You’ve driven that road a hundred times. You know every bend, every junction, every dip in the tarmac. You tell yourself you’d react in time. But would you? This week, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins launched two national road safety campaigns that cut straight to the heart of a crisis that’s been quietly unfolding since the start of 2026. Fifteen people…
Starting this month, the driving theory test got a lot more serious — and for very good reason. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has introduced 14 new questions focused on first aid, cardiac arrest, and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). If you’re a learner driver preparing for your theory test right now, this update affects you…
Cast your mind back to your driving test. Amongst the clutch control, the mirror checks, and the sweaty-palmed three-point turns, one rule was drummed into you with absolute clarity: signal your intentions. Tell other road users what you’re about to do. It costs nothing, takes a fraction of a second, and can mean the difference between a safe journey and a catastrophic one.
This perception gap between how we view our own driving versus how we judge others is creating real safety hazards on our roads, and it’s time we addressed it.
The landscape of driver education in the UK is undergoing a fundamental shift. On 13 February 2026, GEM Motoring Assist issued a nationwide call for parents and learners to abandon the “quick pass” mentality that has dominated driving instruction for years. In its place, the road safety organisation is championing a “Life-Ready” philosophy—one that prioritises long-term safety skills over short-term test success.
Every single day on British roads, millions of drivers engage in one of the most pointless, dangerous, and downright stupid driving behaviours imaginable: tailgating. Despite overwhelming evidence that driving too close to the vehicle in front achieves absolutely nothing except increasing the risk of death and injury, a staggering 43% of UK drivers admit to this moronic behaviour at least sometimes.
From early 2026, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is introducing questions on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for the first time in the test’s history.
February often brings a deceptive transition to the UK’s roads. While the deepest snow of mid-winter may have passed, this month introduces two of the most hazardous conditions for learner drivers: black ice and the piercing glare of the low winter sun.
The difference between a reactive driver and a safe, confident one isn’t luck or natural talent—it’s the systematic application of proper techniques from the very beginning.
Every day on Britain’s roads, a silent but pervasive danger plays out in countless interactions between vehicles. Tailgating—the practice of following another vehicle too closely—has become so commonplace that many drivers barely register it as the serious hazard it truly is. Yet this aggressive driving behaviour remains one of the leading contributors to road traffic collisions, injuries, and fatalities across…