Today, the AA Charitable Trust and FIA Foundation have launched a campaign to raise awareness of “drowsy driving”, continuing to drive when you are too tired to adequately be in [ … ]
Category: driving
The trials and tribulations of motoring Sur le Continent
Like any responsible motorist, especially a motoring journalist, planning a long trip I prepared my car thoroughly… Intending to drive around 1100 miles to southern France, and back, to visit [ … ]
Drive Safely This Wintry Week
A timely reminder to prepare yourself and your vehicle for whatever the weather is going to throw at us over the next few days. Make sure you have everything you [ … ]
The UK’s ongoing headache with potholes
The RAC have released new data that suggests that drivers in Britain are still having recurring issues with potholes and this is causing a lot of problems. Used Volkswagen provider [ … ]
Devil’s Dyke Road… in a DB7..?
OK, so perhaps it’s not quite as dramatically scenic, as rugged or even as long as our other suggested great drives, but a personal favourite of mine is a road [ … ]
True driving roads of Snowdonia
Considering its reputation for rain, you’d be forgiven for dismissing a topless tour of North Wales, however when it comes to driving roads Snowdonia really delivers… Miles upon miles of [ … ]
Cornwall in a Convertible
Following on from our recent “Scenic Drives” post from our friends at Design 911, it got me thinking about some of the more memorable drives I’ve taken on holiday in [ … ]
Five best scenic drives in a convertible in the UK
If you’re lucky enough to own a convertible car, then you will know how fantastic it is having the wind in your hair and the sun on your back as [ … ]
Are Dash Cams really the future of road safety?
I have been on record for many years denigrating the use of speed cameras as a means of improving driving behaviour. I suggest that only the visual presence of marked [ … ]
Britain’s Drink Drive death and injury figures increase
Like many people I thought we had got on top of the drink driving problems of past years. Only last week, when writing about micro cars, I used the phrase [ … ]
