways in Britain on which most drivers are travelling within the speed limit. And now engineers in Australia have developed a new technology could have a similarly transformative effect on mobile phone use behind the wheel. The new cameras take a bird's eye...