Road safety charity, Brake, has called for drivers to pledge not to drink any alcohol before driving this coming summer. The call comes as police are set to launch their new 2014 drink-driving campaign which, back in 2013, produced figures showing that a huge 100,892 drivers were breathalysed, of which 5,170 actually failed the test. […]
New Governmental measures are to be set out in an attempt to combat the ‘ambulance chasing’ culture. The apparent culture of lawyers offering accident victims various incentives such as cash or a free iPad in order to encourage them to make a claim are to be banned. The courts will also have the power to […]
As I type this, it is Sunday afternoon and my watch currently reads 5.00pm. I have just recently returned home for the evening having completed another day of driver training, and I can honestly say that – as enjoyable and positive as it has been – I am absolutely shattered! It has been a […]
So this beg the question: Are women only parking bays really necessary? Personally I think it’s a quite an outrageous and basically derogatory suggestion, however it seems that there are now a number of countries actually providing designated parking bays for women. Places such as Kuwait, China, Indonesia and Malaysia, along with Italy and even Germany appear […]
Avon and Somerset Constabulary have taken delivery of a rather special, if not unusual, new car for use in its ‘Safer Rider’ campaign. No, the force have not taken delivery of a Volvo or similar sensible vehicle. Instead, the force now have a special bit of kit in the form of the very latest Ariel […]
A survey by insurance company 1st central has, based upon accident figures, compiled a list of the safest and least safe drivers per profession. The survey showed that builders and bakers were among the best drivers, with engineers and estate agents found to be amongst the worst. On a personal note, I was surprised to […]
A driving school specialising in teaching people to drive in left-hand drive cars has been launched in Brixton, London, after it was revealed that more than a quarter of holiday makers are too afraid to drive abroad. With two-thirds of countries around the world driving on the opposite side of the road to ourselves in […]
A Freedom of Information Act request made by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has revealed that a motorist was caught travelling at a speed of 149mph – a speed of which is more than twice the current legal national speed limit in the UK. The motorist concerned was responsible for clocking the highest speed […]
A woman has had her behaviour on the road branded as ‘irresponsible and dangerous’ by road safety campaigners, after being spotted and photographed casually reading a book while behind the wheel of her car travelling at speeds of up to 70mph. The driver was photographed by a passenger in another vehicle while travelling alone along […]
Car giant Ford have announced that they will introduce their new adaptive steering technology to selected vehicles in Europe next year. Traditionally, cars have a fixed steering ratio (number of turns) at the steering wheel, where as adaptive steering actually changes the ratio between the driver’s input at the steering, and how much the front […]