In an effort to cut the number of road deaths in the UK, EU road safety chiefs are planning to install speed limiting devices into all cars in order to prevent them from going over the current national speed limit of 70mph. The aim of this proposal is to cut road deaths by up to […]
Given the time I spend on the road, I regularly come across some strange or even, in some cases, ridiculously placed road signs or markings. For example, I recently noticed two very visible 20mph signs located at the entrance to a “road” which stretched no more than thirty feet! Whilst I can fully appreciate that […]
Further to an earlier blog post concerning the location of the “UK’s Worst Drivers”, an article in The Hartlepool Mail has highlighted an increase in driving test passes in relation to the national average. The article reveals that in 2012-13, 51% of driving tests taken as Hartlepool’s Newburn Bridge Industrial Estate Test Centre were completed successfully […]
Back in the day, men of a certain age – myself included, strived to modernise their cars to look “cool”. Some people did it tastefully, some did not: you can’t account for taste unfortunately. Having stumbled upon this little gem whilst browsing the internet, I think the person responsible for this effort has slightly missed […]
As the old saying goes, “Need a job doing: get a professional!” It appears that when officials in Swansea asked for translation of a road sign into Welsh, they assumed that the e-mail reply they received was just the ticket. Unfortunately, the sign to be translated, which in English read, “No entry for heavy goods […]
A motorist in Suffolk is due to be charged with drink-driving and careless driving following an incident which resulted in him crash-landing his Audi TT half way up a house. That’s right folks you read that correctly: Half-way up a house… The driver suffered horrific head injuries and was left fighting for his life. Fortunately the three people […]
According to an article in the Daily Mail, there is an increasing number of motorists turning to using personal in-car, or ‘dash-cameras’, in a bid to protect themselves on the road. With the recent news articles concerning ‘crash-for-cash’ and ‘flash-for-cash’ incidents on the UK’s roads, many motorists have taken steps to protect themselves from being […]
Unsurprisingly, driving further to find cheaper fuel will likely cost you more! Shock horror! As confirmed in an article in The Independent, research has shown that many motorists are driving out of their way in order to save as little as 1p per litre. To read the full article, please follow the link below: http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/driving-to-find-cheaper-fuel-can-cost-plenty-8782930.html […]
Fellow Driving Instructors in Darlington say that they have been the target for abuse from other motorists because of confusion over part-time bus lanes. According to the article in The Northern Echo, some drivers mistakenly believe that driving instructors are wrongly using a bus lane. The likely reason for this is that many motorists are […]
Following on from my recent posts concerning driving test fraud, the lengths some people will go in their efforts to fool the system have been uncovered. According to a BBC news article, one man in his 30’s went to extraordinary lengths in order to impersonate a 60 year old candidate for whom he was trying […]