
Top five myths about road gritting busted
2020 brought many things with it. But one positive was it was a White Christmas. Yay. We’ve not had one of those in a long while. It’s cold out there right now and we want to make sure you under...
2020 brought many things with it. But one positive was it was a White Christmas. Yay. We’ve not had one of those in a long while. It’s cold out there right now and we want to make sure you under...
Winter is finally here, with the papers talking up hail, sleet and snow this week and gritters readying themselves to treat the treacherous road conditions. While we’d always advocate avoiding u...
It’s cold. It’s dark when you wake up, dark when you drive home from work (unless you’re working from home) and things are starting to freeze over – including your car. Unless you’re lucky enough ...
With the clocks going back and the nights drawing in, there’s been a worrying trend on the road of drivers overly-relying on the use of daytime running lights (DRLs). What are daytime running ligh...
There’s never a police officer around when you need one’ goes the old mantra. However, modern technology has seen to it that there’s every likelihood there will be a dash camera in a vehicle to rec...
AC/DC? Springsteen? Maybe a bit of the XX? We all have our favourite driving songs, but now research commissioned by Ford and Spotify might have discovered the perfect driving anthem by Hot Chip’s ...
Just one month on from its introduction, UK police caught more than 200 drivers a day using their mobile phones at the wheel despite tougher penalties coming into effect. According to informatio...
“The traffic gets worse every year” is a common gripe we hear and often mutter to ourselves as we grind to yet another halt. And for once, the facts back us up as the latest Road Traffic Estimates ...
Small, easy to park and not enough power to get you in any trouble. That’s what most people get when they step into their driving instructor’s car. Not so for those taking lessons with the Bill Pl...
Drivers caught using their mobile phones while driving will face six points, a £200 fine and have no option of an awareness course as of today (1 March 2017). Young and inexperienced drivers are b...