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Festival season: how to prepare your car

This summer, the RAC and WiseDriving are bringing you top tips if you’re heading to one of the UK’s many festivals. From getting there safely to avoiding getting stuck in a muddy field, if you’re driving to a festival, this guide can help.

Black box insurance for older drivers

While you might not associate black box insurance with an older driver, that doesn’t necessarily mean they can’t benefit from it.

Ways to Try and Keep Insurance Costs Down for New Drivers

Once you’ve passed your driving test it’s time to find some wheels, get insured, and get out on the road. It’s important you choose a car that doesn’t push up the cost of your insurance any more than it needs to.

Driving safely in wet weather

Rain, rain go away! But it’ll definitely come again another day… So it’s important to make sure that you know how to stay safe behind the wheel in wet weather. Rainy days affect your visibility, and how well your car can grip to the road. But there are a...

The best cars to keep new drivers insurance costs low

Once you’ve passed your driving test it’s time to find some wheels, get insured and get out on the road - but it’s important you choose a car that doesn’t push up the cost of your insurance anymore than it needs to.

Did you know these 6 simple things could make your car fail its MOT?

Some problems can’t be fixed before an MOT, but there are a few things that you can check for yourself to help your car on its way to passing.

How to navigate horse riders out on the road

Learning to navigate safely around other road users is a key part of learning to drive, whether this means other cars, cyclists, pedestrians or even horses. But how should you react to seeing a horse in the road?

There’s an app for that... Top mobile apps for drivers

From finding the cheapest place to fill up to turning your phone into your very own dashcam, there’s an app for that. Read our guide to the top driving apps for the tech-savvy among you.

How to drive safely around motorbikes

Here are some tips to drive safely around bikes, to help you know what to do when sharing the road with a motorcyclist.

What are the different types of car insurance?

Insurance can be confusing, so we’re here to make things as simple as possible. In this article we will look at what the different levels of insurance cover are.

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What data does my Black Box record?

Privacy is important to us, and rightly so! Which is why, at WiseDriving, we only record the data that we need from your black box. Here’s our handy guide to what data we collect, and how we use it to calculate your score!

Are you invalidating your insurance?

You might not know it, but there are lots of ways that you can make your insurance policy invalid. You may not even realise you’re doing it. You must make sure you’re not going against the regulations of your policy, otherwise it could be declared void.

Can you drive while pregnant?

You’re given so much advice as to what you can and can’t do. But when it comes to driving, let’s face it – you’ve got to be able to get around, right?

Can you drive in the UK with a non-UK licence?

Moving to a new country is difficult, especially getting to grips with driving. Depending on where you’ve moved from, you might even need to drive on the other side of the road, which can be hard to get used to! But we’re here to help ease some of the...

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How can my Black Box help if I have an accident?

Your black box measures G-force, so will record the large force exerted upon impact. This is handy because it’ll determine the exact time of the incident and the severity of it. The GPS can also establish which direction you were travelling in, all of...