Driver Safety & Wellbeing

Renting a vehicle when you’re under 25 isn’t always easy. To mitigate the risks of renting to relatively inexperienced drivers, many rental companies insist on applying a surcharge and in this article we look at the most common restrictions and offer advice to younger drivers.

To help improve air quality in the British capital, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) was expanded across all London boroughs on 29 August 2023.

It’s important to drive safely in snow & icy conditions and it’s the responsibility of all drivers to know how to drive in cold weather.

Many of us are now keen to know how to reduce our own personal carbon footprint and reducing CO2 emissions from the vehicles we drive and employing sustainable driving practices is a small step we can all take. While you may consider a hybrid or full electric vehicle as an alternative to a traditional petrol or diesel engine, if this is currently not an option for you, there are still steps you can take with your driving style to keep your CO2 emissions as low as possible.

When deciding what vehicle you’d like to choose, one of the key things to consider is whether you want it to have manual or automatic transmission. In most cases this will depend on personal choice, the extent of your driving experience, the types of journeys you mostly take, how much mechanical involvement you prefer to have with your vehicle and how comfortable you like to be when driving. To help, we’ve summarised some important points to consider below.