road safety

How hanging an air freshener or fluffy dice...

Aug 15, 2019Comments off

An air freshener hanging from your rear-view mirror could be enough to land you with a £1,000 fine and 3 points on your licence, police

Default 20mph limits an ‘essential bu...

Aug 05, 2019Comments off

A coalition of transport and active travel charities is calling on the Government to introduce a default 20mph speed limit in England. The 11 charities*

‘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