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Updates to the Highway Code

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The latest version of The Highway Code is being published tomorrow (29 January).  There are (depending on which report you read), 8 new rules and 49 updated rules – but some of these updates are to clarify wording and/or where one underlying principle affects more than one rule.

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Of course, much of the Highway Code is a guide rather than prescriptive.  However, to paraphrase the opening paragraph of the first Highway Code: “although breaking any of these rules is not in itself an offence, it will make it so hot for you that you won’t know the difference.” [Read more…] about Updates to the Highway Code

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How clear is your windscreen

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I admonished (in the nicest possible way) a friend this morning for inappropriate positioning of her mobile phone on her windscreen.  As the friend was Madame Editor, she instructed me (also in the nicest possible way) to post something about it.  So here goes.

using phone as sat nav
Image by Dariusz Sankowski from Pixabay

The Department for Transport guidelines divide the windscreen into two areas. Zone A is “a vertical area 290 mm wide, centred on the steering wheel and contained within the swept area of the windscreen.” Zone B is the rest of the windscreen covered by the wipers. [Read more…] about How clear is your windscreen

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Lessons – Part 1

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Lessons are a big part of life. Some we love, others we loathe. In this two-part series, I thought I’d take a look at how lessons are an ongoing thing. We’re just not always conscious of it. I’ve learned so much from writing which has helped directly not only with that but with life skills too.

So let’s start with the obvious then.

 

English language and literature lessons were my favourite at school. Pixabay

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