While it is a great achievement to pass your Driving Test first time it is only the beginning of a life long process and does not confer immortality rights! So many young drivers are blissfully unaware of what is facing them in the first few years of Driving after passing the Driving Test.
This time is generally recognised as the most dangerous in a driver’s career since the euphoria of passing the Driving Test, whether first time or not, seems to completely blur the reality of driving in today’s environment. Today’s Driving Environment is very different to that of twenty five years ago or in Ireland’s case just ten years ago when roads were quieter and there were fewer untrained Learner Drivers on the road.
People spend a lot of time in their cars. Over two thirds of the working population travels to work by car and over a third of the country’s households have 2 or more vehicles. The roads are seemingly getting busier by the day, with many people taking their car to the local shops rather than walking.
It is unsurprising then that road users spend a lot of time feeling irate about other peoples’ driving abilities or should that be inabilities. The daily commute simply drives people mad! From the old man who creeps alongside you in his Rover so that you can’t change lanes, to the lorry that pulls out in front of you on the roundabout. Online car insurance company www.duck2watercarinsurance.co.uk carried out a survey of their customers to find out what really gets on peoples nerves.
With the world’s oil prices at such a high level, many of us are hard-pressed to try to squeeze the maximum work out of the petrol or gasoline we use for our vehicles.
Although fuel consumption can depend on many factors like vehicle and tire condition, road condition, fuel used, engine efficiency, vehicle aerodynamic design, and many others, there are a few things you can do to reduce the consumption simply by adopting good driving habits.