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  Lewis Hamilton to meet budding drivers at Mercedes Driving Academy 2 Jul 2011 (News)
  The Driving Academy aims to teach learners how to drive, not just past their driving test. Each of its 5000 students have been coached by the team that has been trained according to HERMES - the latest EU research standard. 
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  Lewis Hamilton Sets Standard for Mercedes Benz World Driving Academy 14 Aug 2009 (News)
  ” The Summer Driving Challenge is offered by Mercedes-Benz Driving Academy launched in June 2009 and aims to encourage safer driving on Britain’s roads by coaching students to become good drivers and not just pass their test.
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  First time pass for the first ever electric vehicle driving test 7 Feb 2013 (News)
  Navdeep Singh, an 18-year-old learner driver, passed his driving test first time, and in doing so made history by being the first person to pass a driving test in an electric vehicle – in this case the Vauxhall Ampera range-extended electric vehicle.
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  New Prius Lets Drivers Select Electric, ECO or Power Drive Modes 2 Jun 2009 (News)
  Fuel-efficient, low emissions driving does not have to confine the motorist to a one-size-fits-all driving style. Thanks to Toyota innovation, the new third-generation Prius comes equipped with three selectable “on-demand” driving modes that let the driver make the most of different driving conditions.
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  434 arrested in Scotland as part of Festive Drink Drive campaign 8 Jun 2015 (News)
  The campaign was launched in response to a survey which found that one in four drivers in Scotland were unaware that drink driving results in a criminal record, with offences remaining on record for 20 years or more. Its aim was to raise awareness of drink driving laws. During one week alone 107 motorists were found to be over the drink drive limit, with a further 13 found to be unit to drive through the effect of drink or drugs.
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  ABI proposals to reduce young driver deaths 24 Nov 2011 (News)
  The Association of British Insurers (ABI), has suggested a zero-tolerance drink drive limit for drivers under the age of 25 , as well as for them to be banned from driving at night, in an effort to reduce accidents in the most at-risk group. However the AA has suggested that a night driving ban would be too restrictive, alienating younger drivers, and that it’s not practical.
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  Driving examiners set to strike on July 10 7 Jul 2014 (News)
  Learners who have their driving tests booked for July 10 should expect disruption as driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Service union are set to go on strike for the day over pay conditions. Workers from other public service sectors are expected to strike too.
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  Couples are increasingly choosing to drive their own wedding cars 12 Sep 2013 (News)
  According to classic car hire specialist Great Escape, wedding couples are choosing to drive their own cars thanks to a combination of belt tightening and a ‘do it yourself’. The number of self-drive hire wedding cars in the UK has doubled during the last year. Some couples are now booking up to two years in advance in order to secure dates on their preferred self drive classic car.
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  Wheeler Dealers support Drive It Day 15 Apr 2015 (News)
  'I’ll be driving my 1965 Mustang Fastback from Warwickshire up to Sheffield, god knows what Edd will be driving, and we hope others will join us too. We’ll have the kettle on, plenty of prizes to give away and some great cars on display.'
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  Wheeler Dealers celebrate Drive It Day in style 27 Apr 2015 (News)
  Peter was driving his 1947 Hillman Minx while Mark was in his 1935 Austin 7 van, and they have participated in Drive It Day every year although they take their cars to shows and events most weekends. Ray Fry from Urmston, Manchester, had used the day as an excuse to drive his 1968 Bond Equipe 1300.
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  Motorist banned after driving with no hands 3 Jan 2014 (News)
  A Whitby man has been banned from driving for 12 months after he was filmed driving with no hands in his classic Volkswagen Golf Mk2. Richard Newton was filmed as he drove past a police safety camera van on 9 August 2013 with both hands on his head and continued along the road for around 25 seconds driving at between 60 to 63mph.
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  Children don't rate their parents driving 29 Jun 2011 (News)
  63% of children admit their parents can be aggressive when driving, according to new research. Continental Tyres conducted a poll of 1,000 children between four and 16 and discovered that almost two thirds think their parents are aggressive, and 13% are scared or embarrassed by their mum and dad’s driving.
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  Eco-driving 'is safe and can save money' 15 May 2009 (News)
  Essentially, he explained, both are about anticipating what is happening ahead so that the driver does not have to brake and accelerate too much. A more economic style of driving could help those buying a used car to save on fuel and maintenance. Mr Howard continued: "There are huge similarities between [safe and eco-driving] and where, as a young driver, he won't see the benefit as driving in an uncool way, he might see the benefit when being eco-friendly will save him money.
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  RED Driving School to use Vauxhall Corsa 31 Oct 2012 (News)
  “We are delighted that our instructors and learner drivers will be able to benefit from Vauxhall’s Partners Programme,” said Andy Mitchell, commercial director at RED Driving School. “Our instructors have always been incredibly happy with the Corsas we offer with our full franchise and we know our pupil enjoy learning in them, so we will no doubt see many of them choosing to continue to drive a Vauxhall once they pass their test.”
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  Save £6395 on a Citroen Berlingo Multispace with Drive the Deal 5 Jun 2015 (News)
  Drive the Deal is offering the Citroen Berlingo Multispace with a saving of £6395 off list price. Cars are brand new and come from UK main dealers. Prices include delivery and road tax.
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  Christmas Gift Guide 2016: Top 10 driving games 24 Nov 2016 (News)
  Almost every household has a games console or gaming PC of some description these days – and anyone with children will be familiar with the incessant requests for new games around Christmas. So we’ve rounded up out 10 favourite driving games. Click the gallery pictures to see a trailer for each game. You can read about our favourite driving games of all time here , or enter our mega Christmas competition here .
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  Volvo Scrappage Deals in Detail 19 May 2009 (News)
  The S40 DRIVe S with Start/Stop features a total saving of £4,377. And the offers are not just available on the smaller models. Customers can drive away a new Volvo S80 DRIVe SE with a saving of £5,210 off the list price, while the Volvo XC60 2.4D DRIVe is available with a £4,640 saving.
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  Renault Laguna Online Test Drive 12 Jan 2008 (News)
  ”, and “Great idea. You get a much better idea of a car if you can borrow it for 24 hours, and drive on a variety of different roads”. Interest in test-driving New Laguna Sport Tourer, which is available to order now, has also been generated through the online test-drive programme with 82% of customers expressing a wish to use the online booking service to test-drive the car.
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  SEE AND TEST DRIVE A VOLVO C30 SPORTSCOUPE 16 Nov 2006 (News)
  Volvo is offering an advance opportunity to see and test drive the new Volvo C30 SportsCoupe on 18th, 19th and 23rd to 26th November at an unusual launch event at The Mailbox shopping centre, Birmingham ahead of the C30's arrival in showrooms in December. Volvo has created a ‘C30 Boutique’ in a unit at The Mailbox, an upmarket venue for designer shops, restaurants, spa and bars, and is inviting people to give their opinions of the car, or grab the opportunity to take an exclusive, 45 minute test drive.
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  Driving test could be made tougher 8 Jun 2015 (News)
  Other ideas include pre-driving tests for 14 to 16 year olds, so that they are aware of the sort of pressures they will be under and the sort of skills they are going to need before they start taking their driving tests plus looking at ways of training learner drivers in motorway driving and other aspects of "independent driving".