cars
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Who’d be a learner driver?
At the age of 41 I am about to become a learner driver all over again, 20 years after I first started taking lessons. Now I know that is some gap, but I do have my reasons…well a reason, for this. I took lots of lessons 20 years ago and felt really confident and ready to take my test. I’d drove at rush hour, on dual carriageways, on the busiest of roads at the busiest of times. Then a set of traffic lights, a rather busty barmaid and one distracted driver managed to scare me off the roads for twenty years. Intrigued – then read on… I was on a…
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How Road Safety savvy are your kids?
A true story. A couple of years ago my family spent some time in Wales. It was gorgeously sunny and we were spending most of our days at the beach and having late suppers. One evening we decided to get chips and burgers for dinner and popped to Dolgellau – a nearby town. The pavements were very narrow and so we had to walk in single file – I had Joe in front of me. Suddenly the pavement stopped altogether on our side of the road, and Joe, seeing a pavement on the other side, instinctively just ran into the road to cross over. I froze and just screamed, which…
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Vehicular Style Tips for the Fashion Conscious Mom
As a modern parent, driving is almost a necessity. Although it’s possible to get by in life without having regular access to a car, it will certainly make things a lot harder if you don’t. Of course, this problem can be easily remedied with a quick brush up on your driving theory knowledge and a practical test, but once you’re legally able to sit behind a steering wheel and drive, that’s when things become tricky. Like all fashion conscious mothers, style is important. However, when it comes to transporting your children you’ll probably find that style becomes locked in a battle with another “S”: safety. Although we all want to look good…
