Exercising safety and patience is important this holiday season.
DriveWrite Automotive Magazine founder Geoff Maxted with a perspective.

The original purpose of this, my last ?Letter From The UK? of the year, was to update Automoblog readers on the latest Brexit (Britain leaving the European Union) information as it relates to the global motor industry. The ramifications of this could ripple around the world, including the USA, if the free-trade flow of cars is disturbed by trade tariffs and the like.
It is not as if the situation for the motor industry in Europe is especially healthy. Ford, for example, is discussing job losses at their German Saarlouis plant right now.
Despite some EU economies appearing to be doing well, there are dark, foreboding undercurrents. The Mediterranean countries, for example, are experiencing very high unemployment. The Final Decision
The final momentous decision on the Government ?deal? was to have been voted on in the UK Parliament. Unfortunately, nobody likes the deal and the British Prime Minister decided to delay the final vote until she has a chance to get a better offer from the difficult, obstructive, and unelected suits in Europe. At the time of this writing, the PM has returned from the EU summit, seemingly empty-handed. Thus there is no change of circumstance.
We still do not know what is going to happen.
So instead I am going to discuss, as it is Christmas, the season of goodwill to all men, what it is like to travel around here ...