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Some of my neighbours, angry that visitors to our town use our residential road as a free "Park & Walk", have petitioned for single yellow lines on both sides of the road which will prevent daytime on-road...
Having been caught out by the snow before Christmas and given the dreadful driving conditions this week, a female friend and I were both of the same mind in seeking out some skid pan training - when the...
I live in an area where the solution to traffic flow problems is seen as reducing the number of possible lanes at junctions with white paint, wasting vast sums of money on electronic signs that warn that...
I'm writing to raise awareness of motorists who fail to use their warning triangles in the event of a breakdown. After my car broke down following an electrical failure, the attending vehicle rescue patrol...
I visited UK in November and hired a car from Hertz, everything was in order when I returned the car, I was therefore surprised to find an amount of £34.50 debited to my credit card a few weeks later....
In Southend the council has installed speed cushions on a number of side roads, yet parking is allowed on both sides of the road so you have to straddle two pothills to pass. On one street passing a school...
Regarding A.L. of Sevenoaks’ unfortunate rear end shunt on the M25, I have some advice to all readers. If you are confronted by stationary traffic on a motorway (or other fast road), rather than stopping...
Driving home recently in my wife's 2009 Vauxhall Tigra 1.8 Exclusive, after a 40 mile round trip, we traversed a particularly nasty speed hump at 5mph in second gear. There was an immediate strong smell...
Swansea City Council has recently fitted a red-light camera to a 40mph section of road. The time that the lights are on amber seems very short, especially if you are travelling at the speed limit. Recently,...
There was a time when car sidelights were not very bright but adequate: headlights dazzled on full beam and but not when dipped. Lower lights were classed as fog lights and usually pointed to the near...