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10 Learner Driver Rules You Need to Know
Are learner drivers allowed to take passengers? Who's allowed to supervise you? And can you drive at night? We break down the top 10 learner driver rules.
April 9, 2024
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Can a Learner Driver Carry Child Passengers?
Are there rules on learner drivers taking children as passengers? What about on driving lessons: will you be allowed to bring the kids? Find out now.
April 9, 2024
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When Can You Use The Hard Shoulder?
Everyone knows what the hard shoulder is, but do you know its exact purpose? Check out our guide to when to use the hard shoulder to avoid any trouble!
April 8, 2024
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Fitness to Drive: Staying Safe on the Roads
To stay safe on the roads, you need to make sure you're physically and mentally fit to drive. Here's when you may be impaired, and what to do about it.
April 5, 2024
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Using Your Mobile Phone in the Car—What Are The Rules?
For many of us, mobile phones almost serve as an extra limb. We spend numerous hours a day scrolling, updating and chatting with the help of our trusty smartphone sidekicks. In fact, we have become so reliant on them that the anxiety when we're without our phone has got its own name — nomophobia.
February 13, 2024
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Speed Awareness Courses—Everything You Need To Know
When it comes to driving, even the most experienced drivers can end up making a small mistake on the road. All it takes is one moment of inattentiveness and you could get snapped by a speed camera going well over the limit.
February 13, 2024
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Smoking in Cars — What are the Rules?
Around 15% of UK adults smoke, and plenty of them are also drivers or looking at taking lessons soon. If that’s you, we’re here to arm you with the information to stay on the right side of the law—particularly as the rules for smoking in cars change depending on the circumstances.
February 13, 2024
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Who Has Priority at an Unmarked Crossroads?
Imagine driving without any rules. No signposts, no traffic signals, no white lines on the roads. Nobody sure of their own rights, let alone anybody else's. Well, although most of the UK roads aren't like that, unmarked crossroads are a bit of an exception. Facing them is like trying to find treasure without a map: chaotic and little frustrating.
February 13, 2024
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What Prescription Drugs Can You Not Drive on in the UK?
Drug driving is illegal — right? Well, if we’re talking about illicit substances, absolutely. But what happens when you take perfectly legal medication as prescribed by your doctor, and then get behind the wheel?
February 13, 2024
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Police and Authorised Person Hand Signals Explained
Signs and signals play a key role in helping to keep drivers safe on the roads—but it isn’t just permanent signs you need to look out for. Certain authorised people can also direct you by giving you hand signals. But because you probably won’t see the police and others using hand gestures all that often, you might not recognise them when you do. We’re here to help rectify that.
February 13, 2024
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Overtaking and Undertaking: What are the Rules?
Ever heard that the biggest danger on the road is other drivers? That may well be true, but sometimes it's good to remember that, to the rest of the general population, that actually means we're the risk!
February 13, 2024
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On-Street Parking Rules Explained
Parking rules can be confusing, even for experienced drivers. But they’re really important to get your head around—not so that you can correctly demonstrate your parking skills on the driving test, but also because you’ll bear responsibility for anywhere you leave a vehicle... for the rest of your life. Dramatic! Stopping in the wrong place can make things dangerous for other road users, so councils and the police disincentivise this by issuing fines Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) and Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs).
February 13, 2024
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L and P Plates: What Are The Rules?
Learner drivers are always easily recognisable on the road thanks to the familiar red L plates adorning their vehicle. Meanwhile, new drivers often sport green P plates, proudly showing that they've passed their test.
February 13, 2024
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How Does the Points System Work?
There are still plenty of questions you may have about the points system. That's why we've set about to explain everything you need to know about penalty points.
February 13, 2024
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What the Highway Code Says About Honking Your Horn
The Highway Code is the go-to source for rules applicable to drivers on UK roads. Many first become familiar with it when taking the theory test because all questions are covered in the Code.
February 13, 2024
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When Can I Drive after Drinking the Night Before?
Patience is a virtue. And if you drank a lot the night before, you'll need to wait to get behind the wheel. Party season or no party season, there are rules in place aiming to eliminate drink-drivers from our roads—which might be inconvenient for your plans, but puts everyone at less risk.
February 13, 2024
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Can You Drive With a Cracked Windscreen?
They protect from the elements, aid visibility, and form an essential part of your vehicle’s structure. But windscreens are also a barrier against debris: stones flying up from the vehicle in front; splintered metal in the event of a crash; and birds or deer careering into your path.
February 13, 2024
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Can You Drive With Sunglasses?
When Emperor Nero first watched gladiator battles through an emerald, he probably didn’t realise that, 2000 years on, we’d be using a similar technique to avoid sun glare when travelling through the streets in coloured metal boxes. But sunglasses are now an essential driving accessory, helping keep us safe in low or bright sun, wet and snowy conditions, where dazzle is most likely to cause accidents.
February 13, 2024
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Box Junction Rules: Everything You Need To Know
Junctions. Sooner or later (usually sooner), you’ll have to tackle them. There are T-junctions, crossroads, unmarked junctions, those with traffic lights or filters… some are easier to navigate than others, and one of the more complex types is the box junction.
February 2, 2024
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Top 10 Most Common Driving Offences in 2018
Our guide will take you through the most common driving offences using the latest statistics from the DVSA. These include everything from prosecution numbers to average fines to how many drivers were disqualified for the offence in 2018.
January 31, 2024
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