Don’t Think Bike – Think Rider. A new press campaign is being launched to make drivers aware that the motorcycles they come across on the road are not just bikes, but people.  See the person behind the motorcycle helmet seems to be the message sent out by road safety minister Mike Penning. The campaign is […]

From July 2012 if you drive in France, it will be compulsory to carry a ‘Breathalyser Kit’ in your car and failure to do so will earn you an on the spot fine. We all know that motoring laws are different abroad and that we have to carry a warning triangle, a fluorescent safety vest […]

Using a Smartphone While Driving Can Be More Dangerous than Drink Driving, or Being High on Drugs! Wow, how frightening is that? Many of us have these posh phones nowadays that let us send and receive e-mails, check out E-Bay and look at our accounts on Twitter and Facebook. Social networking sites such as Facebook […]

Oh the Olympics – The Main Event Is Going To Be Congestion. It’s predicted that another cost of the London Olympics this year is going to be ever increasing congestion with figures of a 33% increase being claimed. Some roads in the City could slow to as little as 12mph during the July/August Olympic events […]

Yet More Car Awards – Does Your Car Figure? Do You Agree? CarBuyer is a motoring related website up there in hyper space and they have just released their opinions as to the best car in each category for 2012.  As with many things of this nature, there opinions are called “Awards”, so here we […]

Do you remember when Toyota had a recall and the press tried to crucify it, without good reason, whilst motoring journalists who knew better wrote pieces explaining why these recalls happen and why such big numbers of cars were involved, well one of the darlings of the industry has just announced a major recall, effecting […]

Interest From Drivers and Companies Surges. Peugeot have always made good cars and vans and today’s Peugeots are the best ever and it seems the hardest market of all, the company buyer and company car driver have realised that as Peugeot sales to businesses in 2011 hit over 54,000 vehicles. Despite the 2011 achievements and […]

Don’t Panic! – SAAB Parts Are Still Going To Be Available The demise of SAAB was a sad thing, particularly as it fought so hard to stay in business and if you have driven a late date Saab, perhaps something like the latest 95, you will know how nice they are. But now the pictures […]

CAR AWARDS – Do They Influence You? Or Should You Listen to Your Leasing Company? Just like TV, movies & pop music, the motor industry seems to covet the awards it gets for its products and makes a great deal of noise about any awards it gets in an effort to influence us to park […]

Young Drivers – High Insurance – High Risk?  Maybe it Depends Where You Live. None of us can have missed the fact that younger drivers pay more for their car insurance than older drivers do.  Much has been made of it on TV consumer programs highlighting how some young drivers are being asked to pay […]