Cars can be expensive to run if you don’t know how to use them properly. There are a number of easy to apply rules when driving to help save not only your pennies but the environment too. The simplest one of them all is do you need to drive or can you walk? When you […]

It is reasonable to suggest that a crash helmet is a key safety feature for any cyclist, be it a motorbike or a push bike. However, recent research has shown that crash helmets could actually be very damaging to our health. It is thought that the vibration and noise transmitted through the helmet when travelling […]

Damage caused by potholes resulted in millions of pounds in car insurance claims last month. Research from AA Insurance shows the cost of such damage saw claims of around £2.85 million over the course of February. With this sum the equivalent of about 1,900 claims in the month, the firm points out the number of […]

Male drivers are almost one-and-a-half times more likely to have a driving conviction than their female counterparts, according to an analysis of AA car insurance policyholders. Nearly one in five AA customers have at least one conviction and the researchers found that men were more than twice as likely to have been caught drink-driving. Drivers […]

Britain’s roads have seen less road casualties this year, with a downward trend continuing. However, it seems as though not all road users are so lucky. The number of cyclists killed or seriously injured was 830 in 2009 and has risen over the past few years. This would suggest that despite the hard work that […]

MORE than five million British motorists are currently breaking the law by driving unsafe vehicles, according to new research. And the number of dangerous cars on the road may have been boosted by people keeping older cars for longer to benefit from the government’s scrappage scheme, claim insurers. The most common repair faults identified include […]

Almost half of British drivers are concerned about driving in wintry conditions, a survey by Saga Motor Insurance has found. Researchers polled 2,021 adults in September and found that 48% of drivers would be reluctant to drive in bad weather. Nearly two-fifths of motorists admitted that they were most afraid of driving in snow and […]

More drivers are using hand-held mobile phones than before tougher penalties were introduced two years ago, the Transport Research Laboratory has said. It found 2.6% of car drivers used hand-held phones in 2006 – when fines rose to £60 and three points could be added to licences – compared with 2.8% now. Phone-using drivers are […]

Traffic safety organizations in the US and Europe have this week released online games in an effort to promote safer driving from the comfort of the home. American non-profit organization the AAA (American Automobile Association) Foundation for Traffic Safety has launched the AAA Roadwise Review, designed to allow senior citizens to test their driving health, […]

There are far too many accidents and fatalities (34 in 2008 alone) in the U.K. that occur as a result of illegal or unsafe tyres. Research has found that more than half of all motorists could not correctly identify the legal tread depth. ‘The lifesaver in your pocket’ campaign aims to get hundreds of motorists […]