Car Insurance costs for young male drivers have crashed through the £4,000 barrier for the first time, with 17 to 20-year-old single men now paying an average of £4,006 for annual comprehensive cover.
However, women aged 17 to 20 face paying £2,151 for the same cover, according to the the quarterly Confused.com/Towers Watson Car Insurance Price Index.

The new tip for saving on car insurance is to get married!
According to the statistics, single males aged between 17 and 20 who add a spouse to their policy can knock a hefty £1,000 off their policy cost.

If you are amoung the majority of 17 to 20-year-olds who aren’t looking to tie the knot, the best and simplest way to cut costs is to shop around.

The government says it will review the system used to train driving instructors in the UK.
That's after warnings from driving groups that learners are more likely to fail their test if taught by trainees.
Some trainees hold "pink" licences, which mean they can teach under no supervision and charge normal fees.
The Driving Instructors Association (DIA) said the trainees are "not properly supervised" but others believe the pink licence system is necessary.

Facts about Pink Licences:-

Dealing with blue lights and sirens of an emergency vehicle
If an ambulance, fire engine, police or other emergency vehicle approaches using flashing blue lights, headlights and/or sirens, keep off the road or consider the route of the emergency vehicle and take appropriate action to let it pass.Don't Panic and still follow the rules of the Highway Code, like speed limits and traffic lights.
The video below shows the correct procedure for dealing with an emergency vehicle when the blue lights and sirens are going.

Practice makes perfect, so get plenty of practice from a Approved Driving Instructor.

Transport minister Norman Baker said: “The provisional figures suggest the number of drink-drive deaths is now 83 per cent lower than 30 years ago – this is very welcome. However, we are determined to continue to take firm action against the small minority of drivers who still ignore the limit.”

There has been a significant fall in the numbers of young people learning to drive according to figures from the Driving Standards Agency.
The number of 17 to 25-year-olds taking their driving test has fallen by 19 percent since 2005-06, dropping by more than 250,000. The number of young drivers taking their test fell from 1,326,683 to 1,080,320 in the last year. The overall number of people taking their test fell by 13 percent as a result, from 1,833,563 to 1,605,599.

"The reasons for the drop in the number of tests taken by 17-25 year-olds are not clear cut," said a spokesperson for the DSA.
"We know from the statistics available from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) that population projections for 17 year-olds have been in decline since 2008; it is expected that numbers will start to increase again from 2020.
"Test pass rates and economic and social factors are also likely to play a part."

The Driving Instructors Association confirmed this was the case, saying that young people are having to make choices about what they spend their money on.
"Our members are finding that fewer young people are learning to drive not necessarily because of lesson prices but because they are being forced to prioritise their spending," said Steve Garrod, Driving Instructors Association group manager.
"With university tuition fees going up and insurance prices rocketing, young people are putting off learning until later. It's a shame, because learning to drive is still one of the cheapest forms of adult education and one of the most worthwhile qualifications you can have."

A mother has died after being knocked down by her 17-year-old learner-driver daughter as she was waving her into a parking space.

Google’s self-driving cars may have had their first accident, according to car gossip webiste Jalopnik. One of the search engine giant’s converted Prius cars is believed to have been involved in a crash with another Prius.