• RAC urges against blanket lights-out
    • 31/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The RAC has urged local authorities against a knee-jerk reaction following new evidence which suggests motorists are at no greater safety risk with street lights off at night. This should not mean a blanket switch-off. Instead a ‘halfway house’ with selective lights left on and low-cost, better-quality lamps [...]
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  • Side road accidents increase by 12%
    • 28/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The number of car accidents involving a driver pulling out of a side road accounted for an estimated 198,000 crashes nationwide last year, according to latest research by Accident Exchange. The accident management company analysed data from 39,000 cases of accidents it handled in 2014 and found that 9% were the [...]
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  • High-mileage drivers dismissive of speed cameras
    • 28/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    High-mileage drivers are more likely than any other type of road user to think speed cameras have ‘little or no influence’ in reducing the numbers of road casualties in the UK, according to a white paper issued by the Institute of Advanced Motorists’ (IAM) Drive and Survive division. The paper, titled Speed [...]
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  • Brake – ‘Engage youth in road safety’
    • 28/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Brake, the road safety charity, is urging the people of Northern Ireland to improve road safety in their communities by attending a training course to help them spread vital road safety messages to young people. Brake is working hard to improve young peoples’ road safety in Northern Ireland through the [...]
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  • IAM identify new driving dangers
    • 23/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New research by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) reveals the shocking extent to which drivers use their phones and tablets to take selfies, make video calls and watch videos while driving. The findings come from research commissioned this month exclusively by the IAM, which asked 500 drivers how they use [...]
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  • Most likely time to crash identified
    • 21/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Summer is the most dangerous time to drive a car on Britain's roads - and this year Saturday July 25 at 11am is the mostly likely time that motorists will have a crash, according to new research from SmartWitness. More motor accidents occur in the summer months of July and August – 2,330 serious and fatal [...]
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  • Making road cycling safer
    • 17/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A new start-up company, Lumos, is being propelled into the spotlight with its ‘Next Generation Bicycle Helmet’, thanks to a Kickstarter campaign and sharing on social media. The hi-tech Lumos cycle helmet features integrated headlights, indicators and a brake light, improving both visibility and awareness for [...]
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  • IAM encourages rest brakes for drivers
    • 16/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    As many as 65 per cent of drivers on long journeys do not to stop to take rest breaks on the motorway because they don’t feel they have any need to. While 79 per cent of drivers will only choose to stop and take a rest if a motorway service area is located in a convenient place on their journey. The findings come [...]
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  • Advice for Brits driving abroad
    • 14/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    As the nation gears up for a Summer getaway, a new study from TomTom has revealed that almost 12 million of the 20 million Brits planning on driving in Europe this Summer could find themselves driving on the wrong side of the road. A new Europe-wide study of over 10,000 drivers, including 2,000 from the UK, looks [...]
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  • Motorist’s potentially driving uninsured
    • 14/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Millions of motorists could potentially be driving with invalid insurance, or far lower cover than they believe to be in place, according to new research from Churchill Insurance. Over a third (35 per cent) of people with a UK driving licence think that if they have a fully comprehensive car insurance policy they [...]
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