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  Can I recommend the Drive Check Plus and motorcycle Bike Safe training courses? 5 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  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...
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  I don't want my car written off, what can I do? 14 Dec 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I was recently involved in a failure to stop accident in Bradford, where the other driver shot off after appearing to hit me deliberately. He pulled out...
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  How can I defend my friend against an accident claim when he was driving my car? 17 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Please can you help me? At the end of last year I loaned my car to a Missionary friend who returned to this country for Christmas, who was aged 55 with...
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  Is the behaviour of insurance companies causing increased premiums for consumers? 18 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have just heard on the radio that car insurance premiums have gone up by 35 per cent in the last two years. The usual excuses are trotted out: more people...
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  Why did my dash cam void my insurance? 13 Apr 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I had a dashcam fitted by Halfords into the fuse box. I informed my insurer, who informed me that cover was therefore removed by the underwriter. I had...
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  Which van can carry 200lbs of equipment, has a full-size bulkhead and 2 rows of seats? 1 Feb 2017 (Ask HJ)
  Please can you recommend the best choice of van (probably secondhand due to a limited budget) for my daughter's new fitness business? She needs to carry...
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  Skid marked 14 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My eldest son passed his driving test 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately, last Friday he had his first accident, driving well below the posted speed limit but...
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  We want a small car for less than £2000. What advice would you give to a clueless buyer? 16 Feb 2021 (Ask HJ)
  We need a second car for local trips (the school run, popping to the shops etc - no long motorway journeys). I don't want to spend more than £2000 and...
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  Young driver advice about the Honda Civic 2 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I'm 19 and currently considering buying an 05-Reg Honda Civic Sport. I like the model, and from my research they are reliable and well built considering...
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  Lancer or A3? 23 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am a fairly young driver at 20 (turning 21 soon). I've got to the point where I want to buy my second car and want it to be a nice sporty looking car,...
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  Has there been any reports of 'unintended acceleration' in new BMW? 10 Feb 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I have recently purchased a new BMW 3 Series Touring. I have 55 years accident free driving experience, always with manual transmission, and the new car...
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  Why are drivers being fined for using motorway service areas in poor weather? 20 Apr 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I noticed a letter with regards to the 'fine' applied to parking in a service area on a night when the weather was exceedingly poor. I write to say that...
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  My girlfriend's BMW Z4 was damaged on a garage forecourt - where does liability lie? 12 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My girlfriend recently chose her local BMW garage to repair the bodywork of her Z4 after a brick was thrown at it. However, before she had taken back ownership...
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  Which car could I buy through Motability which has a high seat for easy access? 2 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am disabled, 69 years young, six feet tall. I am having increasing difficulty getting up from a standard saloon car driver's seat, even at the highest...
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  How do black boxes work? 20 Dec 2018 (Ask HJ)
  Can you please tell me how black box insurance works? I understand it records your driving but I have the feeling it could come back to haunt you? I am...
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  One learner owner 14 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
  As you are the owner of a FIAT 500, what are your views on the effect on resale values of FIAT 500s in the future now that we are seeing flocks of them...
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  Insurance scams 15 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Last week my partner was involved in a minor parking incident. From a standstill she drove no more than 3 feet into the side of a 1st generation Vauxhall...
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  Bumping up the premiums 19 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  There has been a lot of airtime spent on the subject of large rises being imposed by the insurance industry on UK car owners. All the usual excuses have...
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  Labouring the points 30 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  With hundreds of thousands miles behind me, happily accident-free, I reckon I generally know when I am driving at a safe speed for the conditions and,...
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  The dealer is refusing to accept my rejection of a faulty car - what do I do? 24 Sep 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I brought a Skoda Yeti from a Skoda main dealer four months ago for £7000. I've been on maternity leave and only drove the car small journeys (only done...