Personally, I am not quite sure how the driver managed to do it: Either a lot of skill or pure bad luck are my guesses!? The luxury £80,000 Range Rover Sport – which had less than 500 miles on the clock – was written off when it somehow left the road and became wedged on its side […]
Research by the Licence Bureau has found that as many as FIVE IN EVERY 1000 company car, truck, and van drivers in the UK does not have the correct licence to be at the wheel. Given that their are more than 5 million vehicles on the UK’s roads which are owned by companies, this equates to 5,000 […]
According to statistics, up to 46 per cent of road traffic fatalities could be prevented if the correct first aid assistance was available in those vital first moments. This poses the question… Would you know what to do if you were unfortunate enough to be presented with such an incident? An interesting article in The Telegraph […]
Welcome news has been released from the DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, formerly DSA) concerning their introduction of a more flexible approach to the way it handles tests cancelled by candidates at short notice. Currently, test candidates automatically lose their fee should they cancel their driving test without giving DVSA a full three clear days’ […]
Where ever are these weeks going too?! One minute it’s Monday morning, the next it seems it’s Friday evening! Yet another positive experience has been had at Chris Chambers School of Motoring this week. I must, I guess, be doing something right, eh?! 😉 In other news non-driving related news, this weekend is yet another […]
That’s right folks – you did read the headline correctly! Great granny Laura Thomas has enjoyed a steady stream of customers for 76 years. In recognition of this, ‘The Mirror” decided to provided a representative to take a mock driving test with Mrs Thomas. Whilst watching I did notice that Mrs Thomas asked the man […]
Never under-estimate the importance good health plays whilst driving. The statement may seems obvious to many, however even relatively mild conditions such as the common cold can have a dramatic effect on concentration. Driving requires our full concentration at all times. A bad clod or flu it’s thought could drop concentration levels by as much […]
Recently I reported on plans by the UK Highways Agency to introduce a 60mph zone on the M1 in order to help reduced emissions. The reason for this is that it thought a reduction of just 10mph will help significantly in improving air quality. In France, the measures to improve air quality went gone one step […]
That’s right good people – even though this comes as no real surprise. A survey of carried out over 4,300 miles of road across the UK has found that half the white line markings on major roads need replacing because of ‘shameful’ neglect, and worryingly,this factor is putting lives at risk. Given the vital importance […]
In-car technology… Personally I love technology, however as anyone who either knows me or reads my posts will tell you, I am quite sceptical as to both the necessity and reliance put upon it from the drivers perspective. Furthermore, the more high-tech electrical gadgets fitted to modern vehicles effectively means there is more chance of […]