Road Safety
Licence Bureau encourages road safety focus...
As part of Road Safety Week 2019 (18-24 November), coordinated by Brake, Licence Bureau is calling on fleet operators to ‘step up’ their road safety
New scheme to ‘revolutionise’ lorry saf...
A new standard to protect vulnerable road users from the ‘most dangerous’ heavy goods vehicles by minimising blind spots has officially launched in London. Under
Let’s go back to 1968 to reduce road acci...
Fifty-one-ears ago, the Government conducted a three-year experiment which saved hundreds of lives, by bringing the clocks forward in March 1968 and not turning them
Smart motorways to be reviewed over safety ...
Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, announced to MPs* that an urgent review into the safety concerns over smart motorways, and has called for recommendations to be
Shared spaces ‘simply do not work for...
A charity which represents blind and visually impaired people has stepped up its campaign to have shared space schemes abolished – describing them as unsafe,
Dometic launches intelligent blind spot cam...
Dometic launches new intelligent turn assistant system to support the fight against fatal blind spot accidents. The new Dometic CAM1000 blind spot camera reliably distinguishes
Eyesight standards when driving abroad
It’s well known in the UK that employers have a legal responsibility under EU legislation to ensure that employees meet the minimum eyesight standards when
Local councils need powers to stop lorry-ma...
Local authorities are calling for more powers to help stop lorries causing ‘havoc’ in towns and villages throughout England. The Local Government Association (LGA) says
Plea for a renewed focus on corporate vehic...
The safety of all road users is being impacted by a corporate-wide move away from company-provided vehicles with a rising number of employees taking cash
Highways England geared up to help motorist...
More than 480 miles of roadworks will be lifted or completed on motorways and major A-roads to help families have smoother journeys over the August
