road safety

‘SERP volunteers’ to help with ...

Aug 05, 2019Comments off

A group of volunteers in Essex will become the first in the country to be given enforcement powers, under a new initiative. Co-ordinated by the

Recovery operators demand greater protectio...

Aug 02, 2019Comments off

Campaigners from the roadside recovery industry today claimed new government figures on motorway breakdowns have significantly bolstered the case for increased protections for roadside rescue

Roads Minister announces ‘Evidence Review...

Jul 24, 2019Comments off

In a significant win for the roadside rescue and recovery industry, Roads Minister Michael Ellis MP today (23 July 2019) announced that the Department for

Road safety action plan announced to cut ro...

Jul 19, 2019Comments off

Failure to wear a seatbelt could result in penalty points as well as fines, under new plans to reduce the number of deaths on the

Highways England clearly on right lines to ...

Jul 17, 2019Comments off

‘Ghost’ road markings and blacked out lines, which can confuse drivers, could become a thing of the past thanks to Highways England’s global search for

Driver crashes car because they couldn’t ...

Jul 15, 2019Comments off

A driver whose cluttered car was so messy it caused a collision has been shamed by police officers on social media. Hampshire Police were called

Motorway speed limit should be raised to 80...

Jul 12, 2019Comments off

The Department for Transport (DfT) have been conducting a study focusing on traffic speed and movements, the statistics released aren’t really a shock to anyone

Nearly 1.5 million moving traffic penalties...

Jul 02, 2019Comments off

There are a range of ‘moving traffic’ contraventions, which include: using a route restricted to certain type of vehicles (e.g. bus lanes), performing a prohibited

Electric cars: New vehicles to emit noise t...

Jul 01, 2019Comments off

From today (July 1, 2019), any electric vehicle with four or more wheels that wants to be approved for road use in the European Union

Free FORS training places up for grabs

Jun 14, 2019Comments off

FORS will offer funded places on a selection of its driver specific training courses, to help members upskill their driving workforce. The free-of-charge training places,