Safety & Security

Winter Is Coming, So Check These Five Important Things

October 6, 2011

Poor weather is on the way. This includes wind, rain and there’s a forecast for snow this month too (I know, after this sunny reprieve as well!). Cars do not simply maintain themselves. With that in mind, here are five things I’d recommend checking regularly as we come into poorer weather and darker nights: 1) [...]

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Two Cars, Two Different Tyres – Michelin Shows How Much Impact Correct Tyres Can Have

September 10, 2011

Check out the video at the Michelin UK Motorsport site. Two C Class Merc Estates go for it, only one has standard fitment tyres and the other has Michelin’s Primacy Alpin winter tyres. The result? The car fitted with the winter tyres stopped in 7.01 metres compared to the summer tyre-shod car’s 9.75 metres: a [...]

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Speed Cameras Cause Accidents?!

September 6, 2011

We’re always being told that the reason behind speed cameras is to slow people down in order to make a certain spot less dangerous. Of course, that’s assuming that speed has actually been a factor in the accidents that have taken place previously. To be fair, it’s not rocket science to assume this, given that [...]

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Want An Ethical Way To Dispose Of Your Old Car? BEN Can Help

September 3, 2011

Here’s the information direct from BEN on a new scheme you may be interested in if you’re looking to dispose of your old car: BEN the automotive industry charity has teamed up with Cartakeback and launched “Scrap & Donate” – the ethical way to dispose of your unwanted car whilst turning it into a valuable [...]

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Two New Cars Receive Top Safety Score

August 25, 2011

It’s not surprising that these days manufacturers aim to provide the safest cars that they possibly can on British roads – where we seem to be frankly rather more safety conscious than a lot of other nations.  The Hyundai i40 and the Citroen DS5 have both reached for the stars and come up top trumps.  [...]

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Toyota Is Forward Thinking When It Comes To Safety

August 16, 2011

Toyota has a range of new measures that you’ll see in the near future that should aid safety. These include: Collision avoidance assist Adaptive Driving System to ensure that the most amount of light helps illuminate your way home A pop up bonnet to reduce pedestrian injury Emergency monitoring systems measuring grip/driver interaction Toyota make [...]

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Your Worries About Driving…

July 31, 2011

I thought it was high time that we took a look at some of your thoughts about driving these days, rather than listening to me talk about what I think are the issues of the day. So, based on a recent poll conducted on this very site, let’s see the results of what worries you [...]

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Give Way To Buses

July 23, 2011

A little reminder of the highway code today – namely that a bus has right of way when it is indicating to pull out. So why is that? A bus is firstly bigger than you. Secondly, it has air brakes and is meant to be braked under weight. Drive carefully; stay safe and give way [...]

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Observations And Wet Roads

July 18, 2011

I’d say that I drive or ride (whether a motorbike or push bike) quite literally every day. Very occasionally, I see some truly awful examples of driving by other road users. I came across just one such example today. The rain was lashing down to an extent that it was almost, but not quite, torrential. [...]

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GEM Wins Top Awards For 2011

June 28, 2011

GEM Motoring Assist has for the third time in four years hit the top spot in the Auto Express Driver Power Survey for Breakdown Cover, proving that its small and friendly service consistently impresses its customers over those of the major operators including the RAC, AA and Green Flag. The survey of over 20,000 readers [...]

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