Have you ever suffered the trauma of a fellow driver yelling or making offensive gestures while driving recklessly on road? Did you ever lose control over your reactive anger and vent it out to a traffic offender while driving yourself? Incidents like these are becoming more common these days. Do…

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Getting around in the rush hour in Hertfordshire is not easy. Many of the rural roads around the county are poorly maintained and get clogged up by agricultural traffic. Why is it that tractors always seem to appear just when the afternoon school run has begun in earnest? Important routes…

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Being stranded on any British road is a problem when you need to change your wheel for a spare one. In Scotland, the problem is often more tricky because of the nature of the rural roads, especially in the north of the country. Unless you happen to be in a…

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Every year, fuel costs seem to creep up just when you think they can’t get any higher. Train tickets see an increased percentage applied each January and even flying costs are well, sky-high at the minute! Travelling abroad is also costing more with poor exchange rates following the Brexit vote.…

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As much as I would like to avoid it, I am almost always driving during peak times – dropping the kids off to school at 9am and collecting at 3.30pm, and often driving to and from after school clubs at around 5/5.30pm when the traffic is heavy again.  Sitting in…

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