Archive for July, 2012

Smoking ban in cars a step closer

Monday, July 30th, 2012

Proposals for banning smoking in cars has been passed to MP’s

The proposals plan to ban smoking in vehicles that have children as passengers. If caught a fine will be imposed with the option to take a smoke-free awareness course.

Olympic lanes in force

Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

Changes to London’s road layouts to accommodate Olympic Games traffic starts (more…)

Quicker processing of road traffic offences

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

The Minister of State for policing and criminal justice, Nick Herbert, has released plans for reforming the Criminal Justice System (more…)

Local Authority speed limit guidance

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

New guidance for local authorities has been released to better equip them in setting local speed limits (more…)

Halfords to provide driving test centres

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

In a bid to improve their service the Driving Standards Agency will be conducting tests from Halfords (more…)

Speed camera number increase

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

A Freedom of Information request has revealed the number of speed cameras has increased (more…)

Intelligent headlights

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

When driving through torrential rain or snow motorists normally have headlights on, especially at night time sometimes creating a wall of water or snow. (more…)

Formula 1 winner shuns 80mph speed limit

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

Ex-Formula One world champion Damon Hill stated in an interview with the Radio Times he wants to see 55mph limits on motorways, not 80mph (more…)