The driver of this BMW shows off the car’s great off-road capabilities in a car park in Canada. What’s worse is the driver leaves the scene, taking no responsibility.

This driver takes on a parking challenge that exceeds their capabilities. After a good few attempts a frustrated motorist helps out by showing the driver how it’s done!

It’s not always getting into a parking space that’s the problem, as this motorist discovered. Despite the copious amount of maneuvering room, they still managed to get themselves stuck. Thankfully a passer-by helped out with some direction!

This motorist should have realised before even attempting the parking maneuver that the space was way to small, even for the tiny car they were driving!

The disgusting driving of this motorist shows how inconsiderate some drivers are, damaging multiple cars while forcing his car into a space!

Mistaking the accelerator pedal for the brake can has some serious consequences – Just like this!

Mounting the kerb during a reverse park maneuver results in a fail. It’s safe to say this attempt wouldn’t be a test pass!

Having a good sense of how to steer and change the direction of a car is an important skill you learn during your driving lessons. This motorist must have missed those particular lessons.

Another result of misidentifying the appropriate pedel. This lady takes her BMW on an accidental ram-raid attack on an innocent sandwich shop.

Scrap Your Old Car and Receive £2000

The car scrappage plan released in April is planned to cost the Government over £300,000,000. But, will help provide a much needed boost to the car industry with thoughts of up to a 40% rise in new car sales, and will be a great step towards a more environmentally friendly Britain with older, more polluting cars being exchanged for newer, greener models.

The plan is due to start in May 2009 and run until March 2010. Anyone looking to purchase a new car should be able to find out more information at their local car dealership. You will need to provide proof of the car’s age and prove that your car has been owned for at least one year. Following which the Government and dealership will each donate £1000 towards the new car cost.

More information:

Car scrapping incentive announced

Motorists to get £2,000 to scrap old cars under 2009 Budget

A £2,500 handout to scrap your old car

£2,000 for scrapping my car? Hello?

Buy an Electric Car and Receive £5000

Another new incentive offered by the Government is aimed towards bringing a fleet of electric cars onto Britain’s roads. The scheme is thought to help reduce Co2 emissions by 26% by 2020 and 80% by 2050, with 35% of current carbon emissions being caused by domestic transport.

With electric cars typically being a higher upfront cost the scheme aims to help the customer cover this initial hurdle, after which running costs are said to be much lower.

However, a report by the Telegraph highlights what could be a major safety problem with the current small range of electric cars available. Models such as the G-Wiz are so small in size and weight, they do not have to meet the safety standards of normal cars, making them fair much worse in the average 40mph crash test.

More Info:

Electric car buyers to be given £5,000 in incentives

Labour’s £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution

£5,000 incentive to buy electric cars

Plan to boost electric car sales

For more information about the dangers of drinking and driving, using drugs and driving and many other road safety issues check out the Department for Transport Think! Road Safety website.

The BBC reports:

Hoyer UK, which is leading the negotiations, argues the drivers already earn more than £36,000 in average pay, and this would rise to about £38,500 with the wage increase.
But Unite argue that the drivers earned £32,000 for working a basic 48-hour week – about the same as they did 15 years ago in real terms not adjusting for inflation.
Officials say Hoyer UK is most likely factoring in overtime into their figures, which the union is not.
“Our members’ dedication helps Shell make vast profits,” said Unite national officer Ron Webb.
“All they are asking for in return is a living wage – one that reflects their skills, their heavy working week and helps make ends meet at a time when every worker in the country is being hit hard by rising fuel and food prices.”
In January, Shell reported annual profits of £14.2bn for 2007, a record for a UK-listed company, helped by the surge in oil prices.
Record oil prices have had a knock-on effect on petrol prices.
In the UK, average prices for unleaded petrol have now reached 112.6p per litre and diesel prices have risen to 124.2p, according to figures calculated in May by the AA.

Source: BBC

They continue their report with a message from the Government, willing the public not to panic buy:

The prime minister’s spokesperson said: “We believe that this strike is unnecessary and we would want to ensure that nothing was done that inconvenienced the public.

“But the most responsible thing the public can do is to continue to buy as normal.”

Source: BBC

What are your thoughts, should the drivers wages be increased? Are the drivers wrong to inconvenience the public and threaten businesses relying on motoring? Or is the inconvenience being caused by the employers for not matching the demands of those on strike?