If you have told the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) of any conditions that may affect your ability to drive and they have issued you with a provisional driving licence you are within your rights to take a practical driving test and request changes to assist you. Firstly the DSA (Driving Standards Agency) may […]

A Dorset woman just weeks away from her 100th birthday is still driving and enjoying the open road. Peggy Hovel, 99, from West Parley, Ferndown, learned to drive in 1925 at the age of 15, but had to wait until she was 16 before she got her licence. She was already driving when compulsory driving […]

Chinese campaign to cut drink-driving appears to be entering the slow lane, weeks after it began with a tough new law and a high-profile conviction. Authorities hoped that making drink-driving a crime would help to cut one of the highest road death tolls in the world and tackle the effects of a hard-drinking culture. Previously […]

With experts fearing a gallon of fuel in the States could hit six dollars this year, these economical Fords prove that, while size still matters to US drivers, small can be as beautiful as big. Ford’s European cars are now helping the firm to cement their recovery from their financial crisis in 2006. They posted […]

One thing’s for sure, she’s not scoring one for us women. You can picture the tabloid editor beaming already. Woman! Failed! Theory test! 90 times! Thanks to a freedom of information request, the worst driving student in the UK has indeed been unveiled: she is 26, lives in Southwark, and spent an astonishing £2,790 on […]

Phllip Hammond, the Transport Secretary, is to plug a loophole which enables motorists to sober up while police find a doctor or nurse to carry out the test. It is among a series of far reaching changes unveiled as part of the Government’s response to recommendations on road safety made by Sir Peter North, former […]

Campaigners are looking to change the law as to the brightness of car headlights. MOT regulations do not currently test for Bi-xenon headlights however, these headlights are up to three times brighter than standard headlights and drivers are being blinded. In addition to this it is also in contravention of the Construction and Use Regulations […]

Recently, my attention has been caught by a rather interesting debate that seems to have come out of nowhere (possibly hidden in the deluge of media coverage of the various Middle Eastern uprisings). After it emerged that the EU’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) had ruled against the legality of insurance companies to discriminate on […]

Researchers and scientists have shown that music similar to that of your heart rate is best for releasing tension, therefore whilst driving it is important to choose the right genre of music. It is thought that drivers are more likely to run red lights and speed when listening to fast, up-beat music, whilst slow, relaxing […]

Some 73 per cent of motorists have taken positive action to prepare their vehicles for the hazardous winter weather, a study has revealed. The results of the study, conducted by GEM Motoring Assist, suggest that motorists have learned from the harsh conditions of the past couple of years. “It seems an increasing number of drivers […]