Motoring Safety

3 November 2007

Motoring - Be Bright At Night

Now the clocks have gone back and Britain enters the dark ages the THINK! Road safety campaign is reminding parents and children to Be Safe Be Seen as the nights ...

27 October 2007

Oh No. Not More ‘Don’t Do This In The Car’

More than 80% drivers are unaware that playing loud music in cars is against the new Highway Code safety rules, while almost two thirds admitted to eating while driving, which ...

27 October 2007

Employee 'Timebomb

Employees using their own cars at work are ‘health and safety timebomb’The rise in employees using their own cars on business has created a fleet of unchecked and unmanaged drivers ...

20 October 2007

New Think! Campaign Targets Parents For First Time

Parents are being reminded: kids do as you do, not as you say, as part of a new THINK! road safety campaign aimed at driving down child road casualties, launched ...

20 October 2007

Parents Huge Fear For Child Safety

The safety of children on our roads is one of the greatest concerns for parents, according to a report out today.The Cambridge University report, Community Soundings will feed into the ...

13 October 2007

Forty Years Of Breath Testing, But Action Still Needed

The breathalyser testing is now in its 40th anniversary but the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said it was now time to step up the campaign against drink ...

13 October 2007

The Perils Of Dangerous Brakes

According to the Department for Transport one-in-three accidents happens because a vehicle fails to stop in time.Speed is a killer when combined with poor brakes, and apparently, one-in-eight motorists could ...

13 October 2007

Men And Women Expereince Contrasting Crashes!

Men and women may continue to argue about who are the best drivers, but one area where there is a clear gulf between them is the type of bumps and ...

10 October 2007

Vunerable women on British streets

11.5 million Women (48%) don't feel safe in their everyday surroundings according to recent research by the women's car insurance provider Diamond. One in 10 claiming they feel unsafe most ...

6 October 2007

Hidden Dangers On Rural Roads

Motoring Safety from Femalefirst - You are three times more likely to be killed on a rural road than an urban one whilst in a car warns a Government educational ...

29 September 2007

Hit And Run Killers On The Increase.

Figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT) revealed ‘hit and run’ deaths are up over the last decade, motorcyclist deaths are continuing to rise and our child pedestrians are ...

29 September 2007

New Bestseller Out Now - The Revised Highway Code

The first revised Highway Code in eight years has today (28th) been unveiled by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick. The updated Code offers the latest road safety rules and advice, ...

29 September 2007

What A Hoot!

Car horns are driving us Brits beeping mad with 90 % of motorists regularly violating the Highway Code by using their car horn inappropriately. In fact, Brits are so horn-happy, ...

22 September 2007

What Gives Motorists The Right Hump?

According to research by online car-buying guide, NEWCARNET.co.uk, a massive 87 % of drivers said they would gladly see all versions of the ‘sleeping policeman’ put to sleep permanently in ...

22 September 2007

Motoring Parents Child Seat Worries

One Third Of Motoring Parents Are Unsure Of Child Car Seat LawsNew research has revealed a third (32 %) of motoring parents are unaware of the changes to the law ...

15 September 2007

Ladies Motoring Fashion

The Latest Fashion Accessory For MotoristsCar care specialist, Comma, is campaigning to make carrying a high-visibility vest in the car compulsory, in an attempt to reduce the 250 people killed ...

15 September 2007

Millions Of Sleepy Drivers At The Wheel

Millions Of Sleepy Drivers At The WheelDeadly ignorance about tired driving is putting lives at risk as an estimated 2.3 million drivers have dozed off behind the wheel, according to ...

15 September 2007

Should The Driving Age Be Raised?

When many are starting to take their driving lessons at the beginning of the new academic year, the House of Commons transport committee has recently called for the minimum legal ...

5 September 2007

Women Show Serious Concern for Drink Driving

Over 88 per cent of British women believe they are more likely to have an accident if they drive after two drinks, more than half (53 per cent) fear they ...

11 August 2007

Driving In The North West Is Risky Business

What do a male chef driving a Lexus living in Oldham and a female hairdresser driving a BMW living in Manchester have in common? According to new research, they’ve been ...

11 August 2007

Now I Have Been Told To Bin My Pink Shades!

Well as the sun finally shows its face in the UK; I fumble around the house trying to find my new stylish pink sunglasses.But according to new research called the ...

11 August 2007

Motoring - Move Over You Road Hogs

Middle lane drivers are one of the public's biggest irritations and contribute to congestion on the roads.To raise awareness of the problems caused by motorway drivers who hog the middle ...

29 July 2007

‘Go On - One More Drink Won’t Affect You‘

With more than half of all drink-drive casualties occurring over the weekend, a new £3M anti-drink drive campaign, launched by Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly, takes a pioneering approach to educating ...

29 July 2007

What A Waste Of A Life - Or Two

You may have read in the papers recently about the tragic accident where nineteen-year-old Rachel Begg, of Ponteland, caused the death of County Durham grandmother, Maureen Waites as Rachel was ...