Driving Jonathan | 03 Aug 2009
“Now you’ve passed the test, you can really learn how to drive.” Why do people say that, over and over again? Think about it for a moment. It’s a damning criticism of how we’re training new drivers. We know that there’s something vital missing from the whole training regime, and we see the driving test [...]
Driving Jonathan | 11 Mar 2009
Getting up at dawn and driving up to Lates in Rugby at the weekend it didn’t take me long to get bored with the monotony of the motorway network, and before I knew it I’d reverted to my usual inclination when I’m in no particular hurry of turning off onto ever more minor roads following [...]
Driving Jonathan | 21 Feb 2009
When the Institute of Advanced Motorists invite you to a Driver Improvement Day, you’re half expecting some kind of exercise involving lots of cones and glacially slow manoeuvres. As they’ve proven at Mallory Park today, if you believe all the old stereotypes you’re missing out.
The track day, sorry, Driver Improvement Day, was my first venture [...]
Driving Jonathan | 18 Dec 2008
By popular belief, automatic cars are only for people who can’t cope with a clutch. They take away all your control. They’re always going wrong and when they do they’re very expensive to fix. As a keen driver you’d expect me to denounce the auto ‘box as the root of all evil. But, you see, [...]