It is all very well driving your car every day but what about those modes of transport which never caught on and which you never got a chance to try. In an alternative universe you could be commuting in one […]
Category Archives: Musings
Those Old Car Insurance Premium Blues
As an ex car insurance underwriter I know that people hate their premiums being increased. I mean that they really hate it. I remember many a long, painful conversation with people who genuinely couldn’t understand why they now had to […]
How Fast Would You Go?
The Bugatti Veyron has just been named the fastest road legal car in the world, just a few days after this title was originally taken away from it. The Veyron can go at speeds up to 268 mph and to […]
Drive in Florida Without Any Hassles: Just Look Out For Annoying Giant Rodents
I would love to go to Florida if it weren’t for those pesky mice. The climate looks great, there seems to be lots to do and there is also what looks like a fantastically cosmopolitan vibe going on there. The […]
What’s the Most Foolish Thing You’ve Done Behind the Wheel?
Did you see that video doing the rounds in which someone is driving a Jaguar which is completely covered in snow? Well, except for the tiny little peephole which someone has cleared in front of the driver. It got me […]
New Drivers to Get Tougher Rules? No More Cake and Coffee for Their Brothers?
I mentioned a while ago how my sister refused to drive on the motorway even after passing her driving test. As we lived in a small town next to the motorway this kind of limited her motoring options but I […]
Fiat 500L brings you the ‘Fatherhood’ car
It had to happen: one car maker makes a fairly funny video which goes viral around the world and so someone was bound to copy the idea in the hope of creating something that’s equally as successful. Fiat has produced […]
Fuel Savings – Don’t Drive Too Far to Save Money on Petrol!
I used to work in a bank in Spain. I realise that this isn’t the most exciting start to a blog post in the history of the world, but there is a reason for mentioning my Iberian financial experience. […]
Is Driving Silence Golden?
My car radio has been broken for quite a while now. If I am being honest it never really worked in the first place, which is one of the drawbacks to buying an antiquated vehicle I guess. For a while […]
Look At All Those Traffic Accidents
An interactive map which shows where UK traffic accidents have happened sounds like a really good idea, doesn’t it? It is just a shame that someone else thought of it before I did. It was created by Osbornes Solicitors, and […]
Carless Drivers and the Other Problems with Driverless Cars
I was just reading about how some boffins at Oxford University are currently testing a driverless car somewhere in deepest Oxfordshire. Apparently the vehicle recognises its surroundings using lasers and cameras. It then memorises the regular trips you make. This […]
Masked Vigilantes Rule the Streets of London
One of the things I most miss about driving in the UK is the fact that people used to flash their lights at me to warn that there were traffic cops or some other undesirable hazard further along the road. […]
Don’t Take Risks If You Can’t See Clearly
The first time I ever realised that I needed to wear glasses was on my first evening driving lesson. As I sat behind the wheel I got a bit worried because I couldn’t see as far as I could during […]
Two Things to Avoid This Winter
Motoring experts have warned us to two things not to do this winter; pull a tyre along behind your car with someone sitting in it and be a man. We might as well start off with the easiest one. It […]