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Karin Smyth, MP for Bristol South, has been given the accolade of Parliamentarian of the Month in 2016 for May, by the road safety charity Brake and Direct Line Group. The award recognises Karin’s work fighting for tougher road safety regulations following the death of Freddie Hussey. Three-year-old Freddie was crushed by a two-tonne trailer […]
Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging drivers to pay extra attention on rural road journeys this summer. Although traffic levels are generally lighter, rural roads account for nearly 60% of all fatalities (a total of 982 in 2014). GEM chief executive David Williams MBE says: “Driving in the countryside is usually […]
Dashboard mounted cameras are getting more and more popular these days, with many of us using them to record on fly. RoadHawk cameras have only been previously used on fleet cars of Euro Car Parts, but they are now set to go on general sale. Priced at £299.99 on eurocarparts.com, the RoadHawk RH-2 TEDR Driver […]
The survey by Brake, the road safety charity, and Direct Line reveals a shocking one in 14 drivers (7%) admit they drive at least once a month after having taken drugs. The release of these figures comes a year after the introduction of new drug-drive laws designed to make it easier for police to catch […]
A fundraiser, set up by an 11 year-old after his best friend was killed while cycling, has been so successful it’s now being used across the UK by Brake, the road safety charity, to raise cash to prevent more tragedies and provide support to bereaved relatives. Daniel Climance was just 11 when he was killed […]
Brake, the national road safety charity, has published a new report indicating that deaths on UK roads are up: Brake is extremely disappointed that the latest estimated figures from the Department for Transport show that 1,780 people were killed on Britain’s roads in the year ending, September 2015. An estimated 5,620 drink-drive crashes took place […]
Greg Mulholland, MP for Leeds North West, is the first Westminster MP to be given the accolade of Parliamentarian of the Month in 2016, by the road safety charity Brake and Direct Line Group. The award recognises Greg’s work fighting for improved justice for the families of people killed in road crashes by criminal driving. […]
The 2016 edition of the RHA Haulage Manual has now been released. The RHA’s chief executive Richard Burnett stated “Of course in today’s hi-tech world, much of the information contained in the Manual is available online. But you can’t beat having all the information you need quickly, easily, and all in one place. And access to the […]
Writing in the Winter 2015/16 80th anniversary edition of Good Motoring magazine, Ian Kerr MBE suggests there are some effective ways of improving the safety of motorcyclists – starting with a more rigorous learning and testing process Motorcycle riders feature prominently in the yearly statistics, referring to those killed or seriously injured on the roads […]
Motorists are now more worried about the dangers of distraction posed by technology and social media than drink-driving, according to the Institute of Advanced Motorist’s (IAM) first major survey into safety culture. The Safety Culture Index report was launched today by the IAM, and is a study of more than 2,000 UK motorists’ attitudes to […]