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Do You Consider Pedestrians When Driving?

May 23, 2018 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The UK’s biggest independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart is urging drivers to up their game and be more alert for other road users, as pedestrians now make up a quarter of all deaths on our roads, ahead of motorcyclists or cyclists. Only car occupants have a worse record. According to Department for Transport figures […]

Filed Under: Daily News Tagged With: Car Articles, Driving advice, IAM RoadSmart, IAM Roadsmart road safety charity, Neil Greig, Pedestrian safety advice, Pedestrian safety figures, road safety, road safety figures

Are Drivers Speeding Due To An Excess Of Pressure?

November 24, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The UK’s biggest independent motoring charity IAM RoadSmart feels that speeding is still far from being socially unacceptable, as DfT figures released today show speeding offences are now at a six year high. More UK drivers are getting caught exceeding the speed limit than ever before and are risking lives and endangering themselves and others […]

Filed Under: Daily News Tagged With: Car Articles, DfT, IAM RoadSmart, Motor vehicle offences, Neil Greig, RAS61, road safety, Road safety is a personal responsibility, Road Safety Week, speeding, Speeding offences are at a six year high, Speeding on UK roads, The UK’s biggest independent motoring charity IAM RoadSmart

Truck Platoons – Coming In The Near Future?

August 27, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

With the Department of Transport announcing today trialling of platoons of self-driving lorries on England’s motorways, Britain’s biggest independent road safety charity is advising there must be more reassurances on issues such as cyber attacks as well as basic road safety needs such as telling other drivers which trucks are in the platoon. The trial, […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Cybercrime, Department of Transport, Driverless vehicles, England's motorways, IAM, IAM RoadSmart, IAM RoadSmart members, Neil Greig, Platooning trucks, road safety, Road trial feasibility of trucks platooning, Wall of trucks

IAM RoadSmart Disappointment At Drink Driving Levels

February 8, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The UK’s leading independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has expressed disappointment in yet another year of no significant change in the levels of drink-driving in Britain, based on new Government statistics announced today (2 February). IAM RoadSmart again called for England and Wales to follow Scotland’s lead and reduce drink-drive limits to the same […]

Filed Under: Daily News Tagged With: Alcohol limit, Car Articles, Department for Transport, DfT, Drink driving, Drink related crashes, IAM RoadSmart, IAM RoadSmart statistics, Neil Greig, The UK’s leading independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has expressed disappointment

IAM Calls For Targets To Reduce Road Casualties

September 25, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has called for a raft of measures to reverse the disappointing increase in numbers of people killed and injured on UK roads as announced today by the government. The Department of Transport’s Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2014 Annual Report says there were 1,775 reported road deaths in 2014, […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Driving Advice, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, Safety & Security Tagged With: At risk road users, Car Articles, Drivers, IAM, IAM directors, Lower road casualties, Neil Greig, Road casualties, road safety, Road safety annual reports, The Department of Transport’s Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2014 Annual Report, The Institute of Advanced Motorists

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