Dealing With Emergency Vehicles
You should look and listen for ambulances, fire engines, police, doctors or other emergency vehicles using flashing blue, red or green lights and sirens or flashing headlights, or traffic officer and incident support vehicles using flashing amber lights. When one approaches do not panic. Ask yourself if they need your
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Rural roads are the most dangerous in Britain
With more than half of fatal crashes occurring on country roads in Britain, car drivers, motorcyclists and cyclists are all at an increased risk of a fatal road accident on country lanes. Statistics found on www.gov.uk show that country roads in the UK are responsible for 50% of fatal crashes (in 2014).
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How automatically dimming car mirrors work
Clever light-sensing technology allows mirrors in some modern cars to dim at night to avoid bright headlights behind from dazzling you. There is a sensor at the back of the interior mirror, it can sense darkness outside when it’s close to night time (or a dark tunnel etc). There is
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They both look official, but which one is correct?
Since the 1st April 2014 the government agency that licences driving instructors has been called the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). No big deal to anyone outside my industry, but personally I like to keep up to date with my profession, whether that means only using current logos, keeping
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Apply online for your first provisional driving licence
  Get your first provisional driving licence from DVLA online. Don’t use any other websites as they are agencies who will charge you more! To apply you must: be at least 15 years and 9 months old (although you can’t use it to drive a car until you’re 17). be
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The Beginner’s Guide to Taking the Theory Test
Before you can take to the roads for your practical driving test, you’ll need to conquer the theory test – but what the big day actually involve? This second guide in a three-part series about learning to drive reveals what you should expect. The theory test can seem mysterious, even scary – it’s
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