A youth road safety initiative in Thailand provides motorcycle helmets blessed by monks (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘road safety’
Blessed motorcycle helmets
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
30% of drivers text at the wheel
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
A survey of 841 drivers by road safety charity Brake reveals that 3 out of 10 drivers admit to texting whilst driving (more…)
Insurance cost for young drivers matches university tuition fees
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
The IAM conducted a search for insuring a fictional 17-year-old driver and came back with a price just over £9,700 (more…)
12% drivers admit ‘micro sleeping’ at the wheel
Friday, July 15th, 2011
A survey of 1,000 drivers reveals that one in eight fall asleep at the wheel (more…)
Strategic framework for road safety reactions and criticisms
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
The Government today published their proposals for the future of road safety, here are some of the reactions and criticisms to the framework (more…)
Bikers targeted in road safety campaign
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership has launched ‘Operation Focus’ designed to prevent accidents involving motorcyclists (more…)
Speed cameras switched off in Bristol
Friday, April 1st, 2011
Bristol is to switch off speed and red light cameras (more…)
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…)
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…)
Police stations to get drugalysers
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Mike Penning, road safety minister, has announced that by 2012 all police stations could have drugalysers (more…)
Blessed motorcycle helmets
Wednesday, November 16th, 201130% of drivers text at the wheel
Thursday, September 29th, 2011A survey of 841 drivers by road safety charity Brake reveals that 3 out of 10 drivers admit to texting whilst driving (more…)
Insurance cost for young drivers matches university tuition fees
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011The IAM conducted a search for insuring a fictional 17-year-old driver and came back with a price just over £9,700 (more…)
12% drivers admit ‘micro sleeping’ at the wheel
Friday, July 15th, 2011A survey of 1,000 drivers reveals that one in eight fall asleep at the wheel (more…)
Strategic framework for road safety reactions and criticisms
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011The Government today published their proposals for the future of road safety, here are some of the reactions and criticisms to the framework (more…)
Bikers targeted in road safety campaign
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership has launched ‘Operation Focus’ designed to prevent accidents involving motorcyclists (more…)
Speed cameras switched off in Bristol
Friday, April 1st, 2011Bristol is to switch off speed and red light cameras (more…)
Half of fixed speed cameras not working
Thursday, January 27th, 2011A Freedom of Information request made by consumer magazine Which? has revealed that over half of all speed cameras aren’t functional (more…)
Speed camera data to be made public
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011Under new proposals by Mike Penning, the Road Safety minister, local authorities will have to publish data about their speed cameras (more…)
Police stations to get drugalysers
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Mike Penning, road safety minister, has announced that by 2012 all police stations could have drugalysers (more…)

