Archive for the ‘News’ Category

New courts for traffic offences

Friday, May 17th, 2013

The Government is to setup fast track courts for minor road traffic offences (more…)

Tougher rules for drink drivers

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Under the High Risk Offender (HRO) scheme the most dangerous drink drivers will have to pass a medical to prove they are no longer alcohol dependant. (more…)

Road safety comparison

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

The DfT have a website where the public can see statistics for road safety on a Local Highways Authorities (LHA) basis (more…)

Black box insurance

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Good practice guidelines have been released to help consumers decide on having an insurance policy that uses black box technology to monitor your driving style (more…)

36 points and still driving

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

A Freedom of Information request to the DVLA has revealed that 8,000 drivers have 12 points or more and still driving (more…)

25% cycling by 2050?

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

The All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group wants a quarter of all journeys to be by push bike in 2050 (more…)

56% favour smoking whilst driving ban

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

A survey of 3,000 by the IAM into smoking and driving laws reveals 56% in favour of a ban (more…)

Rural roads danger

Friday, April 19th, 2013

Road safety charity, Brake, is urging motorists to slow down and take care when driving on rural roads (more…)

THINK! ‘stay in control’ campaign

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

The road safety initiative, THINK!, has today released its newest campaign aimed at motorcyclists to ride defensively (more…)

Definition of serious injury

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

The EU strategy on reducing serious road traffic injuries sets out a definition of “serious injury” (more…)