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Car cloning criminals are putting used car owners at risk warns leading vehicle data and valuation specialist HPI. Barry Shorto, head of industry relations at HPI, says criminals are increasingly using cloning of real licence plates as a method to outwit detection via police automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems, which can have a big impact […]
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 […]
The RAC is reporting that over 1.1 million Penalty Charge Notices were issued across the UK for misuse of bus lanes in 2017. That’s a staggering figure, especially when converted to actual cash – around £68 million to be precise. The questions we’d pose are whether a) you have received a PCN for bus lane […]
An investigation by IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s biggest independent road safety charity, has found that more than a third-of police forces are using their mobile safety camera vans to prosecute drivers not wearing seatbelts or using a handheld mobile phone. The information comes from a Freedom of Information request submitted to 44 police forces which […]
The DVLA Pay A Fine service was launched back in 2016 to allow customers to pay vehicle-related fines online. The service has recently been extended and updated to allow a broader range of fines to be dealt with and in a simpler fashion. Fines are issued to uninsured or untaxed vehicles on the road; this was […]
Some time ago, we reported on goverment proposals to amend the MOT cycle, with four years being the first test. It has been subsequently announced that the current test at three years will stand. GEM Motoring Assist Road Safety Officer Neil Worth had the following to state after the announcement was made: “We were very […]
As police forces across the country embark on the latest seasonal drink-drive enforcement campaigns, road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is calling on drivers across the country to make safety their priority and ensure they take no risks with drinking and driving. The advice comes as an Institute of Alcohol Studies report shows […]
The Road Haulage Association fully supports Highways England’s enforcement action to target non-compliant drivers of all classes of vehicle. Commenting, RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: “All drivers must drive safely and pay due care and attention to all road users and must comply with the Highway Code. We constantly push the message that drivers […]
Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is calling on the Government to increase the penalty for drivers and passengers who do not wear a seatbelt on journeys. GEM wants the Government to bring seatbelt offences in line with those for mobile phone offences, which were increased earlier this year to a fine of […]
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 […]