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Road safety sponsor needed…
I have just got back from the Midlands having included Thursday night at Brake, the road safety charity’s Fleet Safety Forum Awards for Excellence 2009. We had submitted an application for the category of ‘Road Safety in the Community’ on … Continue reading
Posted in road safety, women drivers
Tagged Brake, Citroen UK, Jet Service Stations, Newcastle United, Ocado, Royal Mail, the C-G lock
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Free car checks for women drivers
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Posted in motoring, road safety, women drivers
Tagged car maintenance, Comma Oils, Driving Standards Agency, learner drivers
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Which car mechanics are qualified?
I was used to associating Corgi with qualified gas fitters – in fact I thought that the GI was part of an acronym and stood for Gas Installers, but perhaps I was wrong. I now read that I should ask … Continue reading
Posted in garage services, road safety
Tagged BBC Watchdog, car mechanics, car servicing, Corgi
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Refresher driving courses for women
Last night I attended a local NWR (National Womens Register) meeting. The topic was ‘The Perfect Weekend’ and this encouraged fantasy destinations, fancied partners and much female frivolity. I can’t remember how but at one stage the conversation veered from … Continue reading
Posted in road safety, women, women's car insurance
Tagged Driving Standards Agency, IAM, National Womens Register, PassPlus
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Women and UK garage services
A recent survey carried out by Experian looked at the perceived differences to do with garages and dealerships carrying out car servicing on new and used cars. Whilst the survey didn’t say whether the sample included women drivers, the two … Continue reading
Posted in car dealerships, garage services, road safety, women, women drivers
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When is a car not insured… and the premium paid?
An industry luminary who has a habit of stirring things up a bit has just issued a Press Release dear to my heart. His name is Mark Cornwall and he runs a business called Car Parts Direct which does what … Continue reading
Posted in car dealerships, garage services, road safety, women
Tagged car maintenance, Direct Line, MOT, unroadworthy vehicles
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Do women drivers take motoring more seriously than men?
We recently set up a new business bank account with Lloyds and their new business manager sent me a local press cutting from the West Sussex Observer ‘Motors Today’ which had caught his eye. A survey about men and women … Continue reading
Posted in motoring, road safety, women drivers, women's car insurance
Tagged motoring survey
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Real garage rip offs or old-fashioned ripping yarns
According to a survey carried out by Lloyds TSB’s Insurance Services www.insurance.co.uk comparison site some 50% of motorists, including women, believe that they have been ripped off by car mechanics. Allegedly these ‘scams’ cost the nation £8 billion in overcharged, … Continue reading
Posted in garage services, motoring, road safety, women, women drivers
Tagged rip off garages
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Are bikers beyond the law?
At odds with this morning’s glorious weather and my feeling great, I read that an organisation called EuroRap has just published figures to say that Britain is doing less than other parts of Europe to reduce the risk of road … Continue reading