Daytime Running Frights

My new Mazda 6 TS2 has daytime running lights and since buying the car 3 months ago I have had four scary encounters where cars joining from side roads have pulled out right in front of me forcing me to...

Humpfrey Littleone

Regarding the e-mail you published from preformed bump manufacturer, is there a published drawing or dimensions for motorists to check them to see if they are legal? I presume that if they are outside...

Roll reversal

With regards to your reply to W.B. on August 15th, I have been driving for 50 years and am now in my mid-seventies. I have never fancied an automatic, partly because you warn older people off them. However,...

IAM what I am

I have successfully completed the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) driving course, which, considering that it is almost 40 yrs since I passed my driving test, was a great opportunity to refresh my...

Two left feet

I would like to endorse you advice in using automatics. In the 1960s I took over my father's automatic Jag, having just sold a manual Mk2. I quickly worked out that two feet was the way to drive it. Later...

Surveillance

They are just starting roadworks on the A27 near Havant and Emsworth. There have been about two weeks preparation on putting up average speed cameras. The works are due to finish in December, the distance...

Over my head

Just who are the jobsworths who operate the overhead motorway signs and how many accidents do they cause with their unnecessary messages? On recent trips up and down the M1 we were constantly informed...

Institute of Advanced Manslaughter

I quote from the IAM handbook - "Advanced Driving - the essential guide" in which and I quote, from page 46: "As a rule, left foot braking is best avoided, it is a tricky technique that's best left to...

Abrasive altitude

We have a big safety issue here. White Van Man and 4 x 4 Gas Guzzlers do not have a problem, but for the smaller compact cars that this government want us all to change to, speed humps are a real danger,...

Tresbussing

I know that you consider speed cameras are largely a means to raise extra income, so what is your opinion of bus lane cameras on pointless bus lanes? By pointless I mean short lengths of bus lane just...