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Claim being rejected! Help!

There is nothing to add to TC1474's comments but as an aside, there is a database of all motor pay-outs, and insurers could easily confirm details of... see more

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Recommended driving school for mature learner

Times must be hard at Top Learner Driving School. It seems they're reduced to touting for business from someone who enquired on this forum seventeen... see more

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What do you do about MOT Advisories? 1 in 6 drivers ignore them and suffer!

The problem is, the motor industry is so very trustworthy, advisories are treated as fishing for business. see more

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Recommended driving school for mature learner

Hi gemstone, as TLDS shows they can and do promise anything and everything until you have signed up. You sound as though your early training went... see more

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What do you do about MOT Advisories? 1 in 6 drivers ignore them and suffer!

So 36 million ignored MOT advisories? Are you sure? Are there even 36 Million tests in a year? Or is this a wild extrapolation from the... see more

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Claim being rejected! Help!

The insurance companies are renowned for looking at any and every way of getting out of paying up after a claim. Even after a catastrophic injury... see more

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What do you do about MOT Advisories? 1 in 6 drivers ignore them and suffer!

A recent RAC survey found that 1 in 6 drivers that ignore the advisory notices from an MOT and experience either a breakdown or a collision as a... see more

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Happy (slightly belated) Father’s Day @Drivingforfun (and to every dad in the Community), including @NickEmmet! 👨🏻‍🍼 Glad you were able to spend... see more

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Recommended driving school for mature learner

@gemstone Hi there 👋 It’s great to hear you’re picking up driving again — you’re definitely not alone! Many learners return after a long break, and... see more

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Fathers Day

Was anyone lucky enough to be able to celebrate, or maybe be celebrated? Or both?? I hope you had a good day. 👍 I went for a pub lunch with my... see more

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Waiting lists

I'm sure there's a perfect explanation, probably in the form of a complex equation combined with some pure logic, but I've wondered about waiting... see more

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Claim being rejected! Help!

Hi, so I recently had a accident.. not my fault. A transit van pulled out of a blind spot and went straight into my driver side door... anyway i rang... see more

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Driverless cars: Tech possible for UK motorways by 2026

I am not sure Rolebama, I had a look at his films and none of the titles suggested anything like that but it was a only a rough search. It could... see more

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ar markers to help judge dimensions of car

Hi Folks Can someone kindly suggest any type of car markers that I can put on my car, which will help me park close enough to both the left- and... see more

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Getting Old?

I like the stoicism. But I want to be there when I finally decide, it's time to let go - now. I have never been able to understand this urge to... see more

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Grammar In Schools

Education appears to suffer the same problem in the USA as it do's in the UK. The civil servants (I prefer civil serpents but it confuses readers)... see more

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I think I have committed an offence

You're right — if you’re a UK resident with an EU driving licence, you can continue driving in the UK as long as your licence remains valid. Just... see more

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Grammar In Schools

I left school in the 60s because I found out that the school system was more interested in league tables than my education. I was on track for GCE A... see more

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Getting Old?

As for acting your age, I have two T-shirts. Both basically say I have never been this age before, and I don't know how. see more

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Repeat driving tests every 5 years

There is a saying about doing something for a period of time, and gaining experience, and doing something for the same period purely repeating the... see more

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Adaptive Headlights for driving in Europe

@Drivingforfun thanks! see more

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Are there any good resources to quickly learn Spanish traffic signs?

I know some signs are similar to UK ones, but I’ve heard others — especially related to speed limits, parking, and tourist signs — can be very... see more

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Getting Old?

@olduser For me it's a comment that at my age I shouldn't drink so much or smoke weed. My reply is always the same and does take some aback. "We're... see more

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Grammar In Schools

The students here have regular testing, or as the State describes them; assessments. Now the problem arises because the teachers, who want all their... see more

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Repeat driving tests every 5 years

A person can be assessed and still fail, I do it on a weekly basis with a whole range of drivers ad experiences. A driver is still being tested on... see more

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Getting Old?

I usually reply to act your age with, "I gave up acting years ago, I am what I am now". see more

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Irish speeding in northern ireland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--j7wvtOi1s Sorry, I just couldn't resist.😉 see more

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Repeat driving tests every 5 years

As I see it, what you have described is an assessment of someone's driving ability not a driving test. I think this would be appropriate in place... see more

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Repeat driving tests every 5 years

I have been here before in another thread, what to do with bad drivers? In the days when we had traffic cops, there was a very effective, and I... see more

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Getting Old?

I sometimes get the unwanted advice that I need to act my age. No idea how I'm supposed to act at age 71. 😋 see more

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