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TOUGHER LAWS ON NEW DRIVERS CALLED FOR
The road safety charity Brake has called for tougher restrictions on new drivers after research in Wales found on average a young person is killed every eleven days and a young person seriously injured almost every day. The survey also found that 56% of young passengers in Wales were frightened of other young people’s driving. […]
OUR MOTORWAYS IN DARKNESS
The Highways Agency has introduced a strategy which is thought to save 810 tonnes of CO2 a year, and they plan to do this by removing motorway lights. Since 2009, 14 stretches of motorway across the UK has seen their lights switched off between the hours of midnight and 5am and evidence so far indicated […]
NO LICENCE, NOT INSURED AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
Mr Ashworth of Oxfordshire was found guilty of death by careless driving after he knocked down a cyclist. At the time of the accident Mr Ashworth was not licensed, not insured (as the car was borrowed from a neighbour) and he was under the influence of drink and drugs. The judge made it very clear […]
A driver tries to climb a mountain.
WALKERS hiking up Snowdon – the highest mountain in England and Wales – were shocked to find a car, apparently driven by a Cheltenham man, parked just a few hundred yards from the summit. Mountain rescuers yesterday branded as “dangerous” the audacity of the driver who steered the 4×4 vehicle up the 3,560ft mountain. It […]
CHOOSING AN INSTRUCTOR WHEN LEARNING TO DRIVE
Driving brings people a real sense of freedom but with it requires training, experience, patience and determination. By having lessons with a qualified instructor, you will receive the proper training, learn the requirements to pass the test and gain immense experience that you couldn’t gain through learning independently. The more road experience you have the […]
CHOOSING AN INSTRUCTOR WHEN LEARNING TO DRIVE
Driving brings people a real sense of freedom but with it requires training, experience, patience and determination. By having lessons with a qualified instructor, you will receive the proper training, learn the requirements to pass the test and gain immense experience that you couldn’t gain through learning independently. The more road experience you have the […]
Police talking to Huhne
POLICE probing claims that Cabinet minister Chris Huhne dodged a motoring offence have met with prosecutors to decide how to proceed with the case, it was revealed last night. The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that a representative had “given advice” to Essex Police investigators on Friday. The Energy Secretary was accused of persuading ex-wife Vicky […]
Should we listen to our American Cousins?
They were almost identical cases, 3,000 miles apart, each costing the lives of two young people killed by a drunk, speeding driver. Dominic Hartley and Emily Lewis, both 21, were mown down and killed after landing dream jobs at a summer camp in America last June. And in the UK, Mark Crompton, 20, and his […]
Drink Drivers
The Road Traffic and Highways (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill was successfully taken through its clauses stage by Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne MHK. The bill increases the minimum ban for drink-drivers from one to two years and the maximum from three to five years. It sets out that someone whose drink-drive reading is between 115mg and 173mg […]
What Do the Stars’ Drive?
From Hollywood actors to Boris Johnson, a host of well-known figures have been raising the profile of electric vehicles. So why are these cars fast becoming the latest celebrity ‘must have’? At last month’s Academy Awards ceremony in the US, a number of actors chose to arrive at the red carpet in electric vehicles rather […]