Learning to drive involves more than watching the road in front of you. Discover how to recognise hazards early, understand everyday driving situations and develop the anticipation skills needed for safer, more confident driving.
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.
A new MoneySuperMarket survey found 86% of UK drivers missed a pedestrian in a simple observation test — despite most feeling confident in their awareness on the road. Here’s what the findings mean for learner drivers, and exactly what to practise to build genuinely sharp observation skills from day one.
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.
Published on 17 March 2026, the annual ALARM report (Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance survey) has laid bare the catastrophic state of local roads in England and Wales, and the numbers make for grim reading.
Developed in the United States by Harold Smith and adopted widely across professional and advanced driving communities in the UK and beyond, the SMITH System isn’t a gimmick or a checklist. It’s a coherent philosophy of how to process the road around you
ommentary driving is one of the most powerful learning tools available to anyone working towards their UK driving licence, and it’s used by everyone from raw beginners to advanced motorists pursuing their RoSPA or IAM qualifications.
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…
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.
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.