Motoring Safety

21 July 2007

Death Toll - And About Time Too!

Calls by Parliament’s influential Transport Select Committee for Government action to stop the horrific young driver death toll have today been welcomed by national road safety charity Brake.The Committee’s recommended ...

21 July 2007

Don’t Be A Fool

The Highways Agency has launched a new DVD to encourage drivers to leave a safe distance between vehicles.'Don't Be A Fool', presented by BBC Newsreader Sophie Raworth, educates drivers about ...

21 July 2007

Storm In A Teacup?

As if the poor storm damaged people have not had enough on their plates, news just in warns buyers of used cars to consider the possible damage caused by recent ...

14 July 2007

You Can’T Have Your Cake And Eat It!

Nissan’s Urbanproof advert for the new QASHQAI compact crossover picked up the award for Best Car Advertising campaign at the Motor Trader Industry awards held last night at the Grosvenor ...

14 July 2007

Reckless Young Drivers Put Lives In Danger On Rural Roads

Young motorists who are poorly prepared for driving on rural roads are putting lives in danger, suggests new research from Autoglass.A national survey of driver habits on country lanes, in ...

14 July 2007

Motoring - European Driving Dangers

How To Avoid Fines And The Dangers While Driving In EuropeIf you are driving abroad this summer make sure you are legal to travel before leaving home. Something as simple ...

7 July 2007

Hiring A Car Abroad? Check Their Chidlren’S Seat Policy

As the UK starts to break up for the summer holidays, many families will by flying out to be greeted the other end by a hired car. Most would have ...

7 July 2007

Avoid Fines And The Dangers While Driving In Europe

If you are driving abroad this summer make sure you are legal to travel before leaving home.Something as simple as driving without a GB sticker can result in an immediate ...

1 July 2007

80 Classrooms Of Children Killed Or Seriously Injured Last Year:

Two thousand and twenty five child pedestrians - equivalent to 80 classrooms - were killed or seriously injured on the roads last year, according to the figures.In addition ...

1 July 2007

Nine Million Motorists Confused About Their Own Car

Brits may claim to be a nation of car lovers but millions of motorists just wouldn’t know where to start if their car went wrong. The research, by breakdown ...

23 June 2007

100 Million: Britain Counts The Pothole Toll

Research from Kwik-Fit has calculated that Britain’s Pothole Toll is as much as a £100 million.That’s the annual amount over 1.1 million British motorists spend repairing or replacing pothole damaged ...

23 June 2007

Staged Accidents Cost Millions

Staged accidents are costing the insurance industry millions each year as fraudsters deliberately cause an accident with an innocent driver or an accomplice in another car, in order to make ...

23 June 2007

Smoking In Cars Set To Rise

Smoking in cars could be set to increase once the smoking ban in public places is introduced in England next month.Research conducted by Privilege Insurance, shows that in Scotland there ...

9 June 2007

Driving Test Should Include Motorway And Night-Time Driving

Newly qualified drivers are ill equipped to take to UK roads because the driving test is out of date, according to both instructors and novice drivers in a new research ...

9 June 2007

Motorists Demand New Up Dated Road Signs

New research in a poll of 2,500 motorists by Vauxhall reveals that 47 % do not understand the most common road signs.Vauxhall are now calling for an update of the ...

3 June 2007

Motoring - More Bans At The Wheel?

Following the ban on hand held mobile phones; the Local Authority Road Safety Officers' Association have recently called for a ban on smoking whilst driving.However, while the Association of British ...

3 June 2007

Motoring - Don’t You Rattle My Cage

Motoring Habit - A revolutionary car tool is set to take the motoring world by storm in helping to eliminate a problem that drives millions of motorists mad. Rattles.It doesn’t ...

3 June 2007

Motoring Mind Your Language

Motoring latest: Is the UK a nation of horn hogs tooting from the same hymn sheet - or are motorists a motley crew of confused communicators risking collisions with misleading ...

12 May 2007

If It’s Marked And Registered, Check It!

Retainagroup, the country’s leading experts in vehicle glass and component security etching, marking and registration systems, is urging people to make just one ‘phone call to identify vehicles that have ...

5 May 2007

Young Drivers Believe Themselves To Be Safer Drivers Than Others

Road crashes are the number one killer of people in their teens and twenties in the UK, and second only to HIV/AIDS as a killer of young men worldwide yet ...

5 May 2007

Helping Women Sell Their Car Safely

Over 7 million used cars were sold in 2005 and nearly half of these were sold privately. But Europe’s largest vehicle auction group, BCA, is warning that women motorists selling ...

28 April 2007

Simulator Shows Dangers Of Speed, Drink And Phones

A new online simulator to prove to drivers the dangers of being behind the wheel when travelling too fast, after drinking or when using a mobile phone has been launched ...

28 April 2007

Hayfever Driving Risk

The hayfever season is upon us and drivers could be putting themselves and other motorists at risk by driving under the influence of hayfever and allergy medication according to new ...

28 April 2007

Safety Warning To Employers After Driver Paralysed

The case of an employee left paralysed when he crashed after working long hours was a warning to all employers that they have to take work-related road safety seriously, the ...