Archive for April, 2010

Vehicle Licensing Statistics 2009

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

The DfT has published statistics from the DVLA on vehicle licensing (more…)

Top Gear goes stateside

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

The cult BBC motoring program, Top Gear, is to be remade for US viewers (more…)

Insurance fraud hotspots revealed

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

The worst areas where staged accidents occur have been revealed by a major insurer (more…)

Cycle training and lanes better than helmets

Monday, April 26th, 2010

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) conducted a survey of 6,000 members to reveal that most thought cycle training and dedicated cycle lanes were better than wearing helmets (more…)

Bradford gets city wide ANPR technology

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Bradford has implemented a ‘net’ of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras to deter criminal activity in the city (more…)

Smarter speed cameras on test

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

A new type of speed camera that uses Satellite and Number Plate Recognition technology is on test in London and Cornwall (more…)

Coach driver suspended for reading at the wheel

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

The driver of a National Express bus was filmed driving along a stretch of dual carriageway, reading a book (more…)

Motoring offence excuses

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

London Borough of Southwark has received plenty of excuses for alleged road traffic offences, ranging from colour blindness to UFO’s (more…)

Fastest blind driver

Monday, April 12th, 2010

A Turkish pop singer has broken the record for a blind person travelling the fastest in a car (more…)

Motorbike instructor banned for 3 years

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

A motorcycle instructor has been banned for three years after falling off her bike during a lesson (more…)