Transport

A report out today (Tuesday) from Direct Line, Britain's largest direct motor insurer, has revealed that by 2005 honest motorists could be forking out £60 extra on top of their insurance premiums to cover the cost of uninsured drivers. Currently drivers are paying between £15-£30*.

In the week that official figures for the September sales of 'V' registration cars are revealed, Direct Line claims that British drivers could have saved £1.2 billion had they bought their new cars on the continent. At the same time, Direct Line has revealed figures from its new Direct Line Motoring Report showing that over half of British drivers would consider buying their new car on mainland Europe.

Moving Objects Public Opinion Research

The biggest ever survey on public attitudes to transport, commissioned by BBC National and Regional Broadcasting, has revealed that, although 2 in 3 people say they would struggle to give up their car, 61% do not believe that investment on more motorways and trunk roads is the answer to Britain's traffic congestion.