Your Essential Guide to Winter Driving Safety
This winter could be Britain’s coldest and snowiest winter in almost 70 years. Forecasts indicate that we could be facing a combination of freezing North Pole air, low pressure air from Greenland, a pattern of atmospheric blocking, cold easterly winds and a...
Win a £200 Amazon Voucher
We are giving someone the chance to win a £200 Amazon Gift Voucher. How you choose to spend your £200 is completely up to you. You could spend it on something for your van, something for the family or something for yourself. To be in with a chance of winning the...
Catalytic Converter Theft: How to Protect Yourself
You might have seen videos posted on social media showing thieves climbing under cars and sawing off key components. The gangs are targeting catalytic converters. These are part of the car’s exhaust system, and they’re used to convert polluters into less harmful...
Tyre Wear on Outside Edge: Is It Legal & What Causes It?
Tyre safety is a matter of life and death. Tyre wear on outside edge – is it legal? The legal minimum tyre tread depth in the UK is 1.6mm, which must be in a continuous band around the middle three quarters of each tyre, leaving some allowance for the very edges....
Is Using a Phone as a Sat-Nav Legal?
Are there any laws about what you can use as a sat-nav? Technically, yes. But not in the way you might think… Can You Use a Phone as a sat-nav? There are clear UK laws when it comes to using both sat-navs and mobile phones to navigate while driving. In short, you...
How Does Temporary Insurance Work and What Are the Pitfalls?
Many companies offer temporary insurance cover, This lets you insure a person to drive your car for a few hours at a time without invalidating your main policy. How Does Temporary Insurance Work? Some companies offer flexible hourly car insurance or daily car...
Do I Need to Add Business Use to My Insurance?
To correctly calculate the sort of insurance cover you need, insurers need to know exactly what you intend to use your vehicle for. And if you’re going to be using your car or van for business reasons, then yes – you do need to add business use to your insurance....
NO DEAL Brexit implications if driving abroad
For the latest information on Driving Abroad please click here. _______________________________________________________________ 26/09/19 UPDATE: Six-month 31st October 2019 extension to Brexit is nearly upon us. This means that based on the current extension there...
Win a £200 Wickes Voucher
To celebrate the launch of our new van insurance product we are giving someone the chance to win a £200 Wickes Gift Voucher. Whether you spend it for yourself or for your work, it's completely up to you. To be in with a chance of winning the £200 Wickes Gift...
Stop your keyless entry car being stolen
More keyless entry cars are being stolen but how do keyless entry cars work? Keyless entry cars work using radio signals. When you put your key fob near the door handle, or when you press a button, your car sends out a short radio signal with a range of around five...
Road signs to detect mobile phone usage introduced to UK roads
Using a mobile phone behind the wheel is a major issue when it comes to distracted driving. It has been illegal to use a mobile phone whilst driving since 2003. Despite this and the fact that tougher penalties were introduced in 2017, people continue to use their...
Booster seat law change in 2017
As of March, booster seats will only be available for children over the height of 125cm.