Archive for February, 2011

More money to repair winter potholes

Friday, February 25th, 2011

The Government has provided more than £100 million to local authorities for the repair of damaged roads (more…)

Flash headlights

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

The IAM has conducted research into the reasons why drivers flash other motorists (more…)

Australian town renamed Speedkills

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

A tiny town in the Australian outback is to rename itself from Speed to Speedkills for the whole of March (more…)

New powers to stop pavement parking

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

The Government has given councils new powers to use signage to identify pavement parking bans (more…)

Van driver caught speeding at 760mph

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

In Italy a motorist was caught by speed camera driving his van at a speed of 764mph (more…)

Road surface condition drops

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

The condition of the road network in England has dropped, latest statistics reveal (more…)

Young drivers at risk

Friday, February 11th, 2011

122 KSI accidents occur every week involving young drivers (more…)

Speeding on rural roads more common

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Research from Brake, the road safety charity, has shown that nearly half of drivers break the speed limit on rural roads (more…)

Robo-Cam

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

We normally hear stories about speed cameras being burned and destroyed, but one speed camera in Australia got an altogether different treatment (more…)