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Recently I have noticed that some cars following me at night are causing me to dip my rear view mirror to avoid being dazzled. I have not yet been able to identify any particular makes, but these cars...
What do you recommend for getting engine oil off a block-paved drive way? Swarfega, or something like that?
A sum of some £3.25 million has been allocated to York so that cycling facilities can be improved. In most people's view the cycle facilities in York are more than adequate and I for one do not see just...
Whilst driving my BMW 318 along Boundary Lane in Congleton, there was, as I drove over one of the 11 sets of totally unnecessary speed humps in 1,200 yards, a loud bang from the rear of the car. Though...
On my way to work, I was "carved up" on a roundabout in Exeter by a London style Taxi. I noted the number from the "How's my Driving?" sticker on the rear of the vehicle when it stopped at a filling station...
Just a quick e-mail to see if you know how to fight local councils over potholes. I recently punctured my rear tyre in a large pot hole. Being a BMW B10 3.3 Alpina the tyre cost £230 I had only just replaced...
6 weeks ago driving my new Nissan Qashqai Visia on a B class Suffolk road at 40mph at a right bend, I espied a pool of water on the nearside and decided to brake lightly. As the nearside wheels entered...
I was caught on Speed Camera driving at 63mph on the M20 when the outside lane had been cordoned off for road works and a speed limit of 50 was in force. My fine was the statutory £60 plus 3 points. This...
I always understood that if it was necessary to stop on the hard shoulder that it was advisable to point the steering towards the kerb. This would help to prevent that car being pushed into the moving...
I have always believed that speed cushions are an ineffective means of ‘kerbing’ speeding motorists although I agree the vast majority of careful drivers do comply by slowing down when traversing them....
 

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