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I wonder if you would be able to resolve a slight disagreement between my partner and me? He's just put me on the insurance for his car (a year 2000 VW Polo, by the way) and although he professes to be...
Listening to the radio it now seems that motorway closures are becoming an everyday occurrence. Motorways are the arteries of our economy so I can only assume that we are having a spate of major pile-ups...
I am a furious with McDonalds for having been sent a notice of a £50 parking charge by MET Parking Services for being on a McDonald’s restaurant site near Heathrow for 76 minutes (free stay is apparently...
With the kind permission of the EU we are allowed to continue to measure distance in miles. Why do certain government departments and the media - including the Motoring Section of the Daily Telegraph ("Motorcycles...
I could not agree more about your comments relating to speed cushions. I live in a conservation area festooned with humps and cushions due to an infant school a few doors away. I drive a small Mini and...
Can you offer some practical advice about the correct driving position? I realise drivers come in different shapes and sizes. I am approx 5' 9" and have a car with electric seat movement and memory. The...
My mother (aged 70+) has received a letter from her local police containing an accusation of dangerous or careless driving at 7:15 on Saturday May 16th. Beyond that there is no other detail and apparently...
After years of manual driving, we are now living in the USA and the car we have is automatic. Sitting at traffic lights with a foot on the brake and the car in drive seems unnatural. My car is usually...
Further to the correspondence from S.S. of Chester "Security Blanket" I would like to share my experience driving home to Birmingham from Poole after being on holiday to France. The return trip in the...
As someone who resides in the country I wonder if you could remind and warn your other rural readers of the emergence from hibernation of Snakes Head Inconsiderate People (SHIPs). So called because, if...
 

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