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Avoid The Scammers…

August 18, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

This week’s driving tips from the IAM’s head of driving standards Peter Rodger are looking at how motorists can avoid intentionally staged road accidents that force insurance companies to pay out high claims. Here are Peter’s top tips to help you stay clear of these scams. If you’re travelling through busy urban roads stay extra […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Driving Advice, Editorial, IAM, Insurance, Money, The Law Tagged With: Avoiding scams, Driving judgement, Emergency services, False claims, High claims, How to avoid scams, IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists, Insurance claims, Insurance Fraud Bureau, Insurance fraud claims, Judgement, Motor scams, Peter Rodger, Peter Rodger IAM, police, tailgating, Urban roads

Children On Car Journeys – How To Ensure Safety

August 2, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

This week’s driving tips from the IAM’s head of driving standards, Peter Rodger, are looking at how parents can cope with travelling with children on long journeys. With our advice here’s how you can ensure your journey is a lot less stressful. If you’re travelling with children under the age of three years you must […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice, Editorial, Safety & Security Tagged With: Car Articles, car safety, Child car tips, child safety, Children in cars, How to stay safe, IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists, Keeping children safe in cars, road safety, The IAM

Should Driving Be Added To The Curriculum?

July 29, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Major motoring organisations and experts are backing a petition urging the Government to include driving on the school curriculum. The petition has been launched in a bid to help cut the high number of accidents involving newly qualified drivers on the UK’s roads. Launched by Young Driver, the UK’s largest provider of pre-17 driving lessons, […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, The Law Tagged With: Car Articles, Goodyear, Government, How to make driving safer, IAM, Kim Stanton, Motoring, Motoring Advice, MSA, Quentin Wilson, RAC, Rules and regulations, uk, UK driving rules and regulations, Young Driver, Young drivers

City Driving Tips From IAM

June 4, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

This week’s motoring tips from the IAM’s head of driving standards, Peter Rodger, are looking at how to cope with driving through busy city roads. With forward planning and careful approach city driving needn’t be something to fear. Plan your journey before setting off. If you are travelling through an unfamiliar city, use Google maps […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice, Editorial, IAM, Safety & Security Tagged With: Cycle lanes, Driving safely, Driving tips, How to be a good driver, How to drive safely, IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists, Lane discipline, Peter Rodger, safe driving tips, Sharing the road with others, The IAM

Paper Counterpart Licence Set To Be Scrapped

May 27, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is warning people to be aware of the changes that will take effect in just over two weeks’ time as the paper counterpart for the driving licence is scrapped. As was the case with the abolition of the paper tax disc last October, the IAM fear many people are […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, IAM, Industry News, The Law Tagged With: Changing rules in 2015, Counterpart driving licence, DVLA driver record system, DVLA Share Driving Licence Service, IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists, Paper licence, Paper tax disc, Photocard driving licence, The IAM, The Law, The rules about driving licences, uk

IAM Calls For Plan On Increasing Numbers Of Older Drivers

May 17, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

With the number of drivers age 70 or older now rising by more than 10,000 a month, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is calling for the government, medical professionals and assessment providers to come together to address the needs of this generation of motorists. The call comes in light of figures showing for the […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, IAM, Safety & Security Tagged With: Driving tips, IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists, Older drivers, Older motorists, Safe driving

IAM Calls For Greater Education For Smart Motorways

April 23, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has expressed concern that widespread confusion still exists amongst motorway users on how best to use them. SMART motorways were officially introduced this time last year to replace Managed Motorways as the solution to the nation’s congested motorways but concerns have been raised over their safety. England’s first ‘all-lane […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Driving Advice, Editorial, IAM, Industry News, Safety & Security Tagged With: All-lane running motorway, Car Articles, Hard shoulder, How to drive safely, IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists, M1, M4, Managed Motorways, Motorway driving, Motorway driving tips, Motorways, Road safety solutions, Safe driving, SMART motorways

Easter Driving Tips

April 2, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Planning to get away from it all this Easter? The IAM’s chief examiner, Peter Rodger, is offering advice to drivers who are considering a trip into Europe for a spring break. Always carry your driving licence, vehicle registration document, insurance certificate and breakdown cover when travelling abroad. Familiarise yourself with driving laws of the country […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice, Editorial, IAM Tagged With: Driving tips, Easter driving tips, How to drive safely, IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists, Peter Rodger, safe driving tips

Nine Drivers Caught In Excess Of 120MPH In Scotland

March 22, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Nine people have been caught by safety cameras in Scotland exceeding 120mph during 2014, according to the latest figures obtained by leading road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The charity made a Freedom of Information request to Police Scotland asking for details of the Top 20 cases of excessive speeding captured on […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Safety & Security, The Law Tagged With: 70MPH, IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists, road safety, Safety cameras, Sarah Sillars, Scottish Law, speed cameras, Speed limits, Speeders

People Still Ignore Seatbelts At Their Peril

February 3, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is warning that despite 50 years of seat belt laws, far too many drivers and passengers are still putting themselves and others in great danger by not wearing seat belts. The first seat belt law came into force in January 1965, which saw all new cars in the UK […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, IAM, Safety & Security Tagged With: IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists, road safety, Safety tips, Seat belts, Seatbelts, The IAM, Vehicle safety

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