Govt Agency Wants Cyclists & Pedestrians to Have Priority on UK Roads
There’s been another call from the Institute for Health and Care Excellence, also known as NICE, to design roads and pavements which give pedestrians and cylists [...]
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RAC Calls for Action as Potholes Increase by 44% on UK Roads
More than half a million potholes were reported by members of the public to local authorities in Britain for repair in 2017 – an increase of 44% on two years earlier, [...]
RAC Warns on Christmas Getaway: Drivers Should Expect Delays
As many as 20 million individual Christmas leisure trips will take place this week in the run-up to Christmas, a study of drivers’ travel plans and congestion forecasts [...]
Latest Stats Show a 7% Increase in Alcohol as a Factor in Fatal RTAs
The latest Department for Transport estimate of road casualties for 2016 show a 7% increase from 2015 and 230 fatalities resulting from an accident where at least one driver [...]
Driving in France? Here’s What You Need to Know, Or Face a Hefty Fine
If there’s one thing the French love more than a two hour lunch involving lots of cheese, plus an argument about the masculine or feminine use of pronouns, then [...]
Scrap the MoT Test? Facts vs Political Campaigning
The Adam Smith Institute was all over the mainstream media yesterday, talking up their proposal to scrap the annual MoT test for all cars and vans over three years old. [...]
Govt Stats Show Rising UK Traffic Levels – Internet Shopping is a Key Cause
Recently the UK government published a report on road traffic levels in 2017. It’s important to note that the Department for Transport stats are based on manual traffic [...]
RAC Survey Reveals Most Drivers Unsure of Points and Fines for Mobile Use
More than a year on from the introduction of tougher penalties for using a handheld phone at the wheel, nearly two-thirds of drivers (64%) remain unaware what the [...]