Smoking ban in cars a step closer
Proposals for banning smoking in cars has been passed to MP’s
The proposals plan to ban smoking in vehicles that have children as passengers. If caught a fine will be imposed with the option to take a smoke-free awareness course.
Olympic lanes in force
Changes to London’s road layouts to accommodate Olympic Games traffic starts (more…)
Quicker processing of road traffic offences
The Minister of State for policing and criminal justice, Nick Herbert, has released plans for reforming the Criminal Justice System (more…)
Local Authority speed limit guidance
New guidance for local authorities has been released to better equip them in setting local speed limits (more…)
Halfords to provide driving test centres
In a bid to improve their service the Driving Standards Agency will be conducting tests from Halfords (more…)
Speed camera number increase
A Freedom of Information request has revealed the number of speed cameras has increased (more…)
Intelligent headlights
When driving through torrential rain or snow motorists normally have headlights on, especially at night time sometimes creating a wall of water or snow. (more…)
Formula 1 winner shuns 80mph speed limit
Ex-Formula One world champion Damon Hill stated in an interview with the Radio Times he wants to see 55mph limits on motorways, not 80mph (more…)
155mph hitchhiking snake
A Brazilian motorcyclist had a nasty surprise whilst filing himself riding from a snake hitchhiking on his motorbike
The rider filmed himself riding along a Brazilian highway at speeds of 155mph when all of a sudden a yellow snake lunges at him. It’s unclear whether the snake was actually poisonous but both the rider and snake were unharmed
Poor state of road markings
White lines on UK’s road network has deteriorated to a dangerous level and barely visible (more…)