subject: Supernatural Drivers In The Uk [print this page] It is not very often that we get to right an article that brings together the world of motoring and the supernatural. Today is that day. It has been reported in a local paper recently that a local resident contacted the local council to query whether ghosts had moved her car. This is clearly a case for Mrs.Marple.
'This town, is coming like a ghost town' well, not exactly - this ghostly event took place in the not-so-otherworldly surroundings of a car park in Sutton, south London. The woman made the desperate call to see if the car park was haunted after her vehicle 'moved of its own accord'. Scary stuff indeed, I just hope Casper remembered to fasten his 'sheet'-belt!!
Luckily, before the council lifted the phone to call the 'Ghostbusters' they did some detective work and discovered the supernatural intervention had a simpler, less dramatic explanation. The CCTV footage clearly showed the car had rolled into a different parking space after the woman failed to apply her handbrake properly. Blaming strange car movements on ghosts is probably not going to go down very well with your car insurance company.
In other Irish motoring news, new car sales have increased by 47 per cent between January and July this year compared to the same period last year. According to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) 74,111 new cars were sold in the first seven months of 2010, compared to just 57,000 from January to July in 2009. The SIMI figures show that the Ford Focus is the best selling model so far this year Also, sales of diesel cars are up 8 per cent - these are normally cheaper to tax due to having lower CO2 emissions.
What is the reason behind this pickup in sales? The government scrappage scheme seems to be the primary reason for the boost. Alan Nolan from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry says that 8,500 car sales were directly related to the scheme. The savings from this scheme are huge. You get 1500 reduction on VRT if you buy a new low emission car upon trading in your old car. You can get very competitive car insurance quotes with AXA to help reduce your motoring costs further.
