You may have seen the news item yesterday which reported that the Government were providing the “ok” for motorists to use the hard-shoulder of the M25 at certain times of the day. The idea being that with carefully managed traffic flows this can be safer than it may sound…

So if you feel a little nervous about the prospect of breaking down on the M25 with a lorry heading for your rear bumper, how about giving some thought to an alternative….helicopter.

The Von Essen group run PremiAir which will get you from A to B without the usual fuss. Mind you it will probably set you back a few shillings. Which reminds me that risk is relative and invariably we replace of one risk with another. There is also little correlation between cost and the level risk involved.