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Do You Sometimes Flout Mobile And Seatbelt Laws?

February 9, 2019 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The UK’s biggest independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart is concerned that too many drivers continue to ignore warnings about the dangers of hand-held mobile phones and not wearing a seatbelt – putting countless lives in danger. This follows the results of a major Department for Transport survey today (7 February) revealing hundreds of thousands […]

Filed Under: Daily News Tagged With: Car Articles, Driving advice, IAM, IAM RoadSmart, Safety and security, Seatbelt use

Where Does The Future Of Automated Driving Take Us?

May 23, 2016 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

We recently covered the fact that the Queen’s Speech for 2016 featured a Transport Bill that would help automated cars take the next step. You can read that article here: http://www.cararticles.co.uk/uk-a-driverless-future-for-cars.html. We would like you ask you though what your feelings are about automated driving? It’s a fact of life that with every new car, a […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Automated cars, Car Articles, Car Articles editorial, ECB, Editorial features, Emergency City Braking, Lane departure warning systems, Laser sensors, Safe cars, Safety and security, Volkswagen

Safer Motorway Driving Tips From GEM Motoring Assist

February 6, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Breakdown cover specialist GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging drivers to put safety first on motorway journeys. The advice follows a recent crash on the M4 in south Wales which left 28 people injured. GEM chief executive David Williams MBE offered some reassurance for drivers: “Motorways may be the fastest roads we use, but they are statistically […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice, Editorial, Featured Posts, Safety & Security Tagged With: Driving advice, How to drive safely on motorways, Motorway driving, Road safety advice, Road safety risks, Safer motorway driving, Safety and security

Suzuki Provides Statement In Relation To Celerio Safety Concern

February 2, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Rather than amend the information, I’ll pass it on as I received it directly from Suzuki below: Following a condition experienced when carrying out an emergency braking test by a journalist from Autocar magazine on the 30th January, Suzuki carried out an immediate investigation into the cause of this condition. As a direct result of […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Maintenance & Breakdown, Safety & Security, Technical Tagged With: Celerio, New Cars, Problems with cars, Safety and security, Safety recalls, Suzuki, Vehicle recalls

Brake Calls Time On Dangerous Drivers From Overseas

July 24, 2014 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Brake, the road safety charity, has joined a coalition of organisations calling for the UK government to support a proposal to help police catch risky, law-breaking drivers from other countries. The European Commission proposal, published today and backed by TISPOL, the European Traffic Police Network, would allow police across the EU to pursue traffic offences against drivers of […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Safety & Security Tagged With: Brake, Car Articles, Europe, European driving, Law breaking drivers from overseas, Road crashes, road safety, Safety and security

MPs Reveal Road Safety Lottery

August 6, 2012 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Mail Online has a particularly interesting article on some research that has been revealed – by MPs no less.  It demonstrates that there are some huge differences in road safety between areas.  Shockingly, road traffic accidents are the biggest killer of 16-24 year olds.  The research demonstrates that, for the first time since 2003, […]

Filed Under: Articles Elsewhere, Safety & Security Tagged With: Burdens, Lottery, MPS, Records, Road deaths, Road records, road safety, Safety and security, the government

Toyota Recalls Do Not Affect UK Models

February 26, 2011 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Toyota Motor Corporation announced a global recall campaigns for certain Toyota and Lexus models on 24th February. These recalls do not affect right hand drive Toyota or Lexus models sold in the UK. As part of these global campaigns, Toyota is preparing to voluntarily recall some left hand drive European Lexus RX models to address […]

Filed Under: Maintenance & Breakdown, Safety & Security, Technical Tagged With: recalls, Recalls of cars, Safety and security, toyota

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