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It has been said often that driving at night is a risky time to be on the roads. Not only are their hidden dangers such as animals next to the road or drunk drivers stumbling across the road – but also intoxicated drivers and young drivers trying to impress their friends with their driving skills! Young drivers ...

Lazy is perhaps too strong a word to describe some consumers – perhaps apathy would be a better description. Apathy can be described as a sense of indifference, a lack of interest displayed and often such a person might exhibit sluggishness. We would like to argue that many vehicle owners display apathy with regards to ...

The title of this post might raise a few eyebrows – and so it should! A very important threat to road safety is driver fatigue. This threat to both driver fitness and road safety is usually referred to in a number of descriptive words, including driver fatigue, driver tiredness, drowsiness etc. Driver Fatigue a contributing factor ...

Are you the average traveller – or do you believe you drive a bit less than the average driver? This is a question I have asked myself this week as I prepare to take my car for the 135,000 km service. I bought my VW Polo 5 years ago and travel often between Bloemfontein and Johannesburg ...

Pay As You Drive car insurance is often described as the best car insurance product for people who travel less. We have given much attention to how life changes affect the way and the distance that we drive – and Pay As You Drive or “distance based” insurance recognizes that travelling less results in ...

Many families have a “special” car – a car that is inherited from a grandparent and which has special sentimental value. It might not qualify as a true antique – or have a special financial value – but it might be of significant value for people whose lives developed around that vehicle. It is important to ...

National Women’s Day is an annual public holiday in South Africa on August 9. This commemorates the national march of women on this day in 1956 to petition against legislation that required African persons to carry the “pass”, special identification documents which curtailed an African’s freedom of movement during the apartheid era. Today our country and ...

We are all experiencing significant life changes all of the time. We meet people, enter into relationships, break-up, start and end careers and move our places of residence all the time. It appears that this is becoming more frequent in the 21st century! I have recently listened to a rather interesting presentation on how employers could ...

We have previously referred to the economic benefits of Pay As You Drive car insurance. The financial benefits of reduced car insurance premiums might be what would drive most of us towards changing our existing car insurance – but there are other more noble motivations as well – such as keeping the environment green! This was ...

On the Car Insurance Blog we strive to advise vehicle owners not only on how to find the correct car insurance, but also to find affordable insurance and save on their monthly car insurance premiums. We have suggested that vehicle owners who tend to drive less consider the benefits of a Pay As You Drive ...