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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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Foods to eat and avoid before your driving test

You want to be feeling in tip-top shape before and during your practical driving test. Different foods and drinks can affect your body in different ways, sometimes with serious negative consequences. Whether you are taking your test, or you are…

Vehicle platooning: will it solve our traffic woes?

The UK Department for Transport has commissioned research to understand how vehicle platooning might benefit UK businesses, road safety, the environment and the transport network. So, what is vehicle platooning? A vehicle platoon is a number of vehicles travelling in…

Driving while you are temporarily blinded

This is a scenario that will happen occasionally: you are driving along and suddenly, for some reason you can’t see out of the windscreen. There are things you can do to alleviate this inevitable problem. Other drivers’ high beam headlights…

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Driving on rural roads

If you grew up in a farming county like I did, you get used to driving on rural roads. It’s a huge difference from city or town driving, and here are the main reasons why. Subsidence Certainly in Lincolnshire, where…

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Reversing cameras and sensors: You still need to look

A number of factors are influencing the adoption of reversing cameras and reversing (or parking) sensors in cars, pickup trucks and vans. Reversing sensors began with simple curb sensors which grew in complexity from the 1950s through to the 1980s.…

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Memory tricks to help you learn the Highway Code

Almost everyone complains they have a poor memory – can’t remember names, can’t remember dates, etc. If you are learning the Highway Code, there’s a lot to remember, so are there any tricks you can use to help you memorise…

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