31 July 2007
‘Make road safety part of the national curriculum’
A GROUP of council officers has called on the government to make road safety part of the revamped national curriculum. The Local Authority Road Safety Officers’ Association wants the subject to be included in reforms announced by the government earlier this month.....read more
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26 July 2007
Time to Act After 10 Years of Government Failure 'Spun' as a Success
As the Commons' Transport Committee proposes yet more draconian restrictions — this time targeting young drivers — the evidence piles up that road safety is not improving........read more
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24 July 2007
DRIVERS GET WAKE-UP CALL
20 July 2007
Road safety plea for children
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Parents are being urged to underline the road safety messages to children after a sudden increase in road accidents involving youngsters.....read more
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19 July 2007
Driving age 'must increase to 18'
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The minimum driving age must be raised from 17 to 18 to stop young people "killing themselves and others", MPs have said.....read more
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18 July 2007
Schools ask for votes in road safety campaign
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Wirral Council has teamed up with Merseyside Police to offer a £1000 prize to a lucky school - and need young people across the region to help them find a winner.....read more
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17 July 2007
Video: Don't mock road safety message
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DRESSED in Hawaiian outfits and straw hats, road safety officers handed out "mocktails" in Cathedral Square on Friday.....read more
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16 July 2007
Cutting casualties involving driving for work
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The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) in the UK says as many as one in three road deaths may involve someone driving while at work. This group includes not just those who drive for a living – bus, coach and goods vehicles drivers – but those who drive a car to or from a meeting or appointment. This latter group may not see driving as the key activity of their working day. It is, however, the time when they are most at risk.....read more
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10 July 2007
Safety charity highlights rural road dangers
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Ignorance about the dangers is leading young men to dice with death by taking risks when they're driving on country lanes, according to the new research from Autoglass and road safety charity Roadsafe.....read more
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09 July 2007
Film runs out of road as speed cameras go digital
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IT WAS the last refuge of speeding drivers - as the dreaded flash goes off, the fleeting possibility the safety camera had run out of film.....read more
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06 July 2007
Motorist using mobile escapes driving ban
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A ROAD safety charity has criticised magistrates who chose not to ban a driver caught using his mobile at the wheel because it would cost him his livelihood. A police patrol spotted Zabir Kapadia on the phone while driving his Audi on March 1....read more
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04 July 2007
Uncertain law of the road
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DRIVERS are mystified about what they are legally allowed to do behind the wheel. Car owners don’t know whether they can light a cigarette, send a text message or tune the radio while driving, says an insurance broker’s survey.....read more
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02 July 2007
80 Classrooms Of Children Killed Or Seriously Injured Last Year:
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Two thousand and twenty five child pedestrians - equivalent to 80 classrooms - were killed or seriously injured on the roads last year, according to the figures.....read more
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