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tristan_shale-hester@autovia.co.uk @tristan_shale ROAD traffic offences such as speeding and driving without due care and attention rose significantly last year, despite Covid-19 lockdown restrictions limiting driving and bringing about reduced traff

A report estimates that traffic deaths rose 8% last year compared to 2019. When measured by number of miles driven, fatalities surged by 24%, the highest in nearly a century.

DRIVERS have been urged to be both mentally and physically prepared to drive long distances, particularly over the busy festive season. The South African Roads Agency (Sanral) said fatigue, excessive speeding and reckless overtaking are often the mai

You are a quality control officer in a factory that makes playing cards. All cards must meet one requirement: if the number on the card is even, it MUST be red. You do not have enough time to check all the cards, so your challenge is to turn over onl

Email martyn.knowles@kelsey.co.uk Follow us on Facebook @ Car Mechanics Something you may not be aware of is that Highways England are about to trial 60mph speed limits on various sections of motorway across England. Not only that, the speed limits w

What is a smart road? As our cars become more and more technologically advanced, it seems that the logical progression would be for our roads to follow suit. In the UK stretches of ‘smart motorways’ have already been installed up and down the country

For classic car fans, the years 1942 through 1945 represent not only America’s involvement during World War II, but also years when new car production was limited, as factories were turned over to wartime production of necessary armaments and supplie

TRANSPORT FOR NSW (TfNSW) has announced that safety improvements along a 1.7 kilometre section of Picton Road at Cordeaux has commenced. The dangers of travelling along Picton Road, a major state arterial between Sydney and Wollongong, was revealed i

Along streets suddenly devoid of traffic, pedestrians get a fresh look at all the space that motor vehicles have commandeered.

Following feedback and industry interest, a fact sheet has been developed with information on heavy vehicle speed limiter checks undertaken by Transport for NSW (TFNSW) inspectors, the National Road Transport Association (NatRoad) reports. Under NSW

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In a country where the laws compel the use of cars, Americans are condemned to lose friends and relatives to traffic violence. My childhood neighbor was a varsity student-athlete, the president of the junior class, and the most popular girl in school

There have been rumours about road users being flashed by speed cameras for minor speeding (in some cases going just 1mph over the limit), but according to information from police forces around the country, the vast majority of fixed cameras in the U

The European Union is moving to require cars and trucks to have technology that would deter speeding as well as data recorders to document the circumstances of accidents. Those are among the safety features included in a provisional agreement announc

QI was pulled up for alleged speeding by a very annoying and patronising fifty-something copper, who kept calling me “sir” in a really slimy way. He was an ordinary copper, still a constable, driving around showing off to his rather prettier younger

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Young drivers aren’t alone in behaving badly on U.S. roads, a trend that could be contributing to a spike in highway deaths. Well over half of drivers in every age group have texted behind the wheel, run a red light or driven faster than the speed li

THE Easter holidays calls for intensive road safety education campaigns aimed at changing the attitude, behaviour and, ultimately, saving the lives of road users. Many road accidents are a result of motorists driving under the influence of alcohol an

A NEW BOUT in South Australia’s South Eastern Freeway fines wrangle sees the state’s police drop outstanding speed camera offences at Leawood Gardens over flawed record-keeping. From February 1, SA Police (Sapol) advises it has discontinued 153 matte

BREAKING the speed limit is far less socially acceptable than it was five years ago, according to fresh research. The latest annual Safety Culture Report from IAM RoadSmart surveyed 2,000 UK drivers, and found 43 per cent think driving at 80mph on th

British drivers caught in their classic by speed cameras in European Union countries are unlikely to face penalties following the UK’s departure from the EU, with information sharing agreements ending. Introduced in 2015, the Cross Border Enforcement

THE AA has called for more traffic officers to be deployed and harsher punishments for those who broke the laws of the road. Provincial traffic officials held numerous roadblocks over the festive season and thousands of cars were checked. However, AA

POLICE forces in the UK are being equipped with a new type of speed gun that can read a vehicle’s number plate from up to 750 metres away in both daylight and at night. Constabularies across the country have confirmed they are carrying out trials of

FOLLOWING REPORTS of NSW’s heavy vehicle average speed camera program expanding to 11 new locations, the National Road Transport Association (NatRoad) urges a level playing field that includes light vehicles. NatRoad CEO Warren Clark cites a new Prod

The Government is to trial speed reductions on four motorways before October. The limit will be reduced from 70mph to 60mph on sections of the M6, M1, M5 and M602 in a bid to cut pollution. According to Highways England, these areas have seen higher

• Fleets are struggling to manage rising (and increasingly volatile) fuel costs • Mid-sized fleets are especially challenged by fuel price fluctuations; with many purchasing large volumes of fuel on an ad-hoc basis • 20 per cent of Australian busines

Highways England has raised the speed limit through roadworks from 50mph to 60mph where appropriate in an effort to shorten journey times and improve safety. The Government agency carried out “extensive and innovative research” following feedback fro