Impairment
Driving does not mix with drugs and alcohol. If you intend having a drink, then don't drive. It's simple wisdom that will help you to stay safe. But what is the extent of the problem regarding drugs or alcohol and driving? James Luckhurst has been finding out.
Driving at night can be less stressful than during the day as there tends to be less traffic around. However, there are risks we need to be aware of in order to stay safe. The first source of danger concerns what we can actually see. It's a scientific fact that at night we simply cannot trust our eyes and our vision to the extend we can in daylight. Danger can come from the restricted vision that occurs when it's dark. After all, 90 per cent of our ability to react depends on what we see. So it stands to reason that if we see a lot less at night, then we are automatically in a more dangerous environment. Put it another way: at night we only see around a tenth of what we would see in daylight. Watch our night time driving experiment to appreciate how limited a driver's night-time vision can be.
We want you to stay safe on the roads not just when you're driving, but also when you're someone else's passenger. It's worth thinking carefully before agreeing to go in anyone else's car, especially if you don't know their style of driving, how careful they;'re going to be and how influenced they may be by having two or three friends along with them.
These tips for staying safe as a passenger come from Graham Griffiths of Ultimate Car Control.
Do you know what ABS is and what it can do for you? Most modern cars are equipped with ABS, but it pays to know a little about the technology - as well as what it can and cannot do for you in an emergency braking situation.
Graham Griffiths of Ultimate Car Control explains, with footage courtesy of Bosch.
Is your car fitted with ESP? It pays to know whether you have access to this potentially life-saving technology. But what is it and how does it work?
The footage here is courtesy of Bosch.
Whether you invest a little or a lot in buying a car, it makes sense to maximise its value for when you come to sell it. One of the key aspects of this is to ensure the car is clean - inside and out. Now you probably won't need our advice on how to clean the outside of the car, but perhaps while we're at it we could share a few less pleasant facts about what's often found on the inside!
Fawzi Abou-Chahine has been looking for bugs.
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