Driver retraining after a break?

I have not driven for five months but hope to start again in the next few weeks. I feel my driving should be assessed for safety reasons as I am now sixty eight and almost certainly have picked up one...

Can I recommend the Drive Check Plus and motorcycle Bike Safe training courses?

A couple of months ago I wrote to you to say that as I was having to self-assess my driving for the third three year period and I would like to have my abilities independently checked. You suggested that...

Can I recommend the IAM's driver training for older drivers?

I hope this may be useful to older readers who are still driving. To help older drivers to maintain confidence in their driving, the Institute of Advanced Motorists offers a refresher session. It is an...

Which small automatic car for a 91-year-old driver?

I am 91 years of age and drive approximately 8000 miles per year. I run a Volvo V50 Automatic but am considering downsizing to a small, quality car that must be automatic. What do you recommend?

Do insurance companies increase premiums for drivers who have completed a speed awareness course?

In your reply to PJ you intimate that he would avoid any increase in his insurance premium by undertaking a speed awareness course. Is this in fact the situation as it appears, that PJ was in fact speeding...

Train drivers

There has been plenty of mention in your column over the past few months of the IAM and the excellent work it does to promote advanced motoring. Please can you also give a shout to the RoSPA Advanced Drivers...

Thanks for recommending the Fiat 500.

I am writing to thank you for my new car. Way back in the early sixties I drove a Fiat Abarth so have been lusting for a new 500 since they appeared. I really thought that it would not materialise, but...

Thanks for recommending I take an IAM driving test.

I changed my car last year from a Zafira to a Peugeot Partner. The Partner is wider than the Zafira and as such I had a couple of incidents. To this effect I emailed you just before Christmas regarding...

Where can I take a 'refresher' driver training course?

I have just purchased a new Corsa to replace my old model, and feel that it is time I had a "refresher" driving course. I passed my test in 1963 and at age 68 expect I have picked up some bad habits (although...

Can you recommend an organisation that will check my car driving ability?

I am 68, have driven cars and motorcycles for 50 years, and have had no accidents/insurance claims (apart from one car stolen following a break-in). I should like to have my car driving checked and reported...