A new type of smart headlight will allow motorists to stay on high beam without blinding oncoming drivers. Car headlights have been improving for 130 years; an acetylene lantern with a naked flame and a simple reflecting mirror has evolved into powerful xenon projector headlamps, but more than half of vehicle crashes and deaths continue to occur at night even…
A miniature caravan designed by mobility scooter breakdown specialists, the ETA, has been awarded a Guinness World Record. The QTvan is small and light enough to be towed behind a mobility scooter and is now officially the world’s smallest caravan. The ETA developed the tiny caravan to highlight the estimated 220,000 people who use a mobility scooter without breakdown cover and…
Analysis of data from more one million breakdown cover policies by the ETA has revealed the most common reasons for having to make a claim on your breakdown cover. We take a look at the top ten symptoms of vehicle breakdown. Position Symptom Percentage 1 Dead on key 30.27% 2 Engine cut out, won’t start 8.11% 3 Flat tyre –…
Turning the ignition key first thing on a damp and freezing December morning was once a gamble, with no guarantee that the car would stir itself into life, but no more; the modern car is more than capable of dealing with a British winter and a few simple precautions can help avoid an unnecessary breakdown. Antifreeze During the winter you…
SmartCap is a new type of high-tech headgear that promises to let drivers know when they are becoming too tired to drive. Driver fatigue results in many thousands of road collisions each year, and while it is not possible to know the precise number of crashes caused by tiredness, research shows that lack of sleep may be a contributory factor…
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