Motoring: The true cost of ignoring your fuel light

To avoid stalling or damaging your car, it is always advised to keep your fuel tank at least a quarter full at all times.

We all know that driver who confidently cruises past petrol stations with the fuel gauge flirting with empty, casually muttering, "I know my car."

Despite the yellow light illuminating the dashboard to warn of the fuel level dropping and operating on the reserve tank, to them, the warning light is not a call to refuel but a challenge to test fate.