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Choosing a dashboard or helmet-mounted digital video recorder (DVR)

Dashboard and helmet-mounted cameras are gaining popularity as insurance scams grow. It’s becoming more and more common to see motorcyclists with GoPros fixed to their helmets, and cars with dashboard- or windscreen-mounted cameras. Cyclists wear them to prove their innocence

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Vehicle stopping distances: what affects them and how do you calculate them?

The distance it takes a vehicle to come to a complete stop when the brakes are applied fully is called the stopping distance or braking distance. In an ideal world you will have plenty of time to check your mirrors

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40% of drivers don’t concentrate says IAM

A new report by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) reveals that 4 in 10 drivers admit they don’t focus at all times when behind the wheel. The other 6 in 10 are lying because it’s impossible to concentrate at

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Britain’s 13 most complicated and beautiful road junctions

They may be challenging to drive on (and punishing if you choose the wrong exit), but some of our junctions are beautifully symmetrical works of art from the air. Think of these images, and the effort that went into creating

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Animal road signs from Africa

Check out these road signs from Africa. This is the fourth in our series of international animal road signs. They may have animals that you’ve never seen before, so it’s best to admire them at a distance (and alive) rather than

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Animal road signs from Latin America

Following on in our animal road signs series, check out these road signs from Latin America. They may have animals that you’ve never seen before, so it’s best to admire them at a distance (and alive) rather than dead and

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Animal road signs from North America

Check out these road signs from North America and Canada. If you end up driving over there you will be driving on the right rather than the left. North America still has large animals that have been eradicated from the

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