Hitting speed bumps too fast, or hitting aggressively designed humps, can damage your car’s suspension, leading to issues with shocks, struts, and bushings, as well as impacting tyres, exhaust pipes, and even wheel alignment. While the suspension is designed to absorb bumps, it can be overloaded by excessive speed or

To start driving a car as a learner, you need to be least 17 yrs old, have a provisional driving licence and be covered by the correct insurance. (My driving instructor insurance covers learners under my supervision to drive my car). The car you learn in must display ‘L’ plates. You

When you learn to drive, you’ll be learning and practising 27 important driving skills that you’ll need for a lifetime of safe driving. Learn with a driving instructor It’s unlikely that anyone except an approved driving instructor (ADI) will have the experience, knowledge and training to teach you properly. They’re

To make driving tests more representative of real-life driving, the DVSA no longer publishes official test routes. However, you can find a number of recent routes used at the St Albans driving test centre below. While test routes from this centre are likely to be very similar to those below,

A damaged or cracked windscreen could result in an MOT fail. If there is windscreen damage of 40mm or more in size, anywhere on the windscreen, your vehicle will fail its MOT. And the crack will need to be fixed before being re-tested. However, even a 10mm-sized damage on a

It sounds obvious, yet many people have been flashed by cameras as they sped up because they saw a sign for a new higher speed limit, but they hadn’t actually passed the sign yet. This has also caused learners problems on test.