General Advice

Halfords reckons that personal breathalyser sales have shot up since France announced that all drivers of ‘motorised land vehicles’ (expect mopeds) must carry one,...

There’s an interesting article at the Gigaom technology web site that claims the reason we’re not all yet being chauffeured around in self-driving cars...

YouTube has introduced a number of enhancement tools that can be automatically applied to uploaded videos to improve their picture quality. Camera shake can be...

Even if you know the route to a particular destination, Google Maps is a great to check on whether or not it’s the best...

A leap year bug has been blamed for certain TomTom satnav devices suffering from location problems of late, according to a report by BBC...

Mobile homes might have made the world a very different place, had a 1934 prediction about a new kind of domestic dwelling come true. The...

We’ve written about Google’s plans for a self-driving care before and, last October, we explained how prototypes had already covered 190,000 miles across the...

If you’ve ever fancied touring New Zealand in a motorhome, but can’t quite face the logistics that comes with it, you might gain some...

Many campsites have laundry facilities of some description, but what if you need to wash some clothes when you’re pitched at one that doesn’t? The...

Anyone who’s ever been unable to choose between a caravan campsite and a hotel when holidaying abroad might do well to take their next...

Although designed for disaster zones where the electricity infrastructure has been damaged, this solar cooker concept looks like it could work anywhere where there’s...

Halfords is offering a free MOT at one of Autocentres worth £54.85 to customers who buys one of several Garmin satnav devices. The models...

Motorhomes might be a better suited to off-road use than caravans (at least judging by the Jeep Action Camper recently featured at our sister...

Towing a trailer tent behind the car rather than a ‘van might seem like a bit of a cop-out, particularly to campers who prefer...

With increasing numbers of motorists using smartphones in the car for things other than phone calls, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has been...

VW Camper owners who crave a little more space usually have to upgrade to a larger motorhome or a car and ‘van combination, neither...

French manufacturer Beauer has been showing its concept 3X caravan design at shows across Europe for a couple of years, but it now seems...

Months of fevered speculation about what Apple might have planned for its new iPad model ended last week, with the launch of a new...

Heavy breathing during a phone call may never be a socially acceptable pastime, but doing it beforehand might be, at least if the AIRE...

‘Cloud storage’ is all the rage these days — it means storing files on the internet rather than your own computer, which means they...

Manufacturers have been dabbling with dedicated smartphone docks in cars for a while now, but simply offering a fuss-free way to listen to music...

GPS navigation may be a lifesaver (sometimes literally) in all kinds of situations, but it can also put people in danger when used improperly.

Dealing with a technical support helpline about a computer problem can often be as frustrating as the problem itself, but Support Details is a...

The switch from paper maps to satellite navigation devices as the driver’s direction aid of choice hardly happened overnight, but nor were those the...

The New York Times interviewed architect Christopher Deam last week and if you’re wondering why that’s of interest to Practical Caravan, it’s because he’s...

Misleading directions from satellite navigation devices resulted in £203 million worth of damage in the past year, according to a report by insurance broker...

The Travel Channel recently broadcast a programme called Tricked Out Trailers in the US as part of its Ultimate Travel Series, which took viewers...

200,000 motorists are fined each year for using a hand-held mobile phone while driving, according to a recent report by Halfords, with one in...

Expanding caravans and motorhomes are nothing new, but pop-out side sections tend to be ways to make already enormous vehicles even larger, and so...

Motor insurance policies look set to get a little cheaper, at least for people who are happy for their insurer to keep an eye...

With the UK in the grip of a deep freeze at the moment, it goes without saying that extra care needs to be taken...

A wood-burning camping stove that can be used to recharge a mobile phone doesn’t seem like the most obvious marriage of two technologies, but...

TomTom satnav owners who also happen to be fans of The Simpsons can now enjoy driving directions from two more of its characters, Marge...

Some high-end cars use similar ‘HUD’ technology to the helmets worn by fighter pilots to project simple information on to the windscreen, the idea...

Judging by the size of some of their motorhomes, it’s difficult to imagine US campers embracing something as compact as a pod caravan, but...

The name name might be more associated with power tools, but Bosch has a long history with satellite navigation devices for vehicles and its...

It’s rare for a week to go by without a new privacy risk or security hole being discovered on the internet, which is why...

We’ve only just written about an imminent government summit to sort out the problem of inaccurate satnav mapping data sending large vehicles on inappropriate...

Some people dream of owning a Porsche, while others would rather get around on a bike. Austrian Hannes Langeder, however, would rather have both...