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How do you get the best range from your electric car?

Have you bought an electric car but you have a bit of ‘range anxiety’ – the niggling worry that you might not make it to the next charging station? You’re not alone. Even though the UK has a lot of

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When do you need to notify police when driving on the road?

Where I grew up on the Fens in Lincolnshire, we used to bike 4 miles east to the next village, then we’d wait for a tractor or combine harvester to slipstream back against the prevailing wind. The bigger the better

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Should vehicles warn you if you break the speed limit?

All new vehicles sold in the EU will need to include technology to either warn or prevent drivers from speeding from 2024. It’s called Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) and can use different methods to detect the speed limit on the

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Can you own and drive a left-hand drive vehicle in the UK?

The majority of vehicles in the UK are right-hand drive as this is what makes sense for best driver visibility. There are some exceptions that are deliberately left-hand drive – some service lorries and vehicles which stop often with the

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Self-driving vehicle laws in the UK

TheĀ Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 outlines a framework for listing automated (autonomous) vehicles for use on the UK’s roads, when they are ready. To check if your vehicle is self-driving, visitĀ Self-driving vehicles listed for use in Great Britain. An

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What’s a mobile crane and how are they used?

Cranes come in lots of configurations. You’ll see tower cranes on construction sites, overhead cranes at ports, crawler cranes where the terrain is soft and truck loader cranes (or lorry loader cranes) where a truck has to unload or load

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Why do HGVs sometimes block both lanes?

Swept path Long HGVs have a wide turning circle. This is the amount of room they need to make a turn at a junction or roundabout. Swept path is the space between the tracking paths of the inside and outside

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