Police

Woman looking at her mobile phone while driving

‘Have you got the message?’ asks GEM

Mar 07, 2022Comments off

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is warning drivers that updated mobile phone laws will come into force this month*. The new rules

Speed cameras on a motorwar

Speed cameras should be checking your tax, ...

Mar 03, 2022Comments off

The UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, is highlighting to the police, councils and safety partnerships that the overwhelming majority of UK motorists

Speeding car

Clocking the dangers of speed

Feb 21, 2022Comments off

The latest research from the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has revealed positive long-term trends, with motorists continuing to find speeding less

Van Driver

New mobile phone laws; fleet managers urged...

Feb 15, 2022Comments off

Fleet managers are being urged to take action to protect their business and their staff from the risks posed by using a mobile phone while

DVSA issues number plate concealment update

Feb 07, 2022Comments off

The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is advising haulage operators that it is aware of a minority of operators who are deliberately attempting to

Police stopping a car

AA calls for more Cops in Cars

Jan 17, 2022Comments off

‘We need more cops in cars’ is the strong message pushed by the AA president in response to death rates on UK roads plateauing over

HGV driver using mobile phone jailed for ca...

Jan 13, 2022Comments off

A truck driver has been jailed for more than eight years after his HGV struck multiple vehicles, killing three people. Ion Onut was trawling dating sites

Crimestoppers: Rising threat of drug drivin...

Dec 15, 2021Comments off

Independent charity Crimestoppers, in partnership with D.tec International, has launched a new national campaign to target those who get behind the wheel and drug drive.

Any use of handheld mobile phone while driv...

Nov 19, 2021Comments off

Police will soon be able to more easily prosecute drivers using a hand-held mobile phone at the wheel, after the Government strengthens existing laws to

Alcohol and drug misuse – is it time to t...

Oct 19, 2021Comments off

The full implications of the COVID-19 pandemic will take many more months, if not years, to play out. One of the many worrying consequences is