Category: The Traffic Island
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Are we on a road to nowhere?
Hello and welcome to The Traffic Island. A collection of stories, information and hopefully entertainment about driving here in Britain in the 21st Century. Do you want to become a better driver? Or maybe just look at fuel saving driving techniques? How about help to drive more smoothly and in a more thoughtful way? As…
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Winter Wonderland
As an advanced driver of some years and a worker in the driving training and assessment industry for 20 plus years I think it is safe to say I know a bit about driving. Here are some tips for driving in winter weather. Drive slowly and allow more time (Obvious I know) Try to avoid…
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Fog. Fog. Fog.
As the bell tolls for the ships in the harbour of a low budget horror film and the fog washes in ominously from the sea. Why is the fog synonymous with horror films? It’s quite simple really, it covers a multitude of sins when tight budgets only allow for basic and obvious effects. Wires that…
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Horsing around?
Let’s talk about the unpredictable choices of our equine chums. Inspired by an article on the BBC website (Link at the end of this post), let’s talk about passing animals on the road. There are several important things that people often forget about horses when they are driving passed them. They are alive, unpredictable and most importantly…
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Handbrake churn?
What is a handbrake turn? What’s a handbrake turn? A handbrake, or to give it the official name in the UK, parking brake, is the thing in the middle of your car*, that is not the gearstick or where you put your drinks so that you can knock them over later on. The renaming to…
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Are you a good driver?
Are you though? Really? There are different kinds of good drivers and I think it is best if I break down a few of them. There are good fast drivers, people who can circuit race cars for example. There are good rally and off-road drivers, people who can control a vehicle well under difficult and…
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What’s driving you?
“Where’s my jetpack?| * Where is it? When I was younger, that was what we were all going to have. Or a flying car. Or a robot that would do the housework and be amusingly servile. Robots were going to free us so that we could pursue our life goals while a metallic underclass carried…
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Driven to Distraction.
An occasional series about driving with distractions and how to minimise them One of the other things I am a little bit obsessed with is synthesisers. (Note proper British spelling, no ‘Z’ here thank you very much.) Now I know this is an even more niche subject, but I have a point to make and…
