Tips and Blogs

Most people know that travelling with children can be quite stressful. With a bit of know-how, it needn't be a hassle. Rebecca Ashton, Head of Policy and Research at IAM RoadSmart, is on hand with some useful tips for making sure everyone makes it through the trip without any family fallouts.

If you reduced your car or motorbike use to essential journeys only in recent months, to help in the collective effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, regardless of when you passed your test, many people will feel they need to build on their confidence post-lockdown.

Lockdown has not just had an impact on driving skills, it’s created new psychological pressures too – on drivers and riders at home and in business.

Many holidaymakers have had to ditch a trip abroad and opt for outdoor staycations this year, so there will be more people than ever dusting off their caravan and packing for a summer getaway.

As pubs and restaurants in England open for the first time in months, the UK’s leading independent road safety charity is reminding people to make wise choices and if they’re having a drink to leave their vehicle at home.

Crispin d’Albertanson, chief observer at Wey Valley Advanced Motorcyclists and an IAM RoadSmart lead Skills Day instructor, spent a school day with Ron Haslam learning about Dunlop’s new range of tyres.

Whether you like it or not – they’re coming! An unstoppable tsunami of technology, a deluge of data and hardware that is being “sold” to the human race as a game changer.

You’ve all experienced it - you’re running late, not sure where you are … ah yes a road sign! Where’s my town? Oh it’s gone! And I didn’t take it in at all, yikes!

Before I started at IAM RoadSmart, I hadn’t heard of the charity and I’d never given advanced driving a second thought. I reluctantly took up driving lessons after university to help broaden my job search so I could find a role further afield from home, if needed.

I was really interested to read recently that experts at the German equivalent of the AA (ADAC) have suggested a new classification scheme to help drivers understand the different types of driverless car.