Archive for August, 2009

National Travel Survey

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

The DfT has published its National Travel Survey 2008, providing a useful insight into the nations travel habits (more…)

Motorcycle Helmet Ratings

Friday, August 28th, 2009

The Department for Transport’s Safety Helmet Assessment and Ratings Programme (SHARP for short) has added another 25 helmets to its list (more…)

Drug Driving

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

The Transport Secretary has launched a new TV ad campaign to highlight the dangers and consequences of Drug Driving (more…)

Young drive with no insurance

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

The Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) have estimated that a 1/4 million drivers aged between 17 and 20 drive with no insurance (more…)

US refuse congestion charge

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

United States ambassadors in London are refusing to pay up the £3 million in congestion charge fines owed (more…)

190mph fire engine

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Officials at the Nurburgring track in Germany have taken delivery of the world’s fastest fire engine (more…)

Motorbike stolen, piece by piece

Friday, August 21st, 2009

A Chinese worker in a motorbike factory stole one of his company’s motorbikes bit by bit over the course of 5 years (more…)

3-year-old gets motorbike licence

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Judges in India have given a special motorcycle licence to a 3-year-old so he can ride his bike (more…)

Speeding Tractors Part 2

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Germany this time, a tractor has been clocked by a speed camera travelling at almost 76mph (more…)

Speeding Tractors Part 1

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Residents in a Suffolk village have raised concerns of tractors speeding through their village (more…)