A new camera called ASSET (Advance Safety and Driver Support for Essential Road Transport) is heading for our roads and is able to detect motorists committing up to five offences. The camera is advanced enough to film inside a vehicle and detects the following: If a driver is wearing a seatbelt Speeding offences If a […]

Chinese campaign to cut drink-driving appears to be entering the slow lane, weeks after it began with a tough new law and a high-profile conviction. Authorities hoped that making drink-driving a crime would help to cut one of the highest road death tolls in the world and tackle the effects of a hard-drinking culture. Previously […]

A busy stretch of the M6 motorway limited to 50mph for 2 years due to roadworks has amazingly attracted only 56 speeding tickets in that time. A report by local newspaper the Express & Star reveals that the Police forces in the West Midlands, Staffordshire and West Mercia divisions covering the lengthy stretch issued just […]

Nine out of ten motorists say that speed humps cause them most annoyance on the roads. Surprisingly speed humps were only introduced in 1991 and the idea behind them was to slow down traffic and decrease risk of accidents. They are also intended to reduce traffic volume down residential roads. Most speed humps measure around […]

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 […]

Norfolk Villages have introduced a new initiative which could transform the countries traffic calming measures. The villages have introduced rows of trees and hedges along the roadside. Statistics show that motorist’s speeds have dropped on average by 1.5%. This is thought to be because the trees have reduced driver’s peripheral vision, which in turn has […]

Most of us take for granted that the rules of the road have always been there, but you may be surprised to find that many laws and regulations were only introduced in the last 100 years. The first huge change for drivers was when the driving test was introduced in 1934. At the same time […]

Driving a vehicle requires an individual to not only be able to physically control the vehicle but to understand the dynamics and make informed decisions based on road and traffic conditions. In order to drive in a safe way we must not only be able to navigate our way through traffic but to apply the […]

Albany, N.Y. — Officials from various state agencies and organizations concerned with traffic safety are reminding motorists of the dangers of drowsy driving. The annual public education and awareness campaign will coincide with the beginning of Daylight Savings Time, which begins Sunday, March 13. “Recent studies show that driving while drowsy is a much more […]

Tailgating is the most serious “offence” committed on motorways, with more than three-quarters of motorists saying it causes “highly dangerous”. Driving whilst using your mobile phone came in a close second in the survey with 66 per cent agreeing it puts lives at serious risk, while nearly two thirds believe that driving in the middle […]