Category Archives: Useful Information

Drivers show appalling lack of Highway Code knowledge

April 05, 2012   Sean

Most of us claim that we know the Highway Code like the back of our trousers, yet the reality is different. Harrowingly so. That’s according to the results of the Goodyear Test the Nation survey, which has found that while half of us reckon our knowledge of the Code is good or very good, a worrying number get the basics wrong.
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Tweet driving slammed by safety groups

March 30, 2012   Sean

New research shows that drivers are still not getting the message when it comes to mobile phone use while driving – and social networking is a big problem.According to the survey by road safety charity Brake and Direct Line, 21% of young drivers admit to using email, Twitter and Facebook while on the go – more than twice the proportion of ‘older drivers’.Alarmingly, 44% of young drivers say they text behind the wheel. Again, this is a far higher proportion than that of older drivers.This is not the first time that the shocking extent of smartphone use behind the wheel has been revealed – so the message isn’t getting through, despite the warnings.
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Tyres more important than jerry cans

March 30, 2012   Sean

In the light of the Government’s Corporal Jones moment about not panicking over the possible fuel strike, two organisations have said that we should focus on our tyres instead.

Kwik Fit has said that 69% of cars it checked had tyres under-inflated by at least 3psi (that is typically around 10%). The company reckons it adds up to an annual bill of £1bn, due to excess fuel consumption – it takes a lot more energy to make a wheel rotate if the tyre is soft, as anyone who has tried to push a car with a flat tyre will attest.

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Electric cars are not the answer, say drivers

March 29, 2012   Sean

A survey of UK drivers by YouGov has revealed that most of us don’t see electric cars as a better alternative to conventional cars in the long term.In response to the statement electric cars are the only real future alternative,” only quarter of 2,000 motorists actually agreed with it. Around half disagreed with it entirely. The other quarter said “meh”. Almost 70% of drivers think electric cars are a “limited” alternative to today’s internal combustion cars, suggesting that, despite the best efforts of Nissan and Renault*, an electric future is far from assured.
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Ten ways teens can cut their car insurance

March 29, 2012   Sean

The biggest hindrance to getting behind the wheel for a young driver is often the cost of insurance.According to What Car?, the average premium for a newly qualified driver is a staggering £3,000. It’s no surprise, then, that three quarters of young drivers say they’d take extra driver training if it reduced their premiums – which it usually does, by around £450 per year on average.But there are plenty of other ways that a 17-24-year-old* can reduce their annual premium, reckons the eminent consumer mag. So, here you go…
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