Driving somewhere unfamiliar can be challenging for learner drivers, particularly during the practical test. Learn how to use observation, road signs, speed, signals and positioning to anticipate hazards and make safe decisions — even when you don’t know where you’re going.
Using your indicators correctly isn’t simply about remembering to signal every time you turn. Learn how misleading signals can confuse other road users, when you should or shouldn’t signal, and what the DVSA expects during the UK practical driving test.
With heatwaves now hitting the UK harder and more often, here’s what learner drivers (and everyone else) need to know to stay safe on the road.
Being tailgated as a learner driver is stressful and intimidating — but it’s also illegal. Learn how to stay calm, drive safely, and handle tailgating with confidence.
The UK practical driving test is one of the most myth-laden experiences a person can go through, and with good reason: it’s high-stakes, nerve-wracking, and almost everyone who’s sat it has an opinion about how it works.
Earlier this year, the Department for Transport launched its 2026 Road Safety Strategy — a wide-ranging package of measures aimed at reducing casualties and making Britain’s roads safer. One of the centrepieces of that strategy is a massive, government-backed expansion of roadside drug testing.
The sight of crisp packets fluttering along the central reservation, coffee cups wedged into motorway verges, and fast-food wrappers piling up at slip-road junctions is, unfortunately, one that most UK drivers know all too well. Roadside litter is not a new problem, but it is a growing one — and in 2026, the question of who should have the power to tackle it is becoming increasingly urgent.
New CPR and AED questions are now live in the DVSA theory test — here’s everything learner drivers in the Chilterns need to know Somewhere on a road near you, a driver will collapse at the wheel. A cyclist will be struck at a junction. A pedestrian will suffer a cardiac arrest on the pavement. And statistically, the person closest…
Road safety campaigns come and go, but every so often a pair of them lands that genuinely makes you stop and think. This month, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins launched two new campaigns — Priority List and Control
New legislation is working its way through Parliament that will hand councils across England the powers to issue on-the-spot fines for pavement parking. And for millions of pedestrians who navigate obstructed pavements every single day, it can’t come soon enough.