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• Clarkson caught using mobile whilst driving 13 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  http://tinyurl.com/273227 Photographed by a "Mirror reader". more interesting is the car he's driving - a classic 6.3 litre V8 Mercedes 600 - a Chrismas present according to the report! Makes my socks/beer/books look pretty dull! Jacks
• Liam Byrne (MP) fined for phone-driving. 3 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  From "The Daily Telegraph": "Liam Byrne, the immigration minister, has been fined £100 for driving while using his mobile phone. (snip) A former policeman, Mr Byrne was elected to Parliament in 2004 and also serves as minister for the West Midlands."
• Motorway driving skills 21 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  I quote "Driving down the M20 in very wet conditions recently , I hit a large puddle at 70mph. My BMW 325i aquaplaned , then skidded violently , Only luck and the absence of other road users avoided a potentially serious accident" Taken from this weeks Saturday column .
• Close shave earns man driving ban 11 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  A health and safety expert has been banned from driving after he was caught shaving as he overtook a line of rush hour traffic at 70mph. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6335491.stm ------------------------------ T our V an M an TM < Ex RF >
• What can you legally drive on UK roads? 16 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Always wondered - are their any limits on what you can legally drive on UK roads, providing it passes type approval (headlights, etc.) ? I'm thinking ex-Formula-1 car, or ex-military tank (with tracks) ....
• Justice? 5 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  From today's newspaper. 1. Drunken footballer driving whilst disqualified demolishes lampost. Three months jail and new driving ban. 2. Drunken illegal immigrant driving whilst unlicensed and uninsured kills child. Eight weeks jail, can reapply to stay in UK. Justice or travesty or something
• driving Toyota Corolla Auto in snow/ice? 6 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  I bought an automatic Corolla recently, and am unsure what is the best driving practice for automatics on snow/ice? As this is my first auto I am unsure of what to do. We are forcast a very cold winter this year!! Mike
• White Van Driving as a career - viable?? 22 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Are there any self-employed (or otherwise for that matter!) 'white van type' couriers out there who might be willing to share the pros and cons with someone...
• Automatic Only Licence 29 May 2019 (Forum)
  A lady I know is coming up to 40. She started learning to drive half a lifetime ago but never followed it through. Now with a young son she is keen to start driving as public transport cannot be relied on. She wants to go for an automatic licence but her partner (who coincidentally drives
• New BMW X3 - Driving aids?? 25 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  Just read HJ agony column part 2 re the above concerns with his new cars so called assisted driving extras.  Regardless of the cost some £1600, what a nightmare experience he has had with the systems.  How can the average driver be concentrating on the road when he appears
• Declining HGV Driving Standards? 12 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  .   Without wishing to be negative there does seem to be a fair number of HGV drivers driving to a very poor standard not expected by someone that drives for a profession.  Is this down to pressure of work? Perhaps furstration due to being set difficult delivery targets? Has anyone else noticed
• None - Refresher Driving Lessons 31 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  of her original accident). What would be the best route for some refresher and advanced driving lessons? Bear in mind she had been driving happily for nearly 20 years beforehand. I''m not sure if IAM is the right solution.
• Peugeot 307 - running fault whem rev'ed over 2500rpm 5 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  hiya l have a pug 307hdi 1.6 with a fault when revs over 2500rpm then cuts out and wont re start after about 5min. anti polltions light comes on and got faults codes p0087,p1113,p1166. when driving slow its drive fine but if you try and drive it a bit hard it like its only running on half power
• The true costs of learning to drive 15 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Saw a really interesting story below on motoring.yell.com (I do work at Yell, but not on their websites) earlier on how much it costs to learn to drive these days  - it is certainly a lot different to when I was learning about 12 years ago! I also had no idea it differed so much from region
• Ford Fiesta (2000 - 2002) - 01 1.8 O/S drive shaft bearing 29 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Got a 51 reg courier van (fiesta) with a rumble on the O/S drivers side drive shaft,it's the bearing that's bolted to the engine. Can I repalce the bearing or do I have to replace the entire shaft?? I'm driving the van over to the south of Spain and this is very annoying as it's causing bad wheel
• Bigger cars harder to drive???? 27 May 2007 (Forum)
  Rather than clog up a thread that's discussing the merits of a particular model, I pose this sub-question: Why do people, particularly ladies, think that bigger cars are harder to drive? By way of evidence, I've seen girls of 17, with no experience, learn to drive in an Army HGV 3 lorry, never
• Driving in Italy 19 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Just spent a great week's holiday in Southern Italy .Lots to recommend it but I reckon I saw the worst collective driving I've ever seen. Stupid speeds, poor lane discipline, behaviour at junctions. Seat-belt wearing less than 50% .Did not see one child strapped in the whole week, most sitting
• How's my driving? Please call 0800 ** 22 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Watched a Lorry today attempting a 3 point turn in the road in, well let's say not exactly in the most safe of places. Now on the rear of said lorry was one of those *how's my driving?* stickers with the 0800 freefone number. Should have wrote his plate down and rang number to say 'well matey your
• Long Drive Stranraer - Rotherham 10 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Hello, I have to drive from Stranraer to Sheffield to get my new car tomorrow. As far as I know my best route is to go to Dunfries, Carlisle and then at Penrith take the A66 towards Darlington and then South on the A1/M1. Is there a better way though (perhaps the A65?) and is there anything
• Italian Driving License 7 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Hi all, I have a friend who has an italian driving license and is using it in the UK, she bought a car in the UK. The problem is that she think she was caught speeding by them speeding camera..what will happen to her license?..will she get 3 points on her italian license as she said they don't