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This month is Tyre Safety Month! I know I probably didn’t need to mention this as you probably knew already but what it has done is highlight the fact that 80% of cars have tyres that are incorrectly inflated. Incorrectly inflated tyres can affect the handling characteristics of cars and even more dangerously fully laden vans. Vans become far less stable when they carry heavy loads and tyres are incorrectly inflated. The recommendation is that Read more »

A Europe-wide road behaviour survey by AXA has revealed 92% of British drivers feel safe driving on roads in their country compared to a European average of 72%. The study involved 800 drivers from 9 countries. I really don’t know why I include this stuff although I should imagine the average was brought down dramatically by the Italians who feel that the horn is as important as the steering wheel and must take their lives in their hands every time they get behind the wheel, oops I mean horn. Besides that as we all know it just isn’t natural driving on the wrong side of the road! By Graham Hill

Would you like to be a road worker? I know we all complain about the 3 miles of cones before we get to the 10’ stretch of central reservation being repaired by 4 road workers but frankly it’s not a job that I would like to do given the lunatic way that some motorists thrash down the reduced lanes of the motorway or A road. Unsurprisingly 10 road workers were killed and 81 were seriously injured Read more »

You may have noticed the latest campaign to encourage motorists to use seat belts, 40 years after Jimmy Saville’s Clunk Click campaign. Whilst I find it amazing that people have to be reminded to do this every trip it’s worth mentioning that if all drivers and passengers belted up on every trip one life would be saved each day! By Graham Hill