3000th On-line Booking received
Less than a week after the 2000th online booking was received by Garages & VTS’s using Motasoft’s software either VGM or VMM the 3000th booking has been received. These are a mixture of both MOT & Service bookings, and combinations of both. All bookings are made directly into the Garages electronic diaries and there is no need for confirmation emails or telephone calls. For more information please call 01934 612386 or click on the Link Below.
Canning Car Care
To be able to contact all their customers to the fact that they were moving Canning Car Care decided to move across to VGM (Virtual Garage Manager) by Motasoft as this would enable them to compose one message and send it with one click to all their clients. It would also allow existing and new clients to find them and book online 24/7 into a confirmed time slot.
The Test Centre
The Test Centre in Deptford one of London’s busiest MOT Testing Stations has moved over to using the brand new software from Motasoft (VGM). This not only organises their booking diary, but allows customers to book online 24/7 into a confirmed diary slot. It also allows marketing by SMS and email and handles annual, and daily reminders.
E Petition against 4 – 2 – 2
An E Petition has been started to try and prevent the UK Government from changing the Frequency of MOT Testing. Click on the link below to sign it. It requires 100,000 signatures by 4th April 2012. Pass it on to all that you know so we can get the required no.
2000th online booking received
A brilliant start to 2012 for all garages using Motasoft software, having already received over 2000 online MOT & Service Bookings. The Recipient of the 2000th booking was MDR Autos www.mdrautos.co.uk/mot2, they are using our brand new Software VGM (Virtual Garage Manager).
Find out more @ www.garagemanagementsoftware.co.uk
MOTORING COSTS SOAR
New figures have shown that motorists now pay 14% more to keep a vehicle on the road than they did a year ago.
The average new car running cost now stands at £128.64 a week, the RAC said in its report.
Compared with 2007, owning and keeping a new car on the road is now £1,556 a year more expensive.
The highest year-on-year increase in 2011 was seen in the depreciation rate, at 16.67%, ahead of car insurance at 14.38%, fuel (12.4%) and maintenance costs (8.8%).
There was a 9.85% year-on-year increase in car finance costs in 2011.
The total costs were £819 higher than the previous year, according to the report.
The report also showed a 13.2% increase in the cost of running a second-hand vehicle.
Copyright © Press Association 2011
Even More on 4-2-2
Despite the Government dragging it’s heels over it’s review of the MOT frequency more organisations are coming on board to advise/protest against it. These include the Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel, who have pointed out the we have the lowest road deaths of any equivalent developed country yet over the last 5 Years the MOT failure rate has increased by 12%.
The safety experts at Road Safety analysis have pointed that in 2010 vehicle defects contributed to 2,000 accidents and that if there is a reduction in frequency of tests this would increase with less frequent checks. This view was also shared by Road Safety GB, who also pointed out the lack of basic checks and maintenance by a majority of vehicle owners between the Annual checks.
UK Road deaths Increase for the First Time in 5 Years
The number of people killed on Britain’s roads is on the increase for the first time in five years, Government figures have shown.
According to the latest road casualty statistics there was a seven per cent rise in fatalities in the spring compared with the same time last year.
This was the second successive quarter to show an increase, triggering alarm among road safety and motoring groups.
Experts voiced fears that the rise was due to cuts in spending on police, road safety and maintenance.
In all there were 500 road deaths between April and June this year, compared with 467 during the same period in 2010.
This followed a six per cent rise during the previous quarter.
All this is before any changes to the MOT Frequency.
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New study says texting doubles a driver’s reaction time
Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University have determined that a driver’s reaction time is doubled when distracted by reading or sending a text message. The study reveals how the texting impairment is even greater than many experts believed, and demonstrates how texting drivers are less able to react to sudden roadway hazards.
In addition to the reaction-time element, researchers also measured each driver’s ability to maintain proper lane position and a constant speed. Major findings further documented the impairment of texting when compared to the controlled driving conditions.
The Study shows that Drivers were less able to:
• Safely maintain their position in the driving lane when they were texting and their swerving was worse in the open sections of the course than in barreled sections.
• Maintain a constant speed while texting, tending to slow down in an effort to reduce the demand of the multiple tasks. By slowing down, a driver gains more time to correct for driving errors (such as the tendency to swerve while texting). Speed variance was also greater for texting drivers than for non-texting drivers.
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