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Reader Letters: Hydrogen car future, spare wheels, dash cams, solar trickle chargers and reporting illegal cars

Reader Letters: Hydrogen cars and spare wheels

"The plan to ban new registrations of internal-combustion-engine cars from 2040 has generated many column inches about battery-powered..."
Published 23 August 2017
Reader Letters: Smart motorways, disabled parking spaces, motorway etiquette and reporting drivers without tax

Reader Letters: Smart motorways and blue badges

David Holden complains of the “war on motorists” after receiving a ticket for driving at 57mph in a 50mph limit — and wonders whether to...
Published 31 July 2017
Drivers pay £40m by card fees on road tax

Drivers pay £40m by card fees on road tax

Motorists have paid £40 million in “rip-off” credit-card charges when buying road tax in the past five years.
Published 03 February 2017
Bring back tax disc, say drivers as clamping rises

Bring back tax disc, say drivers as clamping rises

The number of cars clamped has more than doubled since paper tax discs were abolished, leading to warnings that the reform has left a significant
Published 18 January 2017
Cost of motoring steers a million young drivers off the road

A million young drivers stay off the road

It used to be that you either enjoyed driving or you didn't, but even if you didn't the practical need to get from A to B meant you'd tolerate it
Published 17 October 2016

Too rude for the road: '66' plates you won't see

It reads like a list of naughty words written inside a schoolboy’s desk, but is actually the registration plates that have been censored ...
Published 02 September 2016
Digital driving licence app coming to smartphones

Driving licence app coming to smartphones

Anyone who has been caught out after leaving home without their photocard driving licence will welcome the news that a digital version is being developed...
Published 18 May 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Reader letters: the height of SUVs, cycle superhighways...

Reader letters from the Sunday Times Driving pages, published on February 29.
Published 01 March 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Letters of the week, January 24

This week: child seats, stop-start engines, plug-in hybrids, vehicle tax and clamping
Published 25 January 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Why DVLA is immobilising innocent motorists

Bugs in the new system for policing vehicle tax leave drivers at risk of being stranded even if they have paid what they owe.
Published 18 January 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Letters of the week, November 29

This week: roundabouts, Northolt and Vauxhall Zafiras
Published 30 November 2015
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Paperless road tax loses Britain £45m

The decision to scrap the tax disc is costing the government £45m a year in lost revenue
Published 30 November 2015