The DGN Driving Blog

If you’re currently learning to drive, you may have already begun looking into insurance for your own vehicle. In which case, you’ve probably come across the term ‘high-risk driver’. And it’s a term that leaves most insurance buyers cold, because it inevitably means that your premiums will be sky-high. But what does ‘high-risk driver’ actually

Learning to drive triggers different emotions in different people. For some, it’s exciting. For others, it’s a little nerve-wracking. And for a small number of learner drivers, it’s a time of abject terror! Hopefully, the latter is not the case for you. But either way, nervousness is common in those early days behind the wheel.

Winter has been a completely mixed bag this year. One day, you’re driving in snow and ice, the next floods and fog, with the occasional glaringly bright sunny spells after heavy rain. It’s been challenging for even the most experienced of us. But for new drivers, it can be particularly difficult to understand how different

Christmas is coming, and we know how hard it can be to find gifts for older kids. But if those kids are learning to drive – or on the cusp of doing so – there are actually plenty of things to choose from. So, rather than wasting your money on novelties that won’t be appreciated

Back in October, the AA created a bit of a furore when it suggested that a new driving rule be put in place. The proposal is that any drivers under the age of 21 should be restricted from carrying passengers of a similar age until they had six months of independent driving experience. So, what’s

When most people are asked the question of whether it’s best to learn to drive in an automatic or manual vehicle, they immediately say ‘manual’, The reasoning behind this is that when you have a manual license, you can still drive an automatic vehicle. But if you have an automatic license, manual cars are off-limits.