Try new ways of driving to the local market.

This is the best thing about new tricycle and cargo bike models. It presents an innovative and interesting approach. The need is to rely on eco-friendly techniques to save the planet. We need to first start thinking of bringing positive changes in our day-to-day lives. Cargo bikes are becoming popular. It beats the traffic effortlessly. […]

FOREIGN DRIVING LICENCE SCAM ENTERS UK

A BBC investigation has exposed how the DVLA have issued thousands of licences to foreign nationals who shouldn’t have been issued with one. Nationals from certain countries such as India, the USA, China and Pakistan are not permitted to exchange a licence from their country automatically into a full UK licence without sitting our tests. […]

PUSHING THE BOSS HOME

Chinese law states that drink-driving is a hazardous crime and offenders could face up to six months in jail. So when a boss and his ten workers found themselves too drunk to drive home, they found an alternative way of getting the boss home. The boss did not want to leave his car in downtown […]

TRAVELLING AT TWICE THE SPEED LIMIT

Mr Swift of York was caught speeding at 147mph in a 70mph zone back in June 2011. A traffic officer caught him on the A64 Malton Bypass driving his Jaguar XKR. Mr Swift originally denied speeding and claimed he was not the person driving the vehicle at the time of the offence. However, after a […]

ELECTRIC VANS DELIVER IN LONDON

Nissan and FedEx Express have gone into partnership to trial Nissan’s NV200 electric vehicles and potentially change the way companies get around congested city streets and do their bit for the environment at the same time. FedEx currently operate 43 all electric vehicles in London, Paris, New York and other dense urban cities around the […]

Text and Driving

Unfortunately, for many people, texting whilst driving does not ring alarm bells and come with a feeling of danger. Yet it is. It’s very bad. Whilst you are 4 times as likely to have an accident if you are talking on your cell whilst driving, you are 23 times likely to have a crash if […]

DRIVING DURING THE FESTIVE PERIOD

Driving conditions are expected to be much better this year than last, with temperatures slightly warmer this year however, this does not mean that we can become complacent as drivers during the month of December. Motorists are urged to be alert on the roads and drive carefully on frosty roads and watch out for black […]

Mother Takes on Speedy Drivers

THE mother of a North East schoolboy killed by a speeding driver has backed a road safety campaign calling for greater restrictions on young drivers.Steven Atkinson, 12, triumphed over leukaemia and a range of other health problems in his life, only for it to be cut short by speeding Ross Telfer.The youngster was crossing a […]

ZEBRA CROSSINGS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY

Britain’s zebra crossings were first introduced in Slough in October 1951. The pedestrian crossing typically gives extra rights of way to pedestrians. The crossing is identified by having black and white stripes on the road, parallel to the flow of the traffic. However, back in 1949 the zebra crossing was introduced to 1000 sites in […]

OLDER DRIVERS ASKED TO BRUSH UP

North Wales pensioners will be offered a two hour assessment course by a Road Safety Group free of charge in order to keep them up-to-date with traffic conditions which are a world apart from when these drivers may have first passed their test. Anyone over the age of 60 years old will be offered the […]