Circuit training by the UK’s leading road safety charity will be coming to two new venues this year - Knockhill Racing Circuit in Fife and Bicester Heritage Centre in Oxfordshire. The events will be run by IAM RoadSmart, giving drivers and riders the opportunity to learn precision driving and riding techniques on a racing circuit, and to develop new skills that they can use when back on … [Read more...]
Motorists admit diverting onto dangerous roads
More than half of motorists are diverting from motorways to potentially less safe rural roads to avoid traffic jams and congestion, according to IAM RoadSmart. Britain’s leading road safety charity found that over the last twelve months, 51% of drivers have diverted from a congested motorway and headed for a country lane instead. Statistically, rural roads are the most dangerous roads in … [Read more...]
Remove tax barriers to safety and save lives, says IAM RoadSmart
The UK’s leading road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, is calling on the Chancellor to take steps to both saves lives and reduce the impact of road traffic collisions in her Autumn Budget. By incentivising the take-up of additional road safety courses through the tax system, it will also help save motorists money as the UK emerges from a cost-of-living crisis. With the cost of insurance hitting … [Read more...]
Insurance task force to probe car premiums
The FCA has announced it’s looking into premium finance – the unjust ‘tax on being poor’ for those who can’t pay for their insurance upfront each year and are charged excessive monthly rates of interest as a result. "This is a positive step, but it must lead to real action and consequences for insurers who are ripping us off," said a Which? spokesman after the consumer body has been campaigning … [Read more...]
Aggression increasing among younger drivers
More than half (63%) of motorists aged 17-34 have sounded their horn to express anger at the behaviour of another road user in the past year, adding to concern about increasingly aggressive drivers. Of the 2,000 people surveyed by IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, one is six (66%) said they are more concerned than last year about aggressive drivers. Gen Z and … [Read more...]
The dark side of headlight glare brings call for safety study
The RAC is calling on the Government to commission an independent study into the issue of headlight glare after new research found 85% of those affected believe the problem is getting worse. An RAC survey of 2,000 drivers found a huge nine-in-10 (89%) think at least some headlights on cars on the road today are too bright, of which three-in-10 (28%) – a higher proportion than ever – think most … [Read more...]
Driving dangers with prescription drugs
A hidden epidemic of drug-driving is at large in Britain, with almost 1-in-3 motorists unwittingly driving with dangerous amounts of drugs in their system, according to the UK’s leading road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart. But the drugs in question are not illicit substances, such as cannabis or cocaine, but in fact everyday prescriptions, and over-the-counter medications, including painkillers … [Read more...]
At-work drivers slammed for drink and drug use
The UK’s leading road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has expressed concerns around the percentage of at-work drivers who believe it’s acceptable to drive under the influence of drink and drugs. Research carried out by IAM RoadSmart, which surveyed the safety attitudes and behaviours of 2,010 UK motorists, found 31 per cent of those driving for work believe driving after using Class A drugs such … [Read more...]
Call to crack-down on drug drivers
Driving under the influence of both legal and illegal drugs is an issue that is growing on all measures in the UK - collisions and casualties have gone up by over 260 per cent over the last ten years, and convictions are now at over 12,000 a year. The impact is devastating, far-reaching, and only getting worse, said IAM RoadSmart. This issue was brought to the government’s attention in 2011 … [Read more...]
Tradelines 1 March
Start-up French business Hyliko is planning to integrate Toyota’s second generation hydrogen fuel cell modules into heavy-duty trucks. This latest co-operation increases Toyota’s portfolio of partnerships in which it is providing its fuel cell technology to support hydrogen initiatives in diverse areas, including trains, buses, generators and marine to extend the technology for … [Read more...]
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