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Top Driving Tunes
Over the last year I’ve travelled approximately 27,000 miles driving between my home in Leeds and Sixt‘s UK head offices in Chesterfield. I’ve learnt a few things on the journeys that I’ve been taking and the biggest thing that’s helped me with the commute has been access to good music. Although the radio offers plenty [...]
Need an Automated Taxi? There’s an App for That…
I remember being sat in front of the television on a Saturday night when I was a kid, you know back when TV was good and not filled of random reality “entertainment”. I grew up with the A Team, Airwolf, MacGyver, Street Hawk, The Fall Guy and, of course, Knight Rider. It was Knight Rider [...]
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The Rise of the Robot Cars
Following on from the earlier story this week of Google’s automated cars I thought I’d highlight some of the other automated features that seem to be getting progressively integrated into the next generation of cars. With some cars containing powerful computers using millions of lines of code to ensure all the internal systems work to [...]
UK Tops EU Road Safety Table
The latest accident figures from across the continent have shown that there are fewer fatal accidents on the UK’s roads, placing them top of the the road safety league in 2010. The roads in the UK have progressively been increasing in safety for several years now, with casualty and fatality figures considerably lower than 15 [...]
Car Insurance Costs Increase by New Record
The price of car insurance saw a record rise over the last year, according the the AA, with the cost taking the biggest leap since the insurers started following market trends. Young drivers are taking the brunt of the increases and are being cited as one of the reasons that there has been such a [...]
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