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I'm 73 and hadn't driven on the right for 30 years. I solved the problem of lack of practice of driving on the right and the worry of starting on the left hand side of the road through habit. I bought...
I have been driving automatic cars for more than thirty years and have found that your advice to left foot brake to be a great advantage. My reason for writing however is to seek advice on the disposal...
I have followed with interest your views on left-foot braking as being the safe way to control a vehicle, and I cannot understand why! Having driven autos for many years, I decided to try out your method...
Please can you explain to me where I am going wrong? Yesterday, whilst driving around a roundabout, a car came from my off side, (I was travelling around on the left hand lane) and attempted to access...
How should automatics be driven, right foot only or both feet?
When my throttle jams open (it's happened twice in 40 years) I simply switch off the ignition and slip into neutral. With a modern car you don't even have to switch off as the ECU will stop the engine...
I was driving along the road and I needed to pull over after a junction. I was always told that you must indicate when you pull over so I started to indicate as I was passing the junction and another driver...
Can you point me in the right direction, as to how I can stop the renewal of "straddle" road humps which I am subjected to when I leave my house when I turn either right or left, or is it possible you...
Are you now a part of dumbdown.gov.uk? Flashed headlights CONFIRM what the behaviour of your vehicle indicates. In other words when you have slowed down and are leaving an obvious gap for a vehicle to...
You recently gave advice on refresher driver training to a reader who hadn’t driven for some time. I am in a similar position, and know another person who feels that it would be advisable to do likewise. I...