The Government are considering proposals to raise the driving age to 18 in an attempt to slash the death toll on our roads. As part of these quite frankly radical proposals, young people could be forced to wait until they are 19 before they qualify for a full licence; the current lowest age that someone can […]
“I had great fun every lesson!” “To me, driving lessons always seemed like a scary prospect and at first I was very nervous driving, but within a short space of time I was soon at home in Chris’s Fiesta.” “He was enthusiastic, friendly and extremely supportive and made learning to drive an excellent experience; I […]
Amid concerns from victims’ families that some offenders get off too lightly, the Prime Minister has ordered the Sentencing Council to review current guidelines for motoring offences including causing death by dangerous driving. An increase in the severity of sentencing for serious driving related offences has, for me, been a long time in coming. Campaigners have […]
A joint poll by road safety charity Brake and insurance company Direct Line has revealed some worrying findings. The poll has found that many drivers are taking risks whilst on the roads, fuelled through both overconfidence in their own ability, and general complacency behind the wheel. With as many as 69% of drivers polled admitting to […]
I commented in a recent post about the term ‘hero’ being thrown around too easily nowadays. In that post I highlighted the actions of a brave trucker who took it upon himself to stop a runaway car. Well, hot on the heels of that positive, heart-warming post, I have come across another similar story of […]
A learner driver had a lucky escape when a hit-and-run driver smashed into the tuition vehicle – while the driving test was taking place. The female student, who has not been named, was driving around a roundabout in Brackenhall, West Yorkshire, when the incident happened during the early morning rush-hour test. Fortunately the student driver was […]
You can drive down any residential area in the country and see a house with a common four-door hatch-back parked outside of it: nothing at all unusual there I hear you say… However, on one certain Cambridgeshire street, this common, everyday sight is interrupted by the presence of a 21ft long, World War One army […]
News reaches us that Cabinet Ministers are to bar people from taking the driving test in a foreign language amid concerns that they cannot read road signs in English. Hot on the heels of recent news articles concerning the apparent growing levels of fraud discovered of late, whereby driving licences have had to been revoked after […]
The term ‘hero’ is a one which is thrown around far too frequently nowadays in my opinion. However, the actions of someone of whom can be considered as a true hero are highlighted in an news article I have stumbled upon in The Daily Mail. When truck driver and Father-of-four Bob Rennie, 46, found himself following […]
Hot on the heels of my post yesterday concerning a motorist driving with the bonnet of his vehicle up (*shakes head*), such acts of driving madness, it seems, are not isolated. An article on ‘This Is Hampshire.Net’ has reported a story about a motorist spotted having a shave while driving! That’s right people: Having a […]