Archive for ‘Driving Comments’

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Sep07

Could the UK switch to driving on the right?

by admin on September 7th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Posted In: Driving Comments, Proposals

Imagine you are the minister in charge of the UK’s roads and you have to switch the country to driving on the right-hand side. How would you do it? A study of Samoa, in the South Pacific, this week might offer some clues. The country is experiencing its first day of driving on the left […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Sep02

Are parents up to date when supervising learners?

by admin on September 2nd, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Posted In: Driving Comments, Driving Lessons

Parents should take a driving lesson or two before teaching their teenagers to drive, says the What Car? Driving School. This would give parents an updated understanding of the Highway Code, and knowledge of the skills required by the new test. The financial crisis has prompted many parents to shun professional driving lessons with driving […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug31

Report shows that private toll roads are not the answer!

by admin on August 31st, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Posted In: Driving Comments, Survey

Private toll roads are not a cost-effective answer to traffic problems, the government has been warned. A report by the Campaign for Better Transport said the UK’s only private motorway toll, the M6 Toll, had not significantly cut congestion. Its owners lose tens of millions of pounds a year on the road, near Birmingham, campaigners […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug02

Drivers supervising learners risk breaking law!

by admin on August 2nd, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Posted In: Driving Advice, Driving Behaviour, Driving Comments, Driving Information, Driving Lessons

Drivers are risking fines, disqualification or jail because they do not know the rules on supervising learners, according to the AA. The motoring group’s survey of 19,000 members suggested nearly a quarter did not know it was illegal to use a mobile phone while out with a learner driver. Nearly one in 10 respondents was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr23

Some of UK’s cities are most congested in Europe!

by admin on April 23rd, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Posted In: Driving Comments, Driving News, Survey

Three gridlocked British cities are among the top ten most congested in Europe, a new study has revealed. A third of cars in London – despite its much heralded congestion charge – as well as Edinburgh and Belfast face gridlock. They are ahead of Paris, Marseilles Luxembourg, Milan and Rotterdam, which just pips Birmingham, when […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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