Former glamour model Katie Price is grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons today after she was pulled over by police for allegedly being caught using a mobile phone while driving. A Sunday newspaper was informed that Ms Price was nabbed by cops while driving her pink horse box along the A23 in Sussex earlier […]

Many pregnant mothers find themselves in a position where learning to drive seems ever more important. However, they are worried about the stress it can cause and whether driving schools will take them out. Fear not…Britannia asks mums-to-be to follow some simple advise when making the decision to take driving lessons or continue driving. Do […]

The day of your practical test arrives and you are feeling nervous. You have had lessons but feel ready to take on the examiners, but are you ready? When you arrive at the test centre you need more than just your provisional licence. When the examiner calls your name you should have the following items: […]

Landsdowne Venture Group (LGV), the parent company of “The Instructor College” and “Red Driving School” has gone into administration. The company made a net profit of £3m in the year to October 4 2009, but in the 16 weeks to January 24 lost £2.5m. LVG employs 400 people in total across three offices, but all […]

The officers, who were off-duty when found to be over the legal limit, have all been suspended. The BBC understands officers have been warned drink-drivers will be “fast-tracked” to dismissal rather than have a drawn-out disciplinary process. Drink-driving is regarded as a severe breach of the PSNI’s code of ethics and merits an automatic sacking. […]

Drivers of mobility scooters are being given road safety training following a series of accidents. Norfolk Police are teaching users how to slalom round traffic cones and how to improve their reversing skills and parallel parking. Despite the scooters having a top speed of just 6mph, drivers have been involved in serious collisions with pedestrians […]

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 […]

A South Korean woman has passed the written exam for her driver’s licence on her 950th try. Cha Sa-soon has been making near daily attempts at the test since April 2005 and has spent more than £2,500 in application fees. The 68-year-old finally scraped through with the minimum pass rate of 60 out of 100 […]

The head of BSM has managed to avoid a driving ban despite having 17 points on his driving licence. Abu Haris Shafi, managing director of British School of Motoring (BSM) appeared in court after his car was clocked by a speed camera breaking a 50 mph speed limit. But when asked to admit who was […]

POLICE today revealed they were regularly being called in to challenge the identity of people sitting driving tests in a bid to put the brakes on bogus pupils. It is feared fraudsters are assuming the identity of provisional drivers to help them pass the test, either as a favour to friends or for a cash […]