Welcome to the second edition of Advanced Driving Online, the e-letter that keeps you in touch with the IAM and the motoring matters of the moment between issues of the Institute's triannual glossy magazine, Advanced Driving. Inside you'll find stories on:

• The perils of leaving a running car unattended
• The pope's views on cars and driving
• Automotive ageism
• The IAM's 'MOT' for drivers – DriveCheck
• Where you can apparently find Britain's worst drivers
• What the IAM Trust's been up to
• Our member get member scheme

Thank you for the phenomenal response to our first issue, which clearly struck the right chord with most of you. We would welcome feedback on this edition too and look forward to your thoughts on it and what you would like to receive news of in future publications.

Happy motoring!

Bob Hinchliffe
Head of Membership
members@iam.org.uk

THE KEY TO TRAGEDY A five year old boy from Croydon was recently 'strangled' to death by the electric window of his mother's car... more

THE PAPAL PERSPECTIVE Road rage is reportedly ever more prevalent, and driving the world over is undoubtedly more aggressive. Such matters are a concern for us all including, it seems, the Vatican, which has issued a 'Ten Commandments' for drivers... more

AUTOMOTIVE AGEISM Young drivers are increasingly under the Government's microscope, and so they should be... more

THE CAR'S MOT'D – HOW ABOUT THE DRIVER? It is generally agreed that drivers pick up bad habits as they progress through their driving careers... more

DODGY DRIVERS According to a recent survey by a car insurance company, Britain's worst drivers are located in the North-West of England... more

TRUSTY FORMULA The IAM's relatively new research and advocacy arm, the IAM Motoring Trust, has been hard at work contributing to the national transport policy debate... more

MEMBER GET MEMBER Being an IAM member hopefully makes you a safer more responsible driver – the Road Transport Laboratory found members 50-70% less likely to have accidents than non-members... more