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Posted May 2007
Young Drivers Urged To Learn Basic
Car Maintenance
A survey recently carried out on behalf of Direct
Line Car Insurance found that high percentages of young drivers
are unable to perform simple car maintenance tasks such as jump starting
a car, replacing tyres, checking oil and break fluid levels or changing
indicator or headlight bulbs. The figures are surprising given the
recent addition of the car maintenance section to the practical driving
test. Older drivers according to the same survey are more likely to be
able to cope with basic car maintenance compared to their young driver
counterparts. The cost of not being able to do basic car maintenance
is two fold, firstly, there is the additional monetary cost in terms
of paying mechanics and the second issue, is the vehicle safe to be
on the road which has implications for pedestrians and motorists
and the validity of the car insurance policy.
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