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  • Road fatality figures make grim reading

    • 30/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Provisional government figures show there were 1,695 road deaths in Great Britain during 2022, a year-on-year rise of nine per cent. GEM Motoring Assist chief executive Neil Worth said: “These disappointing figures show how much needs to be done if we are ever to see sustained, long-term reductions in the number [...]
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  • Speed measures set the limit for drivers

    • 24/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research has found that 20mph limits backed by physical measures have substantially greater speed and casualty reduction benefits than those without. The research project was carried out by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS), with an international team of road safety experts, and [...]
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  • 1.3 million MOT failures on the road

    • 10/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    One-in-10 cars that passed their MOT last year should have failed, according to an investigation by What Car?. This equates to nearly 1.3 million cars on the road now with potentially dangerous defects. As part of the 2021-2022 MOT Compliance Survey, a team of DVSA expert vehicle examiners retested 1,732 [...]
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  • Autoglass warns against MOT revamp

    • 03/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Department of Transport (DfT) consultation on its proposal for new vehicles to require an MOT test after four years rather than three concluded in late March. This is the second proposal following the government’s suggestion of shifting the annual MOT to a two-year cycle last year. Although the result of the [...]
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  • IAM RoadSmart warns of drug-driving epidemic

    • 27/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A hidden epidemic of drug-driving is at large in Britain, with almost a third of motorists unwittingly driving with dangerous amounts of drugs in their system, according to the UK’s leading road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart. But the drugs in question are everyday prescriptions and over-the-counter medications, [...]
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  • Potholes blamed for nearly half of windscreen chips

    • 20/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research from Autoglass has found that 44% of drivers in the UK who have found a chip or a crack in their windscreen in the past 12 months believe potholes are to blame. Autoglass found that a third of UK drivers (33%) have had windscreen damage in the past year. In addition to those blaming potholes, 35% of [...]
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  • Habits of angry drivers revealed

    • 11/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research by the University of Warwick has identified characteristics of aggressive driving. In the first study to systematically identify aggressive driving behaviours, scientists measured the changes in driving that occur in an aggressive state. Published in Accident Analysis and Prevention, the report [...]
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  • Drug-driving trend on the rise

    • 24/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New data has revealed a 260% rise in drug-related driving casualties between 2012 and 2021. According to the Department for Transport (DfT), there were almost 2,500 casualties in relation to drug-driving in 2021. Meanwhile, Criminal Justice System Statistics (CJSS) have disclosed that the number of drug-driving [...]
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  • Motorists against proposed MOT changes

    • 23/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    UK motorists strongly support keeping the first MOT at three years, according to new research published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In a Savanta poll of British car owners, 67% said they were concerned that extending the MOT would put lives in danger with three quarters agreeing that [...]
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  • Industry backs IMI stance on MOT extensions

    • 22/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    As part of its response to the Department for Transport’s MOT Consultation, The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has revealed that nearly nine in 10 members believe extending the date of the first MOT or frequency of MOTs would increase road user risk. Hayley Pells, policy manager at the IMI, said: “We [...]
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