From the chair: February 2019

by | Feb 4, 2019 | From the Chair

This month brings mixed news on the motoring front. The French government now seems likely to abandon its experimental 80kph (50mph) speed limit which applied to all roads except dual carriageways and autoroutes.Intended to last until July 2020, the limit was...

From the chair: November 2018

by | Nov 1, 2018 | From the Chair

The opinions of AA spokesman Edmund King’s are often sought as a representative of the motoring public spokesman on behalf the motorist and his common sense views are always a welcome counterpoint to anti-car minorities. His recent remark that the chancellor should...
From the chair: September 2018

From the chair: September 2018

by | Sep 3, 2018 | From the Chair

This month the WLTP, the world harmonised light vehicle test procedure, goes live. This replaces the NEDC consumption test which dated from the 1970s. WLTP imposes far more stringent, ‘real world’ controls including analysis of emissions during idling and under full...
From the chair: July 2018

From the chair: July 2018

by | Jul 2, 2018 | From the Chair

This is the holiday season and quite a few of us will be driving to or through France. As usual we can enjoy the better roads and apart from the usual bottlenecks, less traffic, but beware: the French have reduced national speed limit on single carriageway roads to...
From the chair: May 2018

From the chair: May 2018

by | May 1, 2018 | From the Chair

I recently attended an event organised by a ‘premium’ manufacturer for journalists to try some of its increasingly wide range. The company’s PR supremo informed the gathering that not only was his the ‘leading’ premium brand, but if you added up all the horsepower of...