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  • DSA Urges New Drivers to Take Pass Plus 8 Dec 2008 (News)
    and maintaining safety standards on the roads throughout Great Britain. DSA has several initiatives to help boost road safety standards, including the Pass Plus scheme. Pass Plus is a continually-assessed training course of six modules, in which the candidate is expected to drive
  • Pass Plus Just £35 23 Nov 2006 (News)
    Using the benefit of grants from fines revenue from the local Speed Camera Partnership, Keith’s School of Motoring of Bristol is offering 500 Pass Plus courses for just £35. Pass Plus Courses consist of six post-Driving Test lessons giving instruction in driving not covered
  • Women drivers 'pay less than men' after passing test 7 Aug 2008 (News)
    : "I advise taking a Pass Plus course, adding an older driver to your policy and consider buying an older car which may be easier to insure." One female who took a long time in gaining her driving licence was Maureen Rees. The Welsh cleaner and star of the BBC's Driving School
  • Learner drivers to get motorway lessons from 2018 3 Jan 2017 (News)
    to receive motorway lessons, although new drivers can get motorway instruction as part of a Pass Plus course. However, according to government figures, just three per cent opt for Pass Plus after passing their practical test.  Motorway lessons will include
  • Four-year MoT exemption will put lives at risk, according to new figures from Government 6 Oct 2017 (News)
    records and reasons for failure. It has been published in full here. Broken down by model, the detailed data reveals that the worst performing car for the first MoT was the Peugeot 5008, with only 67 per cent of cars registered in 2013 passing in 2016
  • Conscientious youngsters 'should be rewarded' 12 Jun 2009 (News)
    should be rewarded with a reduction in the cost of cover. According to the Association of British Drivers (ABD), this would be a step in the right direction but it does not go far enough. Founding member Hugh Bladon said: "If the government were sensible, they would give people plus
  • A Grand Monday: Skoda Felicia LXi Plus 14 Oct 2019 (News)
     an extremely rare survivor, especially as it’s a pre-facelift car from the first year of production. Well maintained and with no rust, the 54,000-mile car passed its last MoT with no advisories. At £350, it’s a wonderful retro bargain
  • Track Days From Just £30 25 Nov 2006 (News)
    CASTLE COMBE CIRCUIT ANNOUNCES 2007 ACTION DAY DATES Castle Combe Action Days still offer what is probably the cheapest way of taking your car onto a fully-licensed race circuit in the country. For just £30 plus admission charges, anyone can participate in one of the track
  • A Grand Monday: 1987 Vauxhall Carlton 2 Jan 2018 (News)
    automatic project home, we recommend a call to the vendor and a good look at what has been done, plus an inspection to see what’s required for the Carlton to pass an MoT inspection. You can see a list of common fail points here . The most
  • Ex-works Ferrari 375 to head Bonhams' Goodwood sale 10 Jan 2014 (News)
    Bonhams is offering the ex-Works 1954 Ferrari 375-Plus (chassis number 0384 AM) ex-Mille Miglia works racer at its upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on 27 June. The car will be offered with no reserve. The 375 being offered by Bonhams was the 1954 works entry
  • Driver Clocked on M25 at 149mph 27 May 2014 (News)
    Highest maximum speeds recorded by speed cameras are coming down. The highest speed recorded on a UK motorway between April 2013 and May 2014 was 149mph on the M25 at Swanley, Kent. Previous highest maximum speeds recorded have been 170mph plus, for which drivers have
  • Mini and Metro show returns to British Motor Museum 28 Apr 2017 (News)
    of this exciting show will include a car gymkhana (where entrants have to match a pre-set time around a course as closely as possible), best club stand, plus other feature displays. Tickets cost £10 in advance or £12 on the day for concessions and £39 on the day for a family. A camping pass
  • Plane Crash Seals Off Blackbushe Auction 7 Apr 2004 (News)
    . Thankfully there were no injuries. Sales within the centre continued as usual. For anyone thinking of buying a car over Easter, there will be a full programme of sales on Good Friday, 9th April, and the usual fleet and part-exchange sales plus a Top Car Auction at Blackbushe on Easter Monday
  • Fantastic first year for Mercedes Driving Academy 24 Jun 2010 (News)
    savings, and the Pass Plus Package that includes seven hours is £270. For information on becoming a Mercedes-Benz Driving Academy coach or any of the modules available, please call 0845 123 00 55 or visit
  • BCA Blackbushe Auction Programme to mid-June 13 Jun 2005 (News)
    13th June: Top Car, Porsche Retail Group, Black Horse Finance, plus car fleet, finance and p/x: Motability, Lex Vehicle Leasing, Franchised dealer, West London Nissan, Inchcape No reserve, Reg Vardy, Hartwell, Pendragon. 14th June: MG Rover closed sale, also Live on Line
  • British marques celebrated at BMC and Leyland show 6 Jun 2018 (News)
    the event. Plus the free archive event ‘British Leyland at 50' will give visitors the chance to view and get close to historic documents in British Leyland's history. Starting at 11am and 2pm, these insightful talks will also detail how historic material is preserved in the collection (make
  • Classic anniversaries marked at Silverstone show 11 Jan 2016 (News)
    clubs registered with the Silverstone Classic (a simple online process) are offered an advance ticket package. The deal includes two adult general admission event tickets, plus an infield vehicle display pass, allowing classic car owners to park on their club’s allocated stand right at the heart
  • Highway Code on CD ROM 22 Oct 2004 (News)
    the road safely. It costs £6.99 plus £1,95 for post and packing from www.iam.org.uk or phone Jem Marketing on 0870 062 5730. An IAM survey of 27,000 drivers revealed that 74% don’t know when the Highway Code
  • Young drivers being 'priced off the road' 3 Jun 2011 (News)
    A survey of young drivers has revealed that 93 per cent feel they are being priced off the road, with many complaining of unrealistic insurance premiums once they go on to pass their test
  • Driving test could be made tougher 8 Jun 2015 (News)
    of the sort of pressures they will be under and the sort of skills they are going to need before they start taking their driving tests plus looking at ways of training learner drivers in motorway driving and other aspects of "independent driving". The department also suggest replacing the "unsuccessful" Pass
 

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