Speed limits have been increased for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) on single-carriageway and dual-carriageway roads, coming into effect from the 6th of April. The limits increase from 40 to 50mph on single carriageways, and from 50 to 60mph on dual […]
Tag Archives: road safety
Drug Driving laws in force from today
Leading road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists has described the introduction of new drug-driving laws as ‘a big step forward for road safety.’ There will be a new offence of driving while over the prescribed limit of certain […]
Calls for changes to UK Driving Test
Leading road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists and young driver safety organisation the Under 17 Car Club Charitable Trust are calling for the UK driving test to be revamped to make it more relevant to the real world […]
England and Wales fall behind in fight against drink driving
Three quarters (74%) of UK drivers want a lower drink drive limit, according to a survey published today by road safety charity Brake and Direct Line. In the wake of Scotland lowering its drink drive limit earlier this month, the appetite clearly […]
Brake launches ‘look out for each other’ campaign
Road safety charity Brake is today launching a campaign calling on all road users to look out for each other, to help stop the five deaths and 61 serious injuries that happen every day on UK roads, and particularly to protect […]
What’s your excuse for hogging the middle lane?
Confessing to misdemeanours can cleanse your soul and make you feel all light and carefree again. So why not start by confessing if you have hogged the middle lane of the motorway at one time or another?
Driving on Drugs: New survey, new law coming
Members of the public are being urged to stand up to illegal drug drivers, as a survey by Brake and Direct Line finds the equivalent of one million UK drivers (3%) admit driving on drugs in the past year, and just over […]
Exploring the relationship between motorists and cyclists
Cyclists and car drivers; they spend all day together side by side on the roads but what kind of relationship do they have? Thankfully, the people at Policy Expert have saved me making too much of an effort in finding […]
Fall in road casualties: reactions to the figures
The latest Department for Transport road casualty statistics show a decrease of 2 per cent compared with 2012. This is the lowest figure since national records began in 1926. In 2013, 1,713 people were killed in road accidents, the lowest […]
54,000 learners have penalty points on their licence
There are currently nearly 54,000 motorists in the UK who have penalty points on their provisional licence, according to new research from Confused.com. More than a fifth of motoring offenders (22%) received penalty points before they had officially passed their test […]
Ten top tips to drive safely
There were 32 million cars on the road in the UK in 2013 – about one car for every second person. That’s up 1.4 per cent on the year before. So it follows that there’s more chance of bumping into […]
Are you a secret tailgater?
There are some things in life that are best done secretly and I don’t think I need to spell them out for you, do I?
Would you pass a driving test now?
Let’s face it; once you pass your driving test you think your worries are over. With your freshly printed driving licence in your warm little mitts you are free to drive and to sermon learner drivers on how they should […]
Where are the rudest drivers in the USA?
When was the last time you met a rude driver on the road? If you have been driving in Houston lately then the chances are that it wasn’t too long ago.