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SADD recognised with Royal Award
South Africans Against Drunk Driving (SADD) have announced that they are the proud recipients of a prestigious and worldwide acknowledged Prince Michael International Road Safety Award. This award has...
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China Marks First Road Safety Day
According to the Beijing Review China marked its first national day for road safety on Sunday with exhibitions, lectures and online discussions exhorting pedestrians and drivers to observe traffic...
View ArticleSpeed – Slow Down: 4 Million Years in the Making – Ended in Seconds
This happens many times a day in every country. 4 Million years to get to a point where we can travel in excess of 100 mph easily and it can all be lost in a moments stupidity. Please Slow Down....
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Oman commissions TRL to assess road safety performance
TRL has been awarded a contract by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) to undertake a study covering all aspects of road safety within the Sultanate of Oman. TRL will conduct a high level multi-sector...
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Changes to driving licence rules from January 2013
New rules affecting drivers in Great Britain will be introduced from 19 January 2013. They include changes to what you can drive, the minimum age from which some vehicles can be driven, and driving...
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Manchester Drink Drive Capital of the UK
Drivers who have admitted driving whilst drunk has almost doubled since 2009, according to newly released police data. Greater Manchester is the drink-drive capital of the UK, with more than 3,500...
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Licence Counterparts to be Abolished
The Department for Transport has announced their plan to abolish the driving licence paper counterpart in 2014. Many organisations take a copy of the paper counterpart as a means of checking if...
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Government Proposes curb on whiplash claims
Anyone making a claim for whiplash injuries after a car crash will be assessed by an independent medical panel under proposals unveiled by the Government. The plans are among a package of measures...
View ArticleYoung inventor: My bright idea to cut cycling deaths
A graduate entrepreneur is raising money from the public for her start-up which tackles the key cause of cyclists’ deaths on the roads. Emily Brooke has invented a battery-powered, handlebar...
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M25: Not a single motorist caught by speed cameras in a year
Drivers speeding on the M25 have not been issued with a single ticket from its overhead cameras over the past year. Technical and legal difficulties have prevented the Highways Agency from switching on...
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A company car driver is fined every 50 seconds
According to research from Lex Autolease company car drivers committed a motoring offence every 50 seconds and racked up more the £7 million in fines during 2012. More than 121,000 motoring offences...
View ArticleWould you help an apparently drunk driver gain access to their vehicle?
Would you help a drunk driver into their car if they asked you? Despite being setup to investigate the response of the public when viewed in full. Only 8 out of 50 people refused to help this drunk...
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Insurance rules on gender will alter premiums
Millions of people will see price changes on their next insurance policy following fresh rules that have now come into force. New European rules mean insurers will no longer be able to take a...
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Traffic Safety Week – Visakhapatnam
The Traffic Safety Week commencing January 18 will be observed with a purpose and not as a formality, Commissioner of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy has said. He was speaking at a programme launched to make...
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UKGRS wins prestigious contract
UK Global Road Safety (UKGRS) have been selected by Sanofi to provide their global E-Learning online driver assessment and training programme. UKGRS Managing Director, Kevin Packer, said, “We are...
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Sanofi signs global driver training deal with UK Global Road Safety
Sanofi, one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, has signed a deal that will see UK Global Road Safety provide a global e-learning online driver assessment and training programme. The company...
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Women raising road safety awareness in Mumbai
The Times of India reported how the traffic police supported a rally yesterday on the streets of Mumbai to reinforce the importance of wearing helmets and driving slower. “Since the start of the year,...
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Driving licence fines – are you at risk?
The BBC has reported that two million drivers are at risk of being fined £1,000. If you fail to update your photo card driving licence this fine could be applied if you are pulled over by the police...
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New motorcycle rules coming into force in United Kingdom
New rules affecting motorcyclists in Great Britain will be introduced from Saturday 19th January 2013 The European requirements are being introduced in Great Britain as part of the changes under the...
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New curbs on foreign driving licences
A loophole which allows foreign drivers to get a licence without proving they have passed a test has been closed by the Government. Until now foreign drivers from a number of countries within and...
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