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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Visitors  from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland plus certain other countries where driving on the left is standard, will have little difficulty with the UK driving test, the British test requirements are much the same. Drivers from the USA and Canada will have to get used to driving on the left and also get […]

The U.K. government should halve the amount lawyers receive for administering motor insurance claims for personal injury to control rising claims expenses, according to former Home Secretary Jack Straw. “What we’ve got is unnecessary costs riding in the system,” Straw told Parliament’s Transport Committee today. Removing 600 pounds ($938) from the 1,200 pounds lawyers receive […]

Reports have found that congestion costs the UK economy billions each year and if we do not reduce congestion then it could cost us £24b a year by 2025 through late deliveries, missed appointments and other delays. MPs are looking at lots of ways to reduce congestion and one suggestion is a tougher driving test. […]