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Do You Need Your Eyes Tested?

October 28, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Almost 90 per cent of people believe drivers would benefit from regular eye tests according to a new poll by Motorpoint. The online survey by the UK’s leading car supermarket found 89 per cent of those quizzed wanted regular eye tests to be introduced for all motorists to ensure their vision was up to standard […]

Filed Under: Articles Elsewhere, Daily News, Driving Advice, Editorial, Featured Posts, Safety & Security Tagged With: Brake, Car supermarkets, Driving tests, Eye tests, Eyes, Eyesight, Mark Carpenter, Motorpoint, Motorpoint UK, road safety, Snap polls, UK car supermarkets

Fun Facts From GEM – The Driving Test At 80!

June 1, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Today is the 80th birthday of the driving test, so road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist has gathered a few fun facts to help us mark this important road safety milestone. GEM chief executive David Williams commented: “The driving test has had a positive and significant impact on road safety from its very […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, Learning to Drive, The Law Tagged With: Car Articles, Compulsory driving tests, Driving, Driving standards, Driving test, Driving test at 80, Driving tests, Fees for driving test, Fun facts, GEM chief executive David Williams, GEM Motoring Assist, Learning to drive, Motoring facts, Standards of driving, UK driving test, UK tests

Practical Driving Tests Spread To Other Halfords Stores

May 9, 2013 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

One of the issues around the driving test is driving yourself to the test centre.  The sweating palms, the nervous worry and the stress can be huge.  Imagine then simply driving to your local Halfords to complete your test.  You could even pick up an air freshener for the car you’re going to buy at […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Industry News, Learning to Drive Tagged With: Bromsgrove, Driving tests, DSA, Halfords, Stephen Hammond, Wellingborough

First UK Driving Test Completed In Fully Electric Vehicle

February 10, 2013 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The UK’s first learner driver to complete the practical driving test in an electric vehicle has passed first time, driving a Vauxhall Ampera. Navdeep Singh, 18, from Hull, successfully drove the cutting edge extended-range electric vehicle and passed the test with flying colours. He learned to drive the award-winning Ampera with RED Driving School, where […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Electric Cars Tagged With: Ampera, Driving tests, Electric Cars, Low emissions, New Cars, RED Driving School, UK tests, vauxhall

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