Nearly 100,000 crashes were caused last year by drivers taking to the wheel after a long break from driving, as new research reveals the serious impact of driving breaks on accident rates. Lloyds TSB Insurance commissioned road safety experts to examine the roadworthiness of licensed motorists who had not driven for six months or more. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is what happens when you put too much faith in your satnav. Common sense should have warned Robert Jones that this narrow cliff side path was no place for a BMW. But with his satellite-navigation system shrilly insisting it was the way, he just kept driving – until the car hit a fence and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Young people are the most likely to be seriously distracted by in-car gadgets while driving, says motoring organisation the RAC. Fifty-five percent of 17 to 24-year-olds said they’d had a major loss of concentration while adjusting technology like MP3 systems or a sat-nav. One in five young drivers also risked not hearing car horns or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Young drivers have abandoned maps and now rely almost entirely on sat-nav to get to their destination, it was claimed. Older drivers are much more likely to stick to printed road maps for their journeys, while as many as 59 per cent of those under 25 rely on the electronic systems to find their way […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At the other end of the scale, computer engineers have the worst road accident record, with sales managers in second place, chefs in third and students and doctors following close behind. The figures are based on the number of claims made by different professions over the last three years, and were collated by Churchill car […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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