#3500 lives – what are your tips for safe driving?

don't drive for too long, as an retired Driver I use the tachograph rules, you must take a break of 45 mins after 4.5 hours driving, that 45 mins can be made of 1 or more breaks of 15 mins before the 4.5 hrs

Absolutely agree with you matey, it's always better to arrive late that not at all. Trying to go that little bit quicker isn't worth the risk, nice and steady wins the race so they say!

One of the more recent additional hazards that we must all watch out for is electric scooters. These are not only illegal, (in most cases), but usually being ridden in such a way as to cause a danger to both themselves and other road users. In the space of the last few days I have seen about a dozen being ridden, at speed, on pavements and occasionally on the road. On at least two occasions the riders have just gone straight across a junction road without slowing or stopping, weaving their way through moving traffic. Some of these that I have seen have been at night with no lights on and, invariably dressed in dark clothing including face masks, presumably so that they can't be identified.  Drivers have enough to contend with without this addition of illegal idiots. Regretfully, it is not evident that the police are doing anything about this issue. If they were, there would not be so many blatantly being ridden illegally.