Articles by: Richard Borges

Cars

Aston Martin will make old cars electric so they don’t get banned from cities

The ‘Heritage EV’ program launches next year
Road Safety

Hard-hitting drink driving display at fire station

A dramatic visual display has been placed outside a fire station as part of a Christmas drink and drug driving campaign
Legislation & Regulation

Randox forensics inquiry: Forty drug-driving offences quashed

At least 40 motorists convicted of drug-driving offences have been cleared after evidence of manipulation was found in the forensic testing process
Fuel

Volkswagen to launch 2,400 electric vehicle chargers at Tesco stores

Building up the (charging) points
Teaching & Training

Six months on: More learners fail to grasp the opportunity to learn on the motorway

More than two-thirds of driving instructors admit little impact to their schedule due to small appetite
podcast

Dipod 150 – Conference 2018

Check out the latest episode from the leading free podcast for Driving Instructors
Other

Driving examiners accused of sexism and racism

Figures reveal only 32 per cent of black women pass their tests compared to 56% of white men
David Heckinbotham

David Hickenbotham

Cycling has become a passion for this Leicester boy, one of eight children born into a working-class family during post war austerity. He recently cycled to the battlefields of the Somme to raise money for charity and is looking to pedal to the D-Day landing sites next year too
Road Safety

Wrexham driver banned after having 11 people in his car

A man who gave a lift to friends in distress has been banned from driving after admitting having 11 people in his car

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