AA Trust introduces motorway lessons
The AA Charitable Trust has set aside £20,000 to fund motorway driving courses for drivers who missed out on the opportunity to have a motorway lesson pre-test. A law change earlier […]
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MuCCA to end motorway pile-ups
An Applus IDIADA-led consortium has been awarded government funding towards the development and trial of technology that could radically reduce the number of multi-car collisions on motorways. The Multi-Car Collision […]
RAC tackles motorway mystery
About 20% of all miles driven are on a motorway, but many motorists still find them intimidating. The RAC Foundation is now leading a campaign to make them ‘welcoming and […]
Re-education for motorway offenders
People caught committing driving offences on ‘smart’ motorways in England could be offered re-education courses by police. Smart motorways operate variable speed limits and can open the hard shoulder to […]
The right way on the motorway
A range of motorway driving guidelines have been released after an AA survey found that eight out of 10 drivers fear being hit if they break down on stretches of […]
SMART motorways cause concern
Eight out of 10 drivers think that removal of hard-shoulders on SMART motorways has made motorways more dangerous than four years ago, according to an AA Populus poll of 20,845 […]
Driverless cars steer towards UK motorways
Chancellor George Osborne will take the brakes off driverless cars when he opens up Britain’s motorways to testing in Wednesday’s Spring Budget. Testing could begin as early as next year, […]
Eight million rarely use motorways
A study by the RAC has found eight million of Britain’s drivers rarely use motorways, with 380,000 never using them. The majority of the drivers claim they do not need to […]
‘Smart Motorways’ make sense says FTA
The implementation of ‘Smart Motorways’ in Northern Ireland would make economic, environmental and safety sense – is the message from the Freight Transport Association (FTA) today. Responding to a study […]
Highways England takes over motorways
The way England’s motorways and A-roads are built and managed is set for a transformational change next month after the government announced the ‘go-live’ of the Highways England. Highways England […]
25m car journeys expected this August bank holiday weekend
Up to 25 million motorists are expected to hit the road this August bank holiday weekend, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 UK drivers by breakdown provider Green […]
Car touchscreens driving motorists to distraction, study warns
New research has revealed that setting sat-nav destinations on car touchscreens takes a driver’s attention away from the road for long enough to cover 476 metres at motorway speed – […]