Useful Car Gadgets and Accessories for Learner Drivers on Amazon UK

There are a few gadgets and accessories learner drivers will need to start the process of learning to drive, and there are others that could be considered to help you enhance your learning experience on the road by making it more enjoyable and smoother, but ultimately safer.  

'Learning to Drive' Gift Box

This ‘Learning to Drive’ gift box contains hand picked thoughtfully selected items from leading brands suitable for learner drivers and includes 2 magnetic L Plates, dashboard wipes, an ice scraper, windscreen wipes and much more …

The official DVSA magnetic L plates - Loose Leaf

Any vehicle driven by a learner must display red L plates so this is a legal requirement when learning to drive. You can get up to 6 penalty points if you don't display an L plate. You must put an L plate on the front and back of your vehicle so they can be seen easily. You should take L plates off your vehicle when it is not being used by a learner. This pack contains two (2) magnetic L plates which can be fixed to the front and rear of your vehicle. Waterproof and durable, they're easy to fit and remove and come with a strong magnetic backing to help keep the L plates secure. These L plates comply with all government sizing regulations.  

Student Driver - Please Be Patient - Magnetic Signs

These reflective signs create a bright yellow background when a car approaches you from behind in day and at night, which are very visible even from a distance. The plate is attached to the strongest magnet available on the market, to make sure it doesn't fall off. The plates have been test at over 100 MPH. The plates should reduce your level of nervousness while getting experience learning to drive. Once other road users realize you are learning to drive they will give you more space and respect, reducing the likelihood of an accident. 

Blind Spot Mirrors - 2 pack

Blind spot mirrors allow you to maximise your viewing angle and effectively eliminates the blind spot, and therefore provides added safety. It will enhance confidence by allowing you to forecast your surroundings when passing other road users, changing lanes, merging with high speed motorway traffic and during reversing.  

Price:  £22.26

Universal Smartphone Mount Holder - Fits in Car Air Vent

This universal phone holder fits into the car vent and allows you to keep both hands on the wheel while still being able to see and follow the GPS on your smart phone. It's important to use your GPS safely so don't let your phone become another behind-the-wheel distraction. When pilot's are trained they're taught to 'aviate then navigate'. Similarly, its good advice when driving. First, you should stay concentrated on your driving and being situationally aware of your surroundings, and navigate as a secondary task. This phone mount holder will help to minimise your GPS becoming a potential distraction, a common cause of accidents. So you will be a much safer driver overall by using this smart phone holder.

Price:  £7.99

Drivesmart PRO HD - Fixed & Mobile Speed Camera Detector + inbuilt Dash Cam

This dual DashCam and Speed Camera Detector is a money saver. Read on ....

Why fit a dash cam?

The inbuilt Dash Cam allows you to capture videos whilst driving. Dash cams have become increasingly popular because they provide first hand evidence of a road traffic accident. In the face of dodgy “crash for cash” scams - when a driver slams on their brakes to make a following car hit them - should you fall victim and there be a court trial, dash cams help insurers identify fraudulent claims and determine who is at fault, and for this reason some insurers offer a discount to drivers who have one installed. So the dash cam allows you to prove it was not your fault by you supplying the videotape to the court as evidence. This way, the other party will be held responsible for the accident and they will be obliged to pay for your car repairs. Without the video evidence, the other driver may claim that the fault was entirely yours, as it often happens that the guilty drivers will tend to put the blame on the victims. 

One car insurer that offers one of the biggest discounts to customers who use dash cam's include AXA Insurance (10% discount). For young drivers who incur high premiums by virtue of their age, this is a pretty sizeable saving, enough to cover the cost of the dash cam itself. Even if an insurer doesn’t offer a discount, the video evidence could save you money by protecting your no-claims discount which typically reduces 10% per year.  

As well as the Dash Camera, this Drivesmart PRO HD also features a Speed Camera Detector which will give you prior voice and visual alert warnings of a speed camera ahead, giving you time to slow down, if necessary, and avoid 3 penalty points, a minimum £100 speeding ticket and increased insurance costs. It also has an optional over-speed alert. The Drivesmart PRO HD will pay for itself if it stops just one (1) speeding offence! 

Are dash cams legal in the UK

Yes - Dashcams are legal in the UK and you can use a camera fitted for insurance purposes, providing it (a) faces outside of the car and does not film the inside, and (b) does not record audio from inside the car

How do dash cams work?

Dash cams split the videos into small chunks, usually video files of 1-3 minutes. When the memory card is full, the oldest file will be deleted to make room for a new file, meaning it will always record. However, important files can be locked and protected from deletion, either manually (by pressing a button on the device) or in most cases automatically if the device detects a sudden change in speed (because of an accident or emergency stop). 

Price:  £139.95

Car Sign - BLACK BOX FITTED - SORRY I CAN'T GO ANY FASTER

This bright 'maximum attention' Car Sign is suitable for all makes and models of vehicles and with the use of suction cups can affix on to any smooth window surface.

Price:  £4.99

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