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Choose Greener Travel Options

Changing the way you travel to work can reduce climate change effects and local air pollution. Things you can do include:
Here are a few ways you could adopt:

1. Walking or cycling to work, or using public transport
2. Use email or the telephone to liaise with others
3. Reduce air travel
4. If you have to fly try using the more eco friendly airlines
5. Consider working more from home
6. Switch of your car engine earlier when stuck in traffic
7. Use train travel where possible

Travel less

Personal travel accounts for up to a quarter of all the damage individuals do to the environment across Europe, including climate change effects. You can reduce the climate change impact of your travel in a number of ways.

Consider travelling less

Reducing your travel will reduce climate change effects and local air pollution.
Can you get what you want nearer to home, or without travelling at all? You could think about using local leisure facilities and shops, or sometimes working from home. When it comes to holidays, there are many beautiful places to visit in the UK.

Buying a new car

When choosing a new car it's easy to check out its fuel efficiency. In adverts for new cars, manufacturers are required by law to state figures for each vehicle's fuel efficiency and how much CO₂ it produces.
These rate cars from A (very efficient) to M (not efficient) and are similar to Energy Efficiency labels found on household products and Energy Performance Certificates for buildings. The grade will also tell you how much annual road tax you'll have to pay after the first year, from zero for the cleanest, band A cars up to £435 a year for band M (2010 rates). New cars in bands A-D also enjoy the first year tax free, whilst cars in band M are penalised with a first year rate of £950. The most fuel efficient cars in each class save an average of £125 on their annual road tax.

Compare CO₂ Emissions

Transport and travel gives us benefits we all value highly, from seeing the world and enjoying the countryside, to visiting friends and relatives, accessing jobs, and enjoying a wider choice of shops to buy from. Most of us also appreciate that in addition to these benefits, transport and travel come with costs to our environment. In 2007, domestic transport was the source of around 24% of all domestic CO₂ emissions in the UK. CO₂ is one of the main greenhouse gases and the list below shows how much is emitted across different types of transport in the UK:

• Cars..................44%
• MotorBikes........0.3%
• Rail.....................2%
• Bus.....................2%
• Trucks...............15%
• Vans....................8%
• Ships...................7%
• Aircraft...............21%

One2One driving lessons

On all driving courses you will be getting one2one tuition. This means that there will only be myself in the car with you. Some of the cheaper driving schools operate a shared driving lesson policy, which means there are up to two other learner drivers in the car with you. These driving lessons seem cheap but they are not really when you consider that you will only be driving for 20 minutes in every hour. So be careful before you book a cheap driving course.

One2One driving lessons

New driving test

Prepare now for the new test which started on October 4th 2010. An intensive driving course in Birmingham could help get you ready for the new practical test. The new driving test is called Independent Driving.
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Weekend courses

If you find it difficult to get a week off work, then why not try a weekend driving course. You can book either a Saturday or Sunday, or both, without any long term commitment. These courses are ideal as top ups for weekly lessons, or to give you a boost just before a driving test.
New drivers are especially welcome as a weekend of lessons could get your motoring career off to a great start. Weekend Courses   »»

New driver weekend courses

New drivers (beginners) are advised to start their driver training by having as many driving lessons as they can over a short period of time. This will help re-inforce the correct procedures for driving away fom the kerb, parking, gear changing & road procedures. A theory test pass is not required for this type of course. An intensive driving course for new drivers is not intended to get you through your test in a week. Those days have long since gone and if you see any websites out there that say any different, then treat them with suspician. You will learn to drive in a week, but you will not be ready for your driving test.
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Previous driving lessons experience

Learner drivers with previous driving experience can sometimes book their driving test at the end of their driving course depending on what previous experience they have had and how long ago.
Your driving lessons may have been sometime ago & taken with a great driving instructor or one of the not so greats. You may have taken a driving test or two or had over 100 driving lessons of poor quality either yours through lack of concentration or your driving instructors lack of attention to your training. Either way, you might be best to book a trial lesson with me before you book your driving test. A trial lesson is not required to book your course unless a driving test is required at the end of your course. Learner drivers with a good driving record of training might only need to book one of the weekend courses.
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