How do penalty points affect your insurance? Admiral Insurance 22-06-2022
Some useful advice about Motorway driving from National Highways
Historic first mission from new airbase for Essex & Herts Air Ambulance
Highway Code and Cyclist Priority
Hundreds of Essex Drivers with 12+ points but not banned!
Shocking Dash Cam Videos Released by Norfolk and Suffolk Police
RAC and other breakdown groups call for a new road safety rule
Revolutionary dash cam portal makes sending police videos of dangerous driving a doddle
National Dash Cam Safety Portal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43525525
7th Nov 2017 – Essex Police pulled over 60 drivers including 59 offences (34 without a seat belt, 7 using a mobile phone, 7 irregular number plates, 5 drivers without insurance, 3 without a licence, 1 without an MOT, 1 under the influence of drugs, 1 under the influence of alcohol. (see full article below)
Disability and the Theory Test
Mum livestreams her shocking driving on Facebook – “earning 60 points in 12 minutes”
Latest News
New Breathalysers – Faster Justice 11th June 2018
Learner Drivers on Motorways 3rd June 2018
Reports & Statistics
Christmas adds pressure to drink and drive 2nd Desc 17
Tailgating is an Offence 2nd Dec 17
290 new drivers banned for mobile phone use 1 Dec 17
Drink-driving capital of the UK revealed 30th Nov 17
Speeding offences rise to six year high 27th Nov 17 (with comment from IAM)
Number of Untaxed Vehicles Trebles 16th Nov 17
Speed Summit 2017 Report – Effective Road Schemes 8th Nov 17
Reasons People Give for Speeding 21st Nov 17
6,111km of Roads have an unacceptably high risk 21st Nov 17 (with comment from IAM)
Improved Road Engineering Required to Prevent Accidents. 21st Nov 17
New drivers within 12 months: 21% accident, 2.2% points, 0.4% banned 16th Nov 17
59% of accidents occur on country roads
Fatigue is involved in 20% of major road accidents
23% of drivers admitted to using a handheld mobile phone
Lots of people have never had their eyesight tested since their driving test! 31st Oct 17
Support for 20mph speed limits 3rd Nov 17
Percentage of speed cameras actually working 4th Nov 17
One-third of motorists do not know motorway speed limit, survey finds 3rd Nov 17
40 pedestrians killed on Essex roads in three years 1st Nov 17
Campaigns
Campaign for Speed Limit Signs with Crash Images under Them 24th Nov 17
ISA Anti Speeding System demanded by road safety group 20th Nov 17
Tax It Campaign 3rd Nov 17
Enforcement
HGV Cab results 8th Nov 17
HGV Cab in West Mercia Results 9th Nov 17
Keighley 2 Week Blitz Results 9th Nov 17
Nearly 500 drivers in Hertfordshire hit with £200 fines and six penalty points 26th Oct
Windsor and Essex Police Road Safety Blitz 23rd Oct 17
Accidents
6 Lorries in Accident on M1 30th Nov 17
Road Crash Index 21st Nov 17
Examples of Bad Driving
Most Shocking undertake 2nd Nov 17
Driving Test
Improved Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) Tests 1st Dec 17
8 Most Failed Driving Theory Questions 26th Nov 17
48hrs Strike on New Test Day – due to Safety Concerns 15th Nov 17
New Driving Test Manoeuvre Breaks Highway Code 239 15th Nov 17
Driverless Cars
What’s It like Behind the Wheel of a Driverless Car 27th Nov 17
Driverless Cars, Funding and 2021 21st Nov 17
Links showing an emerging trend of drivers going the Wrong Way at Roundabouts
Wrong way on large roundabout in Cornwall 25th Nov 17
Driver condemned for “downright stupidity” after roundabout right turn to shave seconds off commute
Wrong way at Roundabout in Cheshunt 19th Nov 17
Prime Minister’s Convoy Goes Wrong Way At Roundabout 27th Nov 17
General Links
Speeding Ticket Scam 21st Nov 17