The local roads repair backlog tops £600 million in Wales, reports this year's ALARM survey. The backlog of carriageway repairs to local roads in Wales is now £640 million, compounded by increased costs caused by rising inaction, reports this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance survey. The ALARM survey, published today by the Asphalt Industry … [Read more...]
Education: Road Safety
Is your job working against you?
GoCompare has pulled together a list of occupations that have the cheapest and most expensive average premiums. Using the average best price available for each job occupation, the comparison service has revealed who is paying the most - and the least for their insurance. The ten professions paying the most for car insurance … [Read more...]
Newslines 15 March
The average price of petrol appears to be on a collision course with £1.65 a litre having reached a new record of 163.46 p on Sunday, up by 2.5p from Thursday. Diesel hit another record high on Saturday at 173.67p, up 3.5p from two days earlier, said RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams, who added that drivers should soon get some respite from pump prices … [Read more...]
Policy of Welsh Government is ‘potholed’, say Tories.
Welsh Conservatives have accused Labour’s policy on road investment of being inconsistent and political cherry picking as the £1.4 billon dualling of the A465 between Dowlais and Hirwaun will continue despite two smaller schemes being rejected. The Road Review Panel's report concluded that, under the low traffic growth estimates, the A55 junction 14 and 15 … [Read more...]
Welsh Government ignores roads poll result it commissioned
Welsh Government is ignoring the results of its own poll on 20mph residential speed limits and introducting "trials" in selected areas. Over half of those who contributed to the survey were opposed to lowering the 30mph limit and a majority were strongly against it, but now Welsh Government has decided to press ahead with trials which will almost certainly … [Read more...]
Better lights not always safer lights, say drivers
Nine-in-10 drivers (89%) think some or most car headlights on the UK’s roads are too bright, with an overwhelming majority of these (88%) saying they get dazzled by them while driving, a new RAC study of 2,700 drivers’ views has found. The problem of glare from headlights appears to be getting worse with 63% of drivers who get dazzled saying it’s happening … [Read more...]
Newslines 4 March
Wales-based insurer Admiral saw its profits rise 26% during 2021. It posted a pre-tax profit of £769m and means 10,000 employees will now receive free shares up to £3,600 as an incentive after the business benefitted from reduced cars on lockdown roads and more people working from home during the pandemic. Bridgend Council has again brought chaos … [Read more...]
Newslines 3 March
Isuzu UK has added JT Hughes Group to the dealer network in Newtown, Shrewsbury and Telford. The Shropshire and Mid-Wales based car retailer opened the new Isuzu franchise at the beginning of this month and hopes to grow its existing client base with the new range of Award-Winning pick-ups. The average price of petrol yesterday topped 152p a litre for the … [Read more...]
Fleet budgets challenged as hires are extended
Service, maintenance and repair budgets are being severely challenged as fleets are forced to run vehicles for longer, with no end in sight to the immediate lack of vehicle availability due to the semiconductor crisis. According to tyre and maintenance provider ATS Euromaster, both fleets and leasing companies are having to juggle new car availability … [Read more...]
Newslines 25 February
The number of fatalities in road accidents where the driver was over the drink drive limit slightly decreased in 2020 to 220 - down from 230 the previous year, said AlcoSense. Provisional from the Department for Transport estimate a total of 6,480 people were killed or injured in drink drive accidents, compared with 7,800 the year before and one in 20 of … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- …
- 146
- Next Page »
