Learner Drivers will have a chance to gain a qualification at school that will count towards the driving test. This new qualification will be rolled out around the UK over the next two years. As part of the new qualification, which is open to 14 to 17 year olds, pupils will be taught about how […]

Fake Driving Instructor, Martin Bowyer, of Leek, was given a suspended prison sentence at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court after pleading guilty to fraud and having no insurance. Bowyer charged up to £30 a driving lesson to teach students in his dual-controlled car, the court was told. The prosecution followed a Driving Standards Agency (DSA) investigation. Michelle […]

Susan Barnard, 55, was branded as the worst teacher in Scotland and has been banned from the roads over a suspected drink-driving accident when she crashed into a parked vehicle just weeks after becoming the first teach in the country to be struck off for incompetence. Perth Sheriff Court yesterday heard she had “something of […]

Ironically learning to drive takes place in isolation in large metal boxes, but learning to drive is really the ultimate team game. By that we mean it is an activity whereby, to a large extent, we are dependent on the actions of everyone else on the road; not just our safety – that ought to […]

January is a particularly bad month for motoring accidents, due to bad weather conditions causing heavier traffic volumes causing delays for commuters, there is a 68% increase in accidents then average claims. Some general tips to help motorists stay accident-free during winter are: Adapt your driving style, in poor weather conditions you need to be […]

New research suggests that regardless of the device used, all telephone conversations when driving are dangerous, simply because of the fact that they affect our attention and visual processing skills significantly. Previously it was believed that because hands-free kits were safer because they enabled you to have both hands free at the wheel, but the […]

New controversial proposals will be targeting distracting behaviour such as map reading, eating or drinking behind the wheel which have led to the cause of minor accidents by motorists. Drivers found responsible for these minor accidents could be given 3 penalty points and handed an on the spot £60 fine for their careless driving. Campaigners […]

The affects of drunk driving is well known and publicised but police in Scotland are now promoting the dangers of drunk pedestrians. With the lead up to Christmas under way more and more pedestrians are putting themselves into danger when leaving from pubs and clubs. One in three pedestrian fatalities had alcohol levels over the […]

UK Drivers are paying, on average, £31 a year more on their car insurance in order to cover for people who are uninsured, equating to more than £500m nationwide. The average fine for getting caught driving without insurance in the UK is just £250. Britannia Driving School believes the Government needs to take action to […]

The Department of Transport has published provisional statistics on accidents involving drinking and driving in Great Britain in 2007. Provisional estimates show: Fatalities resulting from drink drive accidents fell by 18% from 560 in 2006 to 460 in 2007, whilst seriously injured casualties fell by 11% from 1,970 to 1,760. Slight casualties, however, rose by […]