A Dorset woman just weeks away from her 100th birthday is still driving and enjoying the open road. Peggy Hovel, 99, from West Parley, Ferndown, learned to drive in 1925 at the age of 15, but had to wait until she was 16 before she got her licence. She was already driving when compulsory driving […]

Tailgating is the most serious “offence” committed on motorways, with more than three-quarters of motorists saying it causes “highly dangerous”. Driving whilst using your mobile phone came in a close second in the survey with 66 per cent agreeing it puts lives at serious risk, while nearly two thirds believe that driving in the middle […]

Good manners from other drivers can cause a number of misconceptions and confusion. If you signal to another car, you must assess the situation and make sure everyone around you knows what you and the other car intend to do. Make sure you position yourself to make it clear what your intentions are. You are […]

When it comes to legislative changes in the motoring sector, the year ahead is likely to be the most trying for car buyers – especially those who plan on purchasing a new car. Their purchases will be subject to an emissions tax, which the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) believes will […]

For years there has been the debate as to who are the better drivers, men or women. However, it seems as though not only do men see themselves as better drivers but they are also scared of their partners driving. Men think that women have a lack of concentration, brake too late, travel too fast, […]

A MOTORIST caught talking on his mobile phone told police it was a packet of chewing gum, a court heard. John Brown was driving his Mercedes C220 on the A590 near to Ulverston when an off-duty officer on a motorbike says he saw him talking on his phone. The officer, PC Ian D’Arcy, told Furness […]

The first traffic lights were introduced in 1868 outside the Houses of Parliament in London. The lights used red and green gas lamps with a lever at the base to show the appropriate light. However, this exploded shortly after and it was not until 1912 that the first electric traffic light was invented. The first […]

Learners are taught how to carry out the cockpit drill in their driving lessons and once passing the test will continue to follow this procedure. However, how many of you make checks before starting your journey? There is a lot more to just mirror, signal, manoeuvre – you should be making a series of checks […]

Under new powers police will not be giving verbal warnings and will instead issue fixed-penalty notices for careless driving or minor offences as failing to signal passing, too close to a cyclist or not displaying lights at night. Drivers will pay an automatic £60 fine and have three penalty points added to their licences. As […]