The greenest driving is that which is kept to a minimum; any trip replaced by walking or hopping on a bicycle will have a beneficial effect on your health, wallet and environment. Test your knowledge Green driving – keep your car or buy new? It would be greener and cheaper for many drivers to keep their car for as long as…
When it comes to our perception of road danger, what a difference a century makes. Folk in 1916 were understandably horrified with any driver that ran over a child, whatever the circumstances. “If you look at newspapers from American cities in the 1910s and ’20s, you’ll find a lot of anger at cars and drivers, really an incredible amount,” says…
Putting five-year-old kids behind the wheel might produce better drivers, but will they be safer? A new type of miniature electric car has been launched to teach five-year-old children to learn to drive. The tiny vehicles share many features with a full-grown car including: independent suspension, disc brakes, rack and pinion steering, indicators, headlights and an electronic speedo. With a…
The name Bill Nye might be unfamiliar, but in America he is well known as ‘The Science Guy’; a television presenter, writer and scientist with a reputation for taking a combative stance against those who doubt reasoned science. A fellow of the Committee for Sceptical Inquiry, an American organisation that aims to promote the use of reason in examining controversial and…
The Highway Code states, ‘Pedestrians that have started to cross the side road have priority over vehicles turning into the side road’ but this rule remains largely ignored by most drivers. It’s a driving behaviour that is anti-social, dangerous and perpetuates the myth that motorised traffic always has the right of way over pedestrians and cyclists. And it’s ingrained to…
06/09/16
