With the festive season well and truly under way, the Police have again announced their intention to stop drivers during the early and mid morning hours to check if they are still over the drink-drive limit from the night before. Many drivers are unaware of the long lasting effects of alcohol in the system and presume that because a few hours have elapsed, and they feel better, then it’s ok to drive.
You need to be aware that if you are driving not just a car, but any vehicle, it can take upto 24 hours for alcohol to completely leave your system.
When it comes to driving lessons in walsall, we have recently found that people are wanting to take intensive driving courses, so that they can pass their driving test in the shortest possible time. One of the best ways to do this is to book an intensive driving course.
This can be done in anywhere between 1 and 3 weeks depending on the amount of hours tuition that you need.
Most people who have never driven before need about 45 hours of tuition to achieve driving test standard, now this obviously varies from person to person. Some will learn quicker than others, but it is possible for you to take an intensive course now and pass in as little as 2 weeks, even without any prior practice. Our walsall driving instructors are relaxed and friendly and they will help you to get to your goal in the shortest possible time.
Officials invest a small fortune on roads that fall into disrepair,
The cost for the county’s two councils varies dramatically because they have different lengths of road to maintain.
Shropshire Council spends £700,000 patching potholes across its extensive road network while Telford & Wrekin commits just £170,000 on its smaller network.
Both councils also follow a national code, to make sure the worst potholes are repaired within 24 hours.
A local councillor commented “We undertake safety inspections on adopted roads at least once a year. The busiest roads and areas are surveyed each month, other roads and areas are surveyed less frequently.”
He said: “Once a pothole has been identified, it is assigned a grade related to its risk which sets the timescales for repair.
“The highest risks are repaired within 24 hours however the lowest risk potholes will be repaired as part of our future works programme.”
With the bad weather now setting in, you can be sure that this situation will only become worse before it gets better, as all the recent rain and now the much colder weather, has a dramatic effect on the condition of our roads. Which is where the need for greater observations come to the fore on your driving lessons, the last thing you need is to only see the pothole just as you are about to go into it.
Interesting to recently see a report on the worsening state of the roads and how they can affect learner drivers. It reported that an estimated 1.5 million potholes exist on our roads, and that as a result, some driving instructors are having to change the routes that they would follow to avoid damaging the cars.
Some are even adding potholed roads to the routes so that learner drivers are able to learn how to deal with them. The AA estimated that last winter the icy spell of weather we had resulted in a 40% increase in road damage. Some incidents have included tyre blow-outs, driving instructors having to use the dual controls to avoid an accident after the pupil swerved to try and avoid a pothole and a driving instructor who after fininshing a driving lesson, got out of the car and stepped into a pothole, fell to the ground and was off work for 4 months with a broken leg.
Actress Sienna Miller has passed her UK driving test to gain a UK driving licence. Sienna already had a European driving licence but she was said to have been frustrated that this did not entitle her to drive in the UK.
As a British actress not being able to drive in her home country was no doubt frustrating. Said to be overjoyed at passing her UK driving test she is reported to have hugged her test instructor on being told she had passed and then bear hugged her instructor.
The actress passed her driving test in West London where she no doubt had plenty of driving lessons in the area before hand.
Whether you are a famous actress or just looking to gain your UK driving licence Driver Training Ltd have professional instructors that will provide driving lessons in a relaxed environment aiding you to be test ready in no time for more info call free on 0800 1777 149 today.
Make sure you take control are the one driving the servicing your car. With the recession ever bareing down on us very few of us can afford to replace our cars. Even less can we afford to have expensive servicing costs on our cars that are not needed.
Most complaints today are said to come from mechanics doing unasked for work. Telling you something is wrong when your not 100% convinced but you feel you have to just go along with it.
To save yourself money in the long run choose a mechanic with a good reputation. Ask around before driving it to the nearest. Avoid those that only want you to pay in cash and tell them you want a quote on the full costs of a service before you agree to them doing any work and make it clear you do not agree to work being carried without your approval, so that there are no surprises on your bill.
If in doubt ask for a second opinion. Remember you should be in the driving seat when it comes to servicing your car, if not it could be costly.
A new plan to reduce road deaths from the 2004-08 average by one third by the year 2020 has been produced by the Department for Transport consultation paper, which encompasses views on the visions, targets and measures that will be part of the new road safety strategy from 2010. Other challenges include reducing injuries by a third, Halving the combined total of death and injury to children, Halving the rate of road death and serious injury, to pedestrians and cyclists, protecting motorcyclists, Poor road user behaviour and Illegal and inappropriate speed.
An new updated version of the police driving training manual to include advice on eco-driving and new details on the pursuit training. If was launched last week by the association of chief police officers.
This is to provide the police force driving schools with a framework to build and develop driving courses around.
The major changes are guidelines on how to drive in an economic way and a way that is better for the environment. All police officers that drive a police vehicle are required to be trained to the minimum standard.
Aside from the police all companies and individuals should consider learning to drive in a more economic and eco friendly way to cut their fuel costs and carbon footprints. Companies in particular have a corporate responsibility to reduce their carbon foot print as well as to make sure that all drivers of company vehicles are suitably trained and qualified.
Companies should also consider it from a PR perspective. Introducing eco-driving can be a great PR and marketing angle to show that you are doing your bit for the environment and get more positive press coverage.
Driver Training Ltd can provide fleet training for your business to teach eco-driving, safe driving and more. By providing your fleet with advanced driver training you can not only reduce your insurance premiums and have safer drivers on the road.
Driver Training can also arrange for some free PR for all companies that take part with 5 or more drivers.
Whether you are new to driving or experienced we are susceptible to common driving mistakes or breaks in concentration. When our concentration gets broken we are more likely to make these mistakes. These mistakes can cost us and can result in a crash.
Speeding, improper turns, bad merging, impairment, drifting out of lane can all be the result of a moment
