Archive for January, 2011

Half of fixed speed cameras not working

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

A Freedom of Information request made by consumer magazine Which? has revealed that over half of all speed cameras aren’t functional (more…)

Disqualified drivers charged too much

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

An investigation by the Department for Transport has discovered that over 20 years drivers have been wrongly charged for medical examinations (more…)

Drivers banned for car surfing stunt

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Two drivers have been banned from driving after they were caught on CCTV performing ‘car surfing’ (more…)

Mayor stopped for speeding by school children

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Doncaster Mayor, Peter Davies, was pulled over by school children for exceeding the 30mph limit (more…)

Drugalyser devices coming soon

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

The Home Office have released the specification for a drug testing device (more…)

Fines for no insurance, even when not driving

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Changes to the law regarding vehicle insurance will come into effect in spring (more…)

Make driving more dangerous

Friday, January 7th, 2011

Research by Newcastle University has suggested that making driving more dangerous and hazardous would increase the standard of driving (more…)

Driver fined for warning other motorists

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

A Lincolnshire man has been prosecuted for warning other motorists about a speed trap (more…)

Speed camera data to be made public

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Under new proposals by Mike Penning, the Road Safety minister, local authorities will have to publish data about their speed cameras (more…)