Road Safety Brake comments as figures reveal 38 people were killed on smart motorways in last five years A Freedom of Information (FoI) request sent by BBC’s Panorama to Highways England revealed that on one section of the…
Road Safety Over a fifth of parents and grandparents confess to not using car seats for children While 16% of those who confessed to breaking the law by not properly securing their youngest passengers said they had…
Road Safety Explained: how the RAC deals with smart motorway breakdowns As all lanes of most smart motorways are used for traffic, either all or some of the time, the RAC…
Road Safety College students educate peers on drug-driving As part of an initiative by the Merseyside Road Safety Partnership (MRSP), students from Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Liverpool were…
Other New Commercial Vehicle Unit detects 136 driver offences on Warwickshire’s motorways During the operation, the CVU used a specially-adapted HGV ‘supercab’ owned by Highways England to observe driver behaviours in all…
Technology & Innovation BSM launch trailblazing training for future driving instructors BSM Driving Instructor Training (DIT) features virtual reality for the first time Allows trainees to go from start to finish…
Legislation & Regulation AA crews instructed not to stop on smart motorways Earlier this month, the BBC’s Inside Out programme featured a segment on smart motorways, during which former AA patrolman of…
Road Safety Check your vehicle! Putting off your MOT to save money in January might be tempting, but alongside carrying out the road safety checks,…
Other Scotland: festive drink and drug drive figures ‘extremely disappointing’ The force’s festive drink and drug drive campaign ran between 1 December and 2 January and saw officers breathalyse 8,687…
