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Do You Check Your Car Wheels Regularly?
I’m going to start this post with a true story. Recently my dad experienced a puncture on one of his rear tyres after going over a rather large nail. He wasn’t too worried, he always carried a spare in the boot so knew that he could change the tyre and carry on his way. However, when he got to the boot and looked at the spare, he realised that the spare tyre was also flat, that he’d taken off this tyre on another occasion when it had been punctured, and had forgotten to get it sorted. He ended up calling our the RAC, and had a rather long wait into…
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Ensure Your Child’s Safety When Driving This Winter.
When driving, it’s a big responsibility transporting any passengers, and extra care and preparation is needed when younger children are in the car. Are you really driving as safely as you can? Keeping Your Car in Tip Top Condition You need to make sure your car is roadworthy. This includes your tyre condition, ensuring you have oil and water, and that your screen wash is topped up. It is also handy to have a battery charger for those cold winter days when your car just won’t start. You may also need to check out more serious issues. For example, you might need to buy suspension parts online, ensure your brakes are…
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Winter Safety on Two Wheels
[affilinet_performance_ad size=468×60] This week we have been plunged into some seriously wintry weather, with some parts of the country having the first snow of the Winter, and temperatures making it feel decidedly bleak and cheerless. Mornings are now frosty, and this is all leading to our already busy roads turning treacherous, as the surfaces become slippy and the stopping distances increase. For those using the roads extra vigilance is needed, and non so more so than those who are traveling on two wheels, the cyclists and the motorcyclists. Even though they only account for 1% of road users, motorcyclists account for 21% of all road deaths, with high numbers also…
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Rascals on the Road: How to prevent a bogus personal injury claim
Once you’ve been in any road traffic collision, big or small, you run the risk of getting sued for a personal injury claim. Half of all collisions end up in some form of claim for compensation, so it’s a good idea to get clued up on how to not get sued. Here are the key things you need to know about personal injury claims, and how to avoid falling victim to someone else’s money-making schemes. Get evidence at the scene It’s a good idea to gather some initial evidence at the scene of the crash. Often police will not be able to attend a crash if there are no serious…
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Brantano’s Walk to school for charity campaign
My son has returned to school today, after a very long, but amazingly fun. school holiday. So it seems only fitting that one of today’s posts should be linked to going back to school in some way, and Brantano’s partnership with road safety charity Brake, is definitely something worth shouting about. Brantano, famed for their high quality, low cost shoes, have been doing some research into how children get to and from school. Their research has shown that only a third of children and parents regularly walk to and from school every week. One of the reasons given for this was that was that many parents feel the route between…
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