Hold your breath!
You may be thankful to hear that the most dangerous day on the roads - 5 December - is now behind us. But without wanting to sound like a party pooper, this doesn’t mean it’s time to think that we’re in the clear for this time of year. The most dangerous day date, which was revealed by Co-op Insurance, came about after the company analysed insurance claims. The reason for the date? A culmination of factors really - icy roads, people rushing off on shopping trips, darker nights... Now the last time I looked, all those factors were still around. And judging by the police launching December campaigns across the UK about drink and drug driving, it’s clear that there’s still scope for things to go seriously wrong. So I’m going to share a top tip that we do at Low Cost Vans that might help… A big part of the police efforts to keeping the roads safe at Christmas is breathalysing tests - doctors say that even small amounts of alcohol in the system can slow reactions and increase the risk of ac...