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16 tips for driving in the dark

We’re well and truly into winter now and that means it gets dark early. Follow these simple tips to keep you safer when driving in the dark: Keep your headlights clean so that you get the most light out of

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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

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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

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Learning to navigate

When you first start to drive you will need to know how to find your way to and from places otherwise you will get lost frequently. Growing up in rural Lincolnshire, I had plenty of times where I wasn’t sure

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Avoid road accidents by anticipating other drivers’ movements

If we had telepathy and extra-sensory perception, driving might be safer, but there are ways in which you can anticipate what another driver is going to do. You just have to watch out for the signs. Look for indicators Indicators

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Driving safely on motorways

Motorways have a high average travelling speed outside of obvious traffic jams and roadworks. The big advantage to safety on a motorway is that all traffic is travelling in the same direction. However, there are factors that make motorway driving

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