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 […]
So, here we are – Saturday again! Another week on planet Earth has been and gone in what seems like the blink of an eye. How scary is that?! In what has been another hugely positive week at Chris Chambers School of Motoring, I have also had the pleasure of welcoming two new students to […]
A new report by the Nottingham Road Safety Partnership has called for increased involvement by parents and schools in order to help in addressing the increasingly worrying issue of crashes and casualties caused by young drivers. The online survey, which looked at the behaviour of young drivers and their passengers while driving, found that, among […]
A new study has found that a worrying three quarters of experienced drivers would fail their driving test if they were required to take it again in the present day. Of the fifty experienced motorists – all of whom received no refresher training beforehand – involved in sitting a mock driving test, only 12 managed […]
According to statistics from the RAC Foundation, nearly one in eight casualties on the UK’s roads is caused by young drivers. Despite young car drivers between the ages of 17 – 19 making up only 1.5% of licensed drivers, sadly 11.9% of road casualties hurt or killed involved a driver between these ages. It is […]