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Legal proposals for self-driving vehicles

Jan 26, 2022Comments off

The Law Commission, an independent statutory body set up by Parliament to review the law in England and Wales, and the Scottish Law Commission have

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

New device will stop trucks from aquaplanin...

Oct 04, 2021Comments off

Researchers say they have developed a device that prevents vehicles including HGVs from aquaplaning during adverse road conditions. The Run Dry Traction System (RDTS) prevents

Jail for death crash HGV driver who caused ...

Sep 20, 2021Comments off

An HGV driver distracted by his mobile phone and who killed a devoted husband and wife in a “devastating collision” has been jailed. Steven Bennett,

Interactive road safety map updated with 20...

Jan 11, 2021Comments off

A free web mapping service, which shows details of road collisions and casualties across Britain, has been updated to include data for 2019. Developed by

Tailgating road accidents halve in five yea...

Nov 26, 2020Comments off

The number of reported road accidents when tailgating another vehicle was a contributory factor has almost halved in just five years, according to analysis by

New ‘most-bashed bridge in Britain’ rev...

Nov 09, 2020Comments off

With the Black Friday and Christmas rush around the corner and more large vehicles expected on Britain’s roads, Network Rail has revealed the most-struck bridges

Car accident rates climbing sharply

Jul 02, 2020Comments off

Car accident rates in the UK are increasing rapidly as lockdown eases and drivers hit the roads again according to new analysis by AX. Early

Parking prangs cost Brits £1.5 billion a y...

Feb 17, 2020Comments off

Car park prangs cost British motorists a staggering £1.5 BILLION per year, according to new research. A study revealed 11 per cent, or 3.74 million,

Drivers urged to ‘Wise Up, Size Up...

Nov 28, 2019Comments off

Network Rail is asking drivers of large vehicles to; ‘Wise up Size up’. Research has shown that 52 per cent of lorry drivers do not