Getting the Answer You Don’t Want to Hear
Oh, dear. Oh, dear, you’ve got to smile. GEM Motoring Assist, having swallowed the whole “speed kills” mantra, surveyed drivers about their attitudes on higher […]
Driving Instruction
Another Driving Story
Following on from yesterday’s nonsense about older drivers we have another call from the righteous to restrict drivers. Newly qualified young drivers should be banned […]
BBC on Elderly Drivers
The BBC Breakfast programme has been discussing elderly drivers (no link, unfortunately). The usual stuff came out of the discussion; older drivers have slower reactions, […]
Supervising Learner Drivers
The BBC carries a story about the ignorance prevalent in those supervising learner drivers between their lessons with an ADI. Drivers are risking fines, disqualification […]
Flying Kites?
I see that a number of people have picked up on this story and run with it. Perhaps, though, running is not the thing to […]
George Robertson On Road Safety
George Robinson opines in the Groan about road safety. Imagine a global humanitarian disaster that kills on the scale of malaria or tuberculosis. A public […]
Driving Rage
I note that a number of my esteemed libertarian fellows have picked up on recent plans by the government to clamp down on motoring. Motorists […]
The £30k Driving Instructor
I see that the Driving Instructor College (advertising under their driving school “Red”) are again peddling the £30k per annum figure for driving instructors on […]
Common Sense in Swindon
I see that the righteous (TM Leg-Iron) are getting their knickers in a predictable knot over the decision by Swindon Council to do away with […]
So Tell Me Something I Don’t Know…
The BBC is touting eco-driving. As the price of petrol edges ever higher, can a change in driving habits use less fuel – and salve […]