Imagine never having to run back to the car to stick a parking ticket on your dashboard ever again. Imagine never having to worry about whether you’ve got the appropriate passes to use a toll road. Imagine being able to change your number plate without waiting for a new one to be manufactured.
Every time you shut the front door and approach your car, you’re looking at millennia of progress condensed into a steel, rubber and alloy package. Today we’re looking at the technological leaps that made your daily motoring possible and that gave you somewhere to hang your precious private number plate!
Up to 12 million motorists receive a penalty notice each year - that’s the equivalent of one every 2.5 seconds. The UK has a host of driving and traffic laws which can catch out even the most savvy motorist, carrying harsh penalties and even harsher fines.
Many of us love to daydream about life on our own private island while our money does the hard work. Over the years, investment markets have come and go, each capitalizing on our desire for a quick return on our outlay. However, buyer beware - history, right up to the present day, shows us that for every investment windfall, there are many more losses.
We can’t always be out cruising the countryside in our cars - it’s just a simple fact of life. Wonderful then, that we have video games that allow us to race, perform stunts and otherwise tear up the roads in cars that we would never otherwise be able to drive. We’ve picked five of our favourites - we’d also like to hear some of yours.