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  BAD DRIVERS REQUIRED 22 May 2002 (News)
  Ladas and lasses, remember Maureen Rees? Well Channel 5 is looking for Britain's Worst Driver 2002. Do you know a truly awful driver? The programme makers are looking for family or friends to nominate people who want to improve their driving skills, and who could take part
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  Only 4% of Drivers Consider Scrappage Scheme 8 Jul 2009 (News)
  A mere 4% of drivers have considered the government's scrappage scheme, research by motor insurer swiftcover.com reveals. A third would like to use the scheme, but say their cars are not eligible, whilst over a quarter (27%) of cash-strapped drivers think that buying a new car is a waste of money
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  One in eight drivers admit to falling asleep behind the wheel 2 Nov 2018 (News)
  One in eight drivers in the UK has fallen asleep behind the wheel, a new study suggests. The AA Charitable Trust surveyed 20,561 motorists and found that one in 10 (11 per cent) regularly undertook a road journey when feeling tired, while 13 per cent admitted to falling
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  2009 Goodwood Festivals Announced 21 Mar 2009 (News)
  Aaltonen and Russell Brookes were also in attendance, as were Le Mans drivers Richard Attwood and Anthony Reid, plus motorcycle heroes Guy Martin, Michael Dunlop and Paul Smart. An exciting stop press announcement by Lord March was the confirmation that Goodwood will be helping to make current Formula One
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  Older drivers more likely to crash when multitasking behind the wheel 31 Aug 2018 (News)
  Younger drivers are far less likely to lose control of a vehicle if distracted compared to older drivers, according to a recent study at Cologne University in Germany. Researchers used a driving
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  Drivers paid £41 million in bus lane fines last year 16 Nov 2018 (News)
  Councils are being called on to clear up confusion around bus lanes - after it emerged that a whopping 888,760 fines were handed out to drivers in 2017. A freedom of information investigation by Confused.com has discovered that Scotland has the highest number of drivers
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  Honest John's Deals of the Week 25 Sep 2017 (News)
  Deal of the week We Are Marmalade is offering one year's free black box insurance, with a new car on finance, to young drivers. If you're aged 17 - 24, you could be eligible for free insurance (or cashback towards your insurance
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  Report: Flying Scotsman 2014 7 Apr 2014 (News)
  SS100 of Nick Jarvis and Ryan Pickering in fourth, with the Ford Model A of Matthew Abrey in fifth spot. Each day was laced with several timed tests, a hillclimb, a demanding river crossing, and several regularity-sections, each challenging the cars, drivers and the leaderboard
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  VIDEO: Lorry driver cleared by dash cam footage 27 Nov 2014 (News)
  In another Smart Witness clip, we see a Nissan Note knocked across the full width of the M6, barely missing a BMW 5 Series. The footage was shown to insurers and resulted in the truck driver being cleared of all blame. The video can be seen below. The clip shows the lanes
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  Comment: Clubs and the price of youth? 3 May 2016 (News)
  . They just don’t feel a need to be so tribal about it. Recently, I was chatting to a young enthusiast, born in 1994, at a show in the Midlands. His car of choice was a 1986 Ford Sierra 1.6, and its appeal, he told me, was two-fold. First, he’d loved cars from a very early age
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  60 per cent of drivers want more police on the roads 30 Jun 2014 (News)
  Drivers are frustrated by the lack of police on UK roads, with 60 per cent of those polled saying they would like to see more police patrols, according to a report by the RAC. The report suggests that motorists believe other drivers won’t be caught when breaking rules because
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  VIDEO: Dash cam footage captures road rage attack 16 Feb 2017 (News)
   Dash cam footage shows the moment a road rage bust-up leaves a driver with a smashed windscreen. The VisionTrack dash cam footage captures the incident when a passenger travelling in a BMW causes a broken windscreen by pelting the driver
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  Winter vehicle health advice 'ignored by drivers' 4 Dec 2007 (News)
  British drivers are not listening to the advice being given to them by vehicle organisations about the condition of their cars over winter, according to new research. A survey from car supermarket firm Motorpoint has reaped surprising results, with 75 per cent of people saying
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  IAM Launches Sensitive Older Driver Assessments 2 Jul 2014 (News)
  Many families are worried that their older drivers may no longer be capable of driving safely, yet are too embarrassed to approach them. The IAM now provides a sensitive solution to this dilemma. If you are concerned that your reactions aren’t as fast as they used
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  Learner driver supervisors could be breaking law 2 Aug 2010 (News)
  Drivers are risking fines, disqualification or even prison due to lack of knowledge about their responsibilities when supervising learner drivers, new research from the AA reveals. By law, drivers who take learners on practice drives are deemed to be in control
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  Drivers warned: you could be fined for running your engine 9 Aug 2018 (News)
  Drivers in UK city centres could be hit with on-the-spot fines if they leave their engine running unnecessarily. Nottingham City Council is the latest to announce plans to dish out £20 penalties if drivers are caught running their car's engine when parked or stopped
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  More Japanese High Jinks at Castle Combe on 30th May 20 May 2011 (News)
  Paul Sheard picked up two victories, but this season it's Tom Roche who leads the way, his best here last time being a second place. A number of local drivers feature in the MK1 cars, including Bath's Amy Barker, Calne's Paul James, Matthew and Ben Short from Mere, Swindon's Andrew Childs
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  'Driver mode' could soon auto-disable your phone 24 Nov 2016 (News)
  The symbiosis between car and phone is rapidly increasing, but so too is the feeling that the fully featured smartphone is a dangerous distraction for drivers. For that reason, America’s road safety department is proposing that all phone makers develop proper ‘driver mode
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  Honestjohn.co.uk calls for urgent reform of UK car insurance practices 30 Sep 2016 (News)
  UK insurers and Traffic Police are using bad law and flawed insurance practices at the expense of UK drivers. A gloating press release by Churchill Car Insurance gleefully informs us that more than 22,500 vehicles were seized so far this year for insurance offences
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  Company drivers 'at fault' in almost half of accidents 24 Dec 2014 (News)
  Businesses are being urged to improve driving standards among staff after research revealed company drivers were at fault for almost half of all accidents involving a company vehicle last year. Statistics for accident management customers of Lex Autolease, the UK's