Archive for November, 2009

Euro Speeding Ticket

Monday, November 16th, 2009

15 European countries have all signed a treaty to share vehicle and driver’s license records to collect speeding tickets across borders (more…)

Judge banned for drink driving

Friday, November 13th, 2009

A former circuit judge has been banned from driving for 2 years and fined £1200 for being 3 times over the limit (more…)

Immediate driving instructor suspension

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has new powers to immediately suspend a driving instructor who poses a threat to learners or other road users. (more…)

CCTV for young drivers

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Trials of an in-car monitoring system used to detect unsafe driving patterns in young drivers (more…)

Pole to pole

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

A Chinese power company has erected a 40ft pole – in the middle of a 6 lane highway (more…)

ACPO Guidelines for riding a bicycle

Monday, November 9th, 2009

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has produced a manual telling officers how to ride a bicycle (more…)

950 attempts to pass driving test

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

A woman from Korea has passed her theory driving test after the 950th attempt (more…)

North Wales Speeding Refund

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

North Wales Police may have to refund £18,000 worth of speeding tickets (more…)

Record speeding fines

Friday, November 6th, 2009

David Coulthard, winner of 13 grand prix, gets a $33,000 speeding fine (more…)

What is a Dual Carriageway?

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Brief guide to the definition of dual carriageways (more…)