Perhaps that might be stretching the point but we wanted to attract your attention. Recently, your correspondent, whilst motoring peacefully along an urban dual carriageway, was overtaken by a BMW and a Mini going at a heck of a lick. Once past, they cut me up with their lane-changing …
Read More »The Freedom To Drive As You Choose
OK, that title might be stretching the point a bit but you’ve got to have a good headline, haven’t you? Recently, your correspondent, whilst motoring along an urban dual carriageway, was overtaken by a BMW and a Mini going very fast indeed. They then proceeded to cut across my bows …
Read More »Driving Back The Years
According to yet another one of those endless motoring surveys there are now more than seven million drivers over the age of sixty-five on the Britain’s roads. The number of drivers over the current pensionable age had reached 7,191,192 by November last year. This makes up nineteen per cent of …
Read More »New Year, New Driving Style
It’s easy to become complacent about driving skills. Many of us go for years without experiencing any close calls or near misses. As a result is it possible to become too relaxed about the business of driving. Perhaps it wouldn’t hurt to look at ways to improve our driving for …
Read More »When There’s Stormy Weather, Take Extra Care
Following our recent bout of severe weather and very strong winds it doesn’t hurt to think about the best driving techniques to cope with the conditions should we be caught out. Strong winds can certainly unsettle your car and even change your direction of travel. This is especially true for …
Read More »After Christmas
It’s all over for another year and we pack our jaded families into the car for the long trip home, back to hum-drum normality. The festive season can be surprisingly tiring so it makes sense to have a good sleep before departure and, in the case of the duty driver, …
Read More »Water, Water Everywhere
This year our winter season has, at the time of writing, been reasonably mild. Instead of snow we’ve had rain and lots of it. In fact, it is hissing down as I type. Heavy rain and high wind can make driving a dangerous misery. Big puddles hide potholes and other …
Read More »Trouble In The Back Seat
It’s that time of year when families pack up the luggage, the kids and the dog and head off into the wild blue yonder to visit relatives they can’t stand for the annual round of festive misery. The journey will be fraught and the traffic horrendous. Hey; don’t shoot the …
Read More »Don’t Talk, Drive
Do you realise it is ten years since the ban on using hand-held mobile phones was brought in? Time flies doesn’t it? Yet, incredibly, some drivers are still happily chatting away completely oblivious of the proven fact that it is dangerous. Research has shown that people fiddling with mobiles fail …
Read More »Stay Safe – Avoid Accidents Part 1.
There’s an old adage that says it isn’t speed that kills you it is the sudden stop. Corny, but factually correct. The recent multi-car pile-up on the Sheppey Crossing involving over one hundred vehicles should have been a timely reminder to all that driving a heavy metal object inherently comes …
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