Who said the elderly are poor drivers?

A friend and regular visitor to the Arrive Alive website emailed a rather nice video illustrating the driving ability of some of our elderly road users!

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What Is the Best Time of Year To Buy Car Insurance?

Trying to find ways to lower your auto insurance premiums can become a full-time hobby. If you want to save money and get the best discounts, you may try tweaking your policy’s deductibles, limits, and coverage types. You may also decide to pay in advance and take advantage of good driver and good student discounts.

Some people even believe that by buying their car insurance at a certain time of the year, they will receive the best discounts.

There may be some slight truth to that last statement. Winter tends to bring ice, snow, and sleet to many parts of the country, and there are simply more accidents at this time of year. O

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Driving without Car Insurance is Illegal

It is an offence for you or others to use your car without a level of car insurance that satisfies the Road Traffic Act whilst driving on the public highway. However, no such law applies whilst driving on private land.

The UK government introduced the original law back in 1930 which requires every person who uses a vehicle on the road to have at least third party vehicle insurance.

Third party only insurance is the lowest level car insurance cover available and is therefore often the most low cost. Third Party Insurance will only cover you for causing accidental damage to other people’s property and causing injury or death to other people. H

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Lower Your Motorcycle Insurance with Theft Prevention Tactics

Along with the hot wheels, cool trim, leather interior and killer sound system, your sports car came with another line item add-on that wasn’t part of the MSRP: sports car automobile insurance. Insuring your shiny fast ride can add thousands of dollars to cost of ownership over the life of the car…unless you’re a savvy shopper. Here’s what you need to know to help you find cheap sports car insurance (or at least reasonably priced). For starters, different insurance companies have different definitions of what is and isn’t a sports car. This is typically based on a VIN (vehicle identification number) system published by the Insurance Services Office or the company’s own ranking system. Either syst

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