Top 10 Driving Apps
March 21, 2016We have come up with a list of our Top 10 Driving Apps to improve our driving and make life as a car owner easier – just remember not to use them behind the wheel or you could risk three points on your licence and a £60 fine!
1. Petrol Prices Pro
We all want to find the cheapest places to fill up and with this app you can. Petrol Prices Pro gives you your location and details – including fuel prices – of nearby filling stations. With costs varying by as much as 10p per litre between town and motorway filling stations.
Price: £2.99
2. Girls Drive Better
Like to see if Telematics could really make a difference to your car insurance prices? Why not download out bran new app totally FREE. You will be able to 'try before you buy' the telematics experience via your device allowing you to see exactly how it works.
Price: Free
3. iCarPark
Do you struggle to remember where you parked your car? Fear not, iCarPark is here to help. With one press of a button, this handy app logs your location so it can navigate you back to your car later – it’ll even remember levels and individual spaces, so multi-stories aren’t a problem either.
Price: 59p
4. Taxi Taxi
If you’ve driven to an event but had one more drink than anticipated, do the sensible thing: leave your car there and call a cab. Taxi Taxi uses your smartphone’s GPS system to find the nearest taxi firm to your location so you can get home safely.
Price: Free
5. UK Driving Test Flash Cards
There are plenty of apps that care for motorists already holding a full UK licence, but what about for those in the process of gaining one? This revision aid tests you on key areas of the Highway Code, and teaches you about road signs, as well as other vital legal areas any motorist should be aware of. It draws its questions at random too, so there shouldn’t be much repetition.
Price: 99p
6. JamCam
Take a guess what this app is all about? That’s right, JamCam will provide you live traffic camera feeds for over 105 of the UK’s busiest motorways and A roads, as well as all of London’s street cameras. It’ll help you find out when you need to take that diversion to avoid congestion on your route.
Price: Free
7.Auto Trader Mobile
Time for a change of car? Auto Trader Mobile will trawl the nation’s largest classified catalogue according to your search criteria to find the new car that best suits your needs. Available as an app, it means you can do it on the move, too, with mapping to show the location of each vehicle for sale.
Price: Free
8. Google Maps
It may be free , but that doesn’t make it any less useful. This app comes with a satnav option to help you navigate any journey.
Price: Free
9. RAC Traffic
RAC Traffic lets you see incidents, delays and roadworks across the UK on a Google Map. You can view a specific region or your current location and zoom in for more details of the incident.
Price: 69p
10. Witness Driving
Apps like this are already big in America. Witness Driving turns your mobile into a video camera to record footage of any incidents you might have on the road. It clamps to the dashboard and automatically saves material that could be used as evidence in an insurance claim, clearing you of any wrongdoing. It’ll also prompt you on what to do if you’re involved in a collision.
Price: 69p
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