More than a quarter of drivers (27%) who have taken their own cars abroad to continental Europe have driven non-stop for five or more hours, with one-in-10 having done so for upwards of seven hours, putting their safety and that of their passengers and other road users at risk, said RAC European Breakdown. The research, conducted among 2,500 UK drivers of … [Read more...]
Ghost-busting ignorance of emergency numbers
UK drivers venturing to the continent this summer could find themselves in difficulty after new data shows that most don’t know the three-digit phone number to call the emergency services when in the European Union. Each year Brits take nearly six million trips in their own cars across the Channel with the majority doing so in the summer months. Yet … [Read more...]
