Jane Ryan Author Jane Ryan talks to Geraldine Herbert about bad driving habits, road rage and dream passengers Your current car? Volvo XC 60, diesel 142-D. It’s Caspian blue and cream leather, not perhaps the most child-friendly colour combination but I love it and regularly polish the seats, reminding me of my old horse riding days when I’d have to soap saddles! Is a car important to you? Yes, hugely. I’d love to say I use public transport extensively but I don’t. I live near dart and bus stops but I find the timetables are hit and miss plus at key periods both are jam packed. The convenience of a car outweighs the challenges of parking for me, but I am looking at an electric car. I would use a bicycle but the Rock Road is one of my main tributaries to anywhere and it’s hellish for bikes. What do you use your car for? For everything, I have two boys and am always on the school run or carpooling. As an author I have the privilege of travelling around to meet book shop owners, I have seen some of the most beautiful independent and main stream books stores in the country and I like to drive, the peace on the roads when you get out very early or when you’re travelling off peak is delightful. When choosing your next car is it the efficiency, performance or the environment that would be the key consideration? For me it’s the environment and I’m watching all the programmes and articles on which electric car to buy, which will go for miles on a charge and of course affordability. Any bad habits? Tons and I drive too fast, but I am polite on the road. What sort of state is your car in (inside or out)? Clean freak. . .I find mess uncomfortable and as I spend quite a bit of time in my car I like it to be clean – of course it doesn’t always work out that way particularly in the winter when collecting children from football, rugby or gaelic! – but if the car is clean I enjoy my journeys more. What’s in the boot and the glove compartment? In the boot is a dog cage, I take the dog on many of the short journeys so his...