A motorist on the M25 at Swanley holds the record for the highest speed clocked by a speed camera in England and Wales between April 2013 and May 2014. The 149 mph figure was revealed following freedom of information requests […]
Drivers are against the idea of a blanket 20mph speed limit on urban roads, according to research published today by road safety charity, Institute of Advanced Motorists. Half of drivers from the UK are against a blanket 20mph speed limit, […]
Have you ever been driving along and almost run into a giant pothole? With the roads in the UK seemingly getting worse all the time there is a good chance that you have.
“EU to bug every car in UK with tracker chips – and Ministers admit they are powerless to stop the Big Brother technology” screams the headline in the Daily Mail. Under EU plans, every new car sold in Europe from […]
Councils in areas worst hit by winter storms now face a different kind of flood – a rising swell of automotive compensation claims – according to campaign website, Potholes.co.uk. While homeowners seek compensation for damage to their houses, road users are also […]
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling MP Justice secretary Chris Grayling MP today announced that disqualified drivers who kill and injure will face much tougher sentences, with a maximum of 10 years for those who kill and four years for those who […]
Have you ever sat in your car and thought, “Good lord, there is a rather large and frankly out of control cement truck heading straight towards me”?
New plans to allow local councils in Great Britain the freedom to cut down the number of road markings and signs, were announced by Roads Minister Robert Goodwill today. Proposals include removing requirements for certain types of signs to be […]
Some traffic safety ideas probably just seem brilliant the first time you hear about them, while others sound a bit daft.
It is a sad fact of life that the world is filled with bad drivers. At various points of your driving career people will cut you up, tailgate you and generally do lots of silly things that make your blood […]
A recent Ford experiment saw a driver put on a drunk suit and get behind the wheel. What’s a drunk suit? You may well ask that question with a vague flicker of interest but please pay attention now. It’s far […]
A guy in San Francisco has caused a bit of a stir recently by naming and shaming people who drive while using their mobile phones.
Litter-picking on England’s motorways costs at least £6 million a year, and could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool four times over, latest figures from the Highways Agency show. The Agency collects more than 7,500 tonnes of litter from its roads […]
If you were the first person onto the scene of an accident, would you know what to do? Could you help a fellow driver and save a life? And would you know how to stay out of danger? The Daily […]
