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£38 million has been cut from the UK’s road safety budget – and guess what costs money to maintain and upkeep? Yes, those rather expensive GATSO cameras. So, I guess this is the point at which we’ll start to see an answer to the argument as to whether the much maligned ‘safety measure’ actually keeps […]
Auto Express has written about some recent research by the DfT, which states that half of us speed beyond 70mph when on motorways. Given that is the case, perhaps the next question should be about road safety – yet apparently there were 12% less deaths on our roads last year than previous. So, what should […]
You may or may not know that some simple medication can make you drowsy or cause a lapse in concentration. This could mean that you become at best fatigued behind the wheel and at worst responsible for a serious road traffic collision. To this end, GEM Motoring Assist has produced a new leaflet to inform […]
The Mail Online is reporting that the new driving test, which will be introduced from October 4th, will incorporate a ‘memory’ element that will require the examinee to memorise a route given by an examiner. The new element to the test will take ten minutes to complete, and will also require the completion of a […]
The Mail Online is reporting that a town that was previously using speed cameras switched them off – only to find that accident statistics remained static over the same period. As expected, some areas of the motoring community spoke out and suggested that this highlighted the fact that safety cameras were and are a tax […]
The Mail Online is reporting that drivers have been hit by speeding fines to the tune of more than £1 billion. Police forces around the country could, until 2007, keep some of the money raised by this system. This of course provides an incentive for a force to put more cameras up. My question is […]
There are articles in the print and online press regarding bullying allegations made. I do hope that none of you suffer any bullying on the road – though it’s probably inevitable as we see a decline in manners, road rage and more cars on the road generally. David Williams MBE, Chief Executive of GEM (formerly […]
The Times has a really good article on the lower drink drive limit. What do you make of the proposal? Seems like a fairly sensible idea I guess, though for right-minded individuals, it shouldn’t make too much of a difference at all – due to the fact that we wouldn’t drink and drive anyway. Part […]
It’s been discussed in some circles now that the way to make roads safer is to actually reduce the number of signs, passive safety measures and other street elements. Apparently, the idea is that we’re all so used to seeing various things on the road that we begin to ignore them and fall into a […]
Just the other week, I wrote a post about vulnerable road users and the importance of awareness on the road. You can read it here. Tonight, after a particularly long and gruelling day at work, I decided to whip off the all-weather cover and get the bike going for a few miles’ jaunt. All was […]