One of my motor racing buddies reckons that the most dangerous form of motorsport is economy driving. “You crawl uphill, belt downhill, and hurtle through villages without slowing for roundabouts and junctions.”

Remembering the last petrol shortage and the antics of local drivers (myself included), I can only agree with him. Drive and Survive, a company which offers advanced driver training, says that drivers who’ve been through their driver training programme improve their mpg by around 22%. Twenty-two per cent? I can do a lot better than that, mate. I reckon I up my mpg by around 100% when I’m seriously worried I’ll run out of juice. Perhaps it would be more environmentally friendly to have long straight roads and no speed bumps.