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GEM Calls For Harsher Penalties On Points Totters

February 28, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging courts across the country to get tough on drivers and riders who accumulate 12 penalty points on their licences. The call comes as a further example emerges of a driver who successfully invoked the ‘exceptional hardship’ excuse and managed to persuade magistrates that he should […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Brake, Car Articles, Driving licences, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, Penalty points on licences, Points on driving licences, Totting up

Brake Announces Police Family Liaison Officer Awards Return For 2019

November 8, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Brake, the road safety charity, is delighted to announce that its Police Family Liaison Officer Awards will return in 2019, and are now open for entry. Launched today (8 November) by Commander Stuart Cundy, NPCC lead for Family Liaison, at Brake’s annual ‘Police family liaison following road death and serious injury’ conference, the awards celebrate […]

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: Award for Excellent Longstanding Service, Awards, Brake, Car Articles, Family Award, Family liaisons, FLO, FLO conferences, Outstanding Officer Achievement Award, Police Family Liaison Officer Awards, road safety, Roads policing, Stuart Cundy

Brake Urges Road Safety Law Review In Light Of Possible New Cycling Offences

August 13, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Department for Transport has announced the launch of a consultation which will look at whether a new offence equivalent to causing death by careless or dangerous driving should be introduced for dangerous cyclists. Commenting on the announcement, Joshua Harris, Director of Campaigns at road safety charity Brake, said: “Whilst the intentions behind the Government’s […]

Filed Under: The Law Tagged With: Brake, Brake road safety charity, Car Articles, Close passing, Cycle Proofing Working Group, Cycling, Cycling safety, highway code, National guidance for cycling, road safety, The Department for Transport

Brake Comments On Increase In Drink Drive Deaths And Injuries

August 9, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Department for Transport has published statistics on drink drive crashes in Great Britain for 2016. This shows an estimated increase in the number of road deaths, the number of injuries, and the total number of crashes relating to at least one driver being over the alcohol limit. Commenting on the statistics, Joshua Harris, director […]

Filed Under: Daily News Tagged With: Brake, Brake road safety charity, Car Articles, Car news, Department for Transport, Drink driving statistics, Driving driving updates, Joshua Harris

Brake Comments On Car Danger Research

July 24, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Research published today by the AA charitable trust shows that driving is now seen as a bigger threat to teenagers’ safety than gun and knife crime. When asked ‘What do you think is the greatest risk to the safety of teenagers?’ 17% of people answered with driving compared to just 11% ten years ago. Whilst […]

Filed Under: Daily News Tagged With: AA charitable trust research, Brake, Car Articles, Car news, Daily News, GDL, GLD, Graduated driver licensing, Graduated Licensing schemes, Joshua Harris, Learning to drive, Research published today by the AA charitable trust shows that driving is now seen as a bigger threat to teenagers’ safety than gun and knife crime, Road safety issues, Young drivers, Young driving

Maria Caulfield MP Wins National Road Safety Award

April 27, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Maria Caulfield, MP for Lewes, has today been honoured with a parliamentarian road safety award by Brake, the road safety charity, and Direct Line Group. The award recognises Maria’s efforts to improve road safety on country lanes for all road users. Maria has been campaigning on this issue following a serious collision in her constituency […]

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: Awards, Beverley Berrill, Brake, Ditchling, House of Commons, Maria Caulfield, MP for Lewes, National road safety awards, Road safety advocates, Road safety awards, Streat, Westmeston, Work carried out to save lives on the road

Brake Comments On Driving Test Changes

December 3, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Car driving tests in England, Scotland and Wales are changing from tomorrow (4th December 2017). The new test will include the requirement to follow directions from a sat nav, answer vehicle safety questions while driving and perform different reversing manoeuvres. It will also feature a longer independent driving section [1]. Commenting on the changes, Jason Wakeford, […]

Filed Under: Learning to Drive Tagged With: Brake, Brake road safety charity, Car Articles, Driving test, Graduated driver licensing system, Jason Wakeford, Learning to drive, Learning to drive in the UK, Minimum learning periods for driving, Passing Your Driving Test, Road safety charity, UK driving test, UK driving test changes

Brake Applauds Tougher Sentences For Killer Drivers

October 17, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Ministry of Justice announced long-awaited plans to increase maximum sentences for drivers who cause death by speeding, racing or using a mobile phone. Offenders who cause death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs will also face life sentences, and a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving […]

Filed Under: The Law Tagged With: Brake, Car Articles, Government, Ministry of Justice, MoJ, Punishment for law braking drivers, Road collision investigation, Road policing, road safety, Road safety charities

Birmingham Northfield MP Wins Road Safety Award

September 25, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Richard Burden, MP for Birmingham Northfield, has been awarded a parliamentarian road safety award by charity Brake and Direct Line. The award recognises Richard’s long-standing involvement in transport and his commitment to road safety, particularly during his time as Shadow Transport Minister between 2013 and 2017. Richard has established himself as a strong supporter of […]

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: Awards, Birmingham Northfield, Brake, Car Articles, Direct Line, National road safety, Richard Burden, road safety, Road safety awards, Safe vehicles, Shadow Transport Minister

Road Safety Charity Brake Calls For Rural Driving Training

August 26, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Road safety charity Brake is today calling for compulsory lessons on rural roads for learner drivers, as part of a graduated licensing system, to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. In 2015, the last year for which statistics are available, 120 young drivers lost their lives in crashes – 80 per cent of these occurring on […]

Filed Under: Learning to Drive Tagged With: Brake, Campaigns for road safety, Car Articles, Driving advice, High speeds, Jason Wakeford, Learning to drive, Narrow lanes, Review of rural speed limits, Risky overtaking, Road safety charities, Road safety charity, Sharp bends, Voluntary Intelligent Speed Adaptation, Vulnerable road users

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