IAM RoadSmart brings you expert advice on driving in snow from its head of driving and riding standards, Richard Gladman. The best advice is to avoid travelling in extreme weather. If no one is moving, you just add to the problem - so listen to travel advice. If you do have to travel in bad weather, plan your journey thoroughly. Think about where you … [Read more...]
Education: Road Safety
Welsh worry over speeding, from the back seat
Over one in five back seat passengers questioned in Cardiff complained about their driver’s speed, a poll has revealed. Complaining about speed, shouting directions, pretending to brake and leaving rubbish behind are amongst the most annoying things UK backseat drivers do, a recent study has revealed. New research by national car leasing firm All … [Read more...]
Potholes plague drivers
Drivers are still 2.5 times more likely to breakdown due to potholes than in 2006. Despite the generally mild start to winter RAC patrols still dealt with 1,714 breakdowns in the last three months of 2018 that were more than likely caused by potholes or poor road surfaces. This number of call-outs for damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs … [Read more...]
Irresponsible Royal sets back safety by three decades
The British Safety Council tirelessly campaigned for over twenty years until wearing a car seatbelt while driving became a legal requirement in 1983. Department for Transport has estimated this has saved 2,000 lives a year but recent events involving the Duke of Edinburgh remind us why we need to keep repeating this message. The British Safety Council’s … [Read more...]
Welsh drivers in top UK rankings for being banned
Wales has some of the worst drivers in Britain with proportionally the highest disqualified for a variety of offences. The highest proportion of the UK’s disqualified drivers can be found in Scotland and Wales according to new data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). According to the figures, obtained by contact lens retailer Feel … [Read more...]
Wales’ Motokiki comparison site expands services
Following launch in November, Motokiki – the UK’s newest independent and truly impartial tyre comparison website based in Port Talbot – announced eight additional products available to customers. The additional products that customers can compare and buy include Alloy Wheel Repair, Vehicle Breakdown Cover, Extended Warranty Cover, Car Hire, Learn to Drive, … [Read more...]
Newslines 22 January
Flintshire council is among the quickest response times in Britain for filling serious potholes, new research has revealed. Figures released by motoring charity the RAC Foundation show the authority aims to make road repairs "immediately" but the longest response time in Wales was in Vale of Glamorgan, which promises to investigate the following working … [Read more...]
Newslines 21 January
Brits are badly prepared for a wintery blast, says Select Car Leasing. It asked 1,200 drivers how they planned to cope with predicted bad weather this month and found half did not know how to pull off, 40% don't carry winter essentials, just 7% use winter tyres and 700,000 new drivers will face snow for the first time. A 2.0 petrol-electric hybrid … [Read more...]
Safety and training body backs speed clampdown this week
The UK’s biggest independent road safety charity has backed the National Police Chiefs Council's current crackdown on speeding on our roads – saying there is clear evidence that ‘speed kills.’ The NPCC is encouraging police forces around the country to highlight these dangers in their own areas in the two-week campaign, which started this week. Neil … [Read more...]
Newslines 8 January
Volvo UK sold a record 50,000 cars last year and 9% above 2017 in a market down by 7%. It is part of the 640,000 sold by the Swedish brand in its best ever global year. Asda has further cut pump prices. But the RAC says supermarkets are no longer competing like they did for fuel sales and motorists are losing out on wholesale price cuts not being … [Read more...]
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