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You can take your driving test in your own car rather than your driving instructor’s if it meets certain rules. However, beware, your test will be cancelled and you’ll have to pay again if your car doesn’t meet the rules. Rules about the car Your car must: be taxed be insured for a driving test (check with your insurance company) be roadworthy and have a current MOT (if it’s over 3 years old) have no warning lights showing, for example, the airbag warning light have no tyre damage and the…

Traffic Light Speed/Camera explained Traffic light cameras are triggered either by using ground loops that are cut into road surface or radar technology. When using loops, as the traffic lights turn red the system becomes active, any vehicle passing over the sensor in the road after this time is then photographed. Radar based traffic light cameras work in the same manner as fixed Gatso speed cameras. Are these coming to a place near you?  Will Lancashire or Blackpool be the next installation? A news story that appeared in the Daily…

Some vehicles are being recalled by manufacturers and can’t be used for driving tests until they’ve been checked and fixed if necessary. A vehicle can be recalled by the manufacturer if it has a known safety fault. There has been a worldwide recall of some vehicles because of concerns about potentially faulty passenger airbags. Recalled vehicles Your vehicle will need to be checked and may need to be fixed before you can use it for the driving test if it’s on the list below. Vehicles registered from 2000 to 2004…

  Cheaper Car Insurance for New Drivers YOUNG drivers could benefit from improved training and lower insurance premiums as the government confirmed its intention to launch a green paper on improving the safety and reducing risks. Blackpool Driving School has heard that the government is expecting the changes to result in a reduction in the high cost of vehicle insurance currently facing motorists – especially young drivers. This could highly benefit your pupils, and encourage more people to begin learn to again. A green paper looking at a range of…

Blackpool Driving School can announce that young drivers could see their car insurance premiums fall by as much as 20% if the ABI (Association of British Insurers) have their Safe Young Driver proposals implemented, in full, by the government. Blackpool Driving School This expected reduction, announced today at the ABI’s Motor Conference 2013, was based upon the average annual premium of a 17-18 year old driver in 2011: £1,853. With road accident statistics stacked against young drivers, it’s inevitable that they pay the highest premiums, but the ABI plan to…