Car Safety | Highway Code Resources

Child car seat regulations and advice

If you carry a child under 12 years old or under 135cm tall you must use either an approved child seat or child booster cushion/seat when travelling in the front or rear of any car, taxi, private hire vehicle, van…

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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…

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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Road safety: How to drive in snow

How far north you are (in the northern hemisphere) tends to influence how severe your winters will be and, therefore, what precautions you need to take when driving. Remember, good drivers anticipate what could happen and adjust accordingly; average drivers…

Safety tricks for driving your car, lorry, motorbike or bus in adverse road conditions

Your vehicle is going to be subjected to some punishment in its time. Rain, snow, baking sun, harsh surfaces, humidity and more will affect its performance. Let’s look at eight situations where your vehicle may suffer in performance, and what…

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The 6 biggest distractions when driving

Food Many of you will have read about the 1994 case when Stella Liebeck sued McDonalds because she spilled coffee in her lap causing third degree burns in her pelvis region. She had to have skin grafts, eight days in…