Dangerous Condition Suffered By Drivers Causes Them To Fall Asleep

Thursday, 26. August 2010

Leading road safety charity BRAKE has warned companies about the dangers of sleep apnoea which can cause drivers to fall asleep at the wheel. Research has shown that as many as 700,000 people may suffer this condition. Brake is calling on the Government to provide funds to enable them to publicise the dangers and how to identify the condition. Brake said that they want to see screening introduced before Read more »

Culprits Jailed After 93 Staged Smashes

Tuesday, 24. August 2010

Two brothers have finally been jailed after being found guilty of staging 93 smashes at Eden Point in Stockport in Cheshire. Is it me or don’t you think that a couple of alerts should have sprung up somewhere after half a dozen similar incidents happened at the same spot? Ninety bloody three – what was going on? The brothers, Rehan and Rezwan Javed ran North West Claims Centre in Burnley. They paid crooks £500 Read more »

Mixed Messages Over The Shutting Down Of Speed Cameras

Monday, 23. August 2010

A GATSO speed camera
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After reporting that many councils were planning to shut down their speed cameras, after the government announced its £38 million cut in road safety grants across the country, Mick Giannasi, head of road policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers, threw a spanner in the works by claiming that speed cameras were a big reason why deaths and serious injuries had been halved from 8 years ago. He went on to say Read more »

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Sunday, 22. August 2010

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Vans Become More Dangerous As Companies Suffer

Saturday, 21. August 2010

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
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According to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) around half of vans on UK roads fail spot safety checks suggesting that van fleets are wilfully disregarding mechanical defects and ignoring the need for regular maintenance checks. Their findings show that van fleet offences now exceed those of HGV’s and PSV’s. More than half of the 21,000 vans checked last year uncovered mechanical defects compared Read more »

Graham Hill’s Gadget Of The Week Stops You Forgetting Your Mobile Phone

Saturday, 21. August 2010

Mobile Phone showing multimedia options
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This week’s gadget of the week is for those that rely on their mobile phones but have a habit of dashing out without it and realising half way to their destination that they are without their precious phone. The device called a Bringrr links in with the phone through a Bluetooth connection whilst connected to the car’s lighter socket. When you turn on the ignition the Bringrr searches for the phone, if it finds it the Read more »

Auto Express New Car Awards

Friday, 20. August 2010

Auto Express have announced their New Car awards for 2010. Over 47 pages they have listed all their major award winners. The overall car was a bit of a shock as it was the Skoda Yeti.  Some of the more interesting best cars were as follows:  Read more »

Volvo To Introduce New In-Car Breathalyzer That Tests Sweat

Thursday, 19. August 2010

Volvo are about to move the breathalyzer onto another level. They currently have a system called the Alcoguard breathalyser whereby you have to blow into it and be below the legal limit before you are able to start the car. The new system relies upon the driver’s sweat to monitor the level of alcohol in the system. The newly developed system is still at an early stage but Chris Wailes of Volvo said that the new technology Read more »

Graham Hill Car Review – The Updated Peugeot 205 GTi

Thursday, 19. August 2010

The Graham Hill in depth car review this week is of a new Peugeot. Many years ago a certain car outsold its direct competitor, the VW Golf, through its looks and performance whilst making me a lot of money at the same time. The car was the Peugeot 205 GTi. It was a hugely popular car so when it disappeared it was a sad day but it looks like it’s back in the guise of an updated 208 with the old GTi badge attached. Read more »

New Cars Get Smaller To Meet CO2 Targets

Wednesday, 18. August 2010

I’m confused! It happens when you get older I’m told. Why am I confused? Well just as I started to get used to cars getting bigger, and not as a result of changing my glasses, manufacturers have started bringing out cars as big as a large shoe! Look at a new Clio – it’s about the same size as an old Megane. The VW Polo is easily as big as an early Golf and a Corsa has the size these days of an old Astra. As for Mini if, as I saw Read more »