Reverse parallel and bay parking
Do the methods you’ve been shown previously look a bit like this? (a + (−b) + (−c) 2 = a 2 + (−b) 2  + (−c) 2 + 2a (−b) + 2 (−b) (−c) + 2a (−c) Do you really think that everyone who reverse-parks a car needed a PhD in quantum physics to achieve it?  
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If you supervise a learner driver
These are things that may have changed since you learnt to drive: The screenshot is from a recent Vauxhall manual’s handbrake instructions. See what your car manual says. A common problem I find is that parents of learners have been telling them to stop at every give-way line. This causes
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Fronting
Parents! If you add a young person to your car insurance policy, be aware of fronting. This is when someone is declared as the main driver on a policy (i.e. you) but someone else (i.e. the young person) will be driving the car more. This is illegal and considered to
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Blind Spots
The truck driver can’t see anyone inside the yellow areas  
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Florida Ice
Rain after weeks of extremely dry weather can cause something known as the ‘Florida Ice Effect’, which can make roads incredibly slippery for at least the first thirty minutes.   It happens in the first part of a rain shower when the oils, dust, sludge and grime all get wet
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