Air conditioning may be bad for your health in a car or van. This week the Met Office reveals that pollen levels will be high across all of England from until Saturday 13 as temperatures creep up to 20c in some areas. According to the Met Office, tree pollen affects around 1 in 4 people, and is most common from late March to mid-May. This is followed by the more commonly known grass pollen, … [Read more...]
Cutting corners on servicing risks illness
Shoddy servicing could be making you ill. Cutting corners on maintenance could give Welsh drivers a raging dose of hay fever this summer, motoring experts have warned. Allergy sufferers are set for a torrid time over the next few months, with the grass pollen season set to kick-off at the start of June. And if you’ve been slack about properly servicing and maintaining your motor, you … [Read more...]
Drivers’ hay fever warning from Quotezone
Welsh hay fever sufferers who are vulnerable to grass and nettle pollen and Cladosporium spores, which will increase in intensity with the warm, dry sunny days should take note, especially if they take medication to lessen symptoms. The Met Office forecast has led to a warning from one of the country’s leading car insurance comparison websites, that many motorists are unaware of the fact that … [Read more...]
Welsh hay fever sufferers risk penalty points
The Met Office pollen forecast for Wales could give hay fever sufferers more than watery eyes this weekend. Pollen predictions show things could get uncomfortable for sufferers on Friday and into Saturday when the pollen count is forecast to jump to ‘high’, after being classed as ‘medium’ for many regions throughout the week. Welsh hay fever sufferers who are vulnerable to oak and birch … [Read more...]
Hay Fever season warning to drivers
Hay fever season is here, with high pollen counts expected in parts of the UK in coming weeks, according to the MetOffice’s hay fever forecast. Hay fever affects approximately 30% of the UK’s population, and with Brits embarking on road trips over the bank holiday, hay fever sufferers must take steps to prevent their allergies from affecting their ability to drive safely. In fact, motoring … [Read more...]
Tradelines 26 May
The next bank holiday weekend will see an estimated 10.8m leisure trips taken by car, suggests new RAC research, but if the sun shines there’s likely to be even more trips which will inevitably cause jams. While the figures indicate drivers have firm plans to take around 7.2m trips to see friends and family between Friday and bank holiday Monday – with Saturday and the bank holiday itself busiest … [Read more...]
Hay fever warning over drug use
A runny nose, headache and constant sneezing – these are just a few of the symptoms hay fever sufferers deal with during the summer as we prepare for a week of very warm weather. These symptoms can affect motorists in a number of ways. Here’s some advice from IAM RoadSmart’s head of driving and riding standards, Richard Gladman, about what you can do to better cope with it before taking to the … [Read more...]
Welsh police sniffing out more drug-drivers
Over-the-counter anti-hay fever medicines are thought to have fuelled a rise in positive drug-driving tests by Welsh police forces. Drug-driving offences in Wales have increased 62% in just two years, according to new research by Confused.com through Freedom of Information requests to three police forces in the region which revealed 501 drivers were charged with driving under the influence of … [Read more...]
Newslines 21 May
About 63% of drivers told OSV Ltd that new technology in their cars was distracting. Some 42% thought we are becoming too dependent on car gadgets and 50% said they would pay more for additional safety features even if they did not reduce the likelihood of an accident. For the first time in its 122-years history, the annual London to Brighton veteran cars run will adopt two routes out of the … [Read more...]