Editorial policy

RegoWise exists to report car costs accurately, so our editorial rules are built around sourcing and correction, not opinion.

Data over opinion. Every fee, rate and penalty we publish comes from an official government schedule and lives in a dated dataset, not in the writing. Our prose explains what a number means and where it came from; it never invents one. Where a computed figure and the surrounding text ever disagree, the computation wins and the prose is corrected. The number a calculator produces from the official rate is the source of truth, and words that contradict it are the error.

No advice, no recommendations. We tell you what something costs. We don't tell you which car to buy, which state to register in, or which insurer, lender or dealer to use. You won't find product rankings, "best" lists, or insurer and lender comparisons dressed up as guidance. Explaining how a rate works is our job; choosing for you is not.

Advertising stays separate from the data. RegoWise is funded by display advertising, and we say so plainly. We sell nothing ourselves and take no commission from insurers, lenders or dealers. No advertiser sees or influences a figure before it's published, and no dataset is sponsored. Ads pay for the site; they never change a number, reorder a table, or soften a fine.

Corrections. If a figure looks wrong, tell us at [email protected]. We verify it against the official source, fix genuine errors, and re-stamp the page with the date we checked.

Plain, non-judgemental language. Our brief on fines and demerits is to state the number and the consequence the schedule sets, not to lecture or frighten. We report what an offence costs and how many points it carries; we don't moralise about it. The same restraint applies everywhere: here is your figure, and here is the government table it came from.

No invented experts. Everything is published under the RegoWise Editorial byline and stands behind our named publisher, Inventum. We don't create fake authors, personas or credentials to look more authoritative than we are.