Warmer weather encourages getaways but you need to check if your car is in a good place too, say Holts. Here are some tips on what to check. 1. Tyres Tyres are often considered the most important safety aspect to check because they are the thing that connects your car to the road. Check for proper tread depth, cuts or bulges, and ensure that the tyres are inflated properly. 2. … [Read more...]
Newslines 26 October
Vauxhall is offering 15% off the price of all genuine and approved accessories until 30 November. The range of Vauxhall accessories is also helpful for owners with pets or new additions to the family, with child seats, pet dividers and other family features available and owners wishing to improve vehicle safety can add parking sensors or dash cams, all installed by authorised Vauxhall … [Read more...]
Newslines 28 January
More than 22% of parents and grandparents who transport children by car admit to not using a child car seat all of the time putting lives at risk, says the RAC. While 16% of those who confessed to breaking the law by not properly securing their youngest passengers said they had done so only very rarely, a worrying 3% said they regularly do this and another 3% say they do it sometimes. After the … [Read more...]
Bugs in baby seats go along for the ride
Dirty middle-aged parents are risking their children's and other people's health because they are not sanitising safety seats. Leasing Options swabbed the various parts of the interiors of cars to see what germs lie hidden from our eyes and steering wheels, hand brakes, gear sticks and centre consoles/radios all registered between 10-20 Limit Of Detection for bacteria within normal … [Read more...]
Parents puzzled by car-seat law and fitting
Research from Co-op Insurance revealed that parents are lacking confidence and knowledge when it comes to child car seats. Four out of five parents (81%) agree that information about car seats needs to be made more accessible and widely available. The uncertainty has three fifths (64%) of parents saying that the where the youngest child sits in the car should be enforced by law to … [Read more...]