Monday, 19. July 2010
There are some very dangerous roads in the UK. In fact a study published by the European Road Assessment Programme showed that half of all fatal collisions occur on one tenth of all British roads. The safety report showed that 10% of motorways and trunk roads have an unacceptable high risk. Interestingly the report shows that spending money on roads would not only make them safer and save lives but also Read more »
Thursday, 6. May 2010
You would no doubt have followed my reporting of the major pot hole problem that local authorities face following the harsh winter with no money to spend. But it wasn’t just the bad weather that led to the problems, it was the increase in Johnny Foreigner trucks covering 600 million miles on our roads last year. The problem, according to the Department for Transport, is that these trucks use our public roads but Read more »
Friday, 5. February 2010
Brake, the road safety charity and Direct Line have issued a warning article about the care of safety components such as tyres and brakes, things I have touched on previously. The fact is that far too many drivers rely on a service or MOT to identify faults and wear when in fact drivers should take more responsibility themselves. Andy Goldby, director of underwriting at Direct Line said ‘Drivers seem to be willing to Read more »
Monday, 22. December 2008
A Europe-wide road behaviour survey by AXA has revealed 92% of British drivers feel safe driving on roads in their country compared to a European average of 72%. The study involved 800 drivers from 9 countries. I really don’t know why I include this stuff although I should imagine the average was brought down dramatically by the Italians who feel that the horn is as important as the steering wheel and must take their lives in their hands every time they get behind the wheel, oops I mean horn. Besides that as we all know it just isn’t natural driving on the wrong side of the road! By Graham Hill