Driving tips

Practicing safe driving habits is a vital part of driving a vehicle. You not only need to protect yourself and your car, but also other road users.

Taking caution and avoiding aggressive driving can also minimize wear and tear on your leased vehicle, helping to maintain its condition and potentially lowering maintenance costs over time.

All drivers need to:

• Follow the highway code

• Drive within speed limits

• Be able to recognise traffic signs

• Know what your legal obligations are as a driver

Follow driving laws

The highway code and motoring laws exist for a reason, to keep ourselves and other road users safe. As driving laws regularly update and change, it's important to keep up to date with any changes.

Main UK driving laws:

• Check your vehicle is safe to drive

• Speed limits

• Driving eyesight rules

• Using a phone, sat nav or other device when driving

• The drink drive limit

• Drug use and driving

• Laws around motorcycle helmets

• Laws around seatbelts

• Regulation around child car seats

How to reduce CO2 when driving

Transport contributes significantly to carbon emission levels around the world. The way that you drive, the type of vehicle you have, and driving conditions all affect the impact that your car has on the environment.

The best way to reduce your car’s carbon emissions is to switch to a more fuel-efficient vehicle and to follow driving tips such as avoiding revving your engine and sticking to speed limits.