Twizy Renault’s new twist on transport
The Twizys are now available for test drives at dealers with larger suburban and urban populations, in keeping with the car’s likely target customers and driving usage. With an on-the-road price from just £6,690, Renault’s baby electric vehicle is the third of the French manufacturer’s ground-breaking electric vehicle range to hit the UK market [...]
One L of a failure: Driver spends £3,255 taking theory test 105 times
In total, nearly 900 people have failed their driving test 16 times or more in the last five years PA It looks like some people never learn… Nearly 900 people have failed their driving test 16 times or more in the last five years. And one woman from Ilford, Essex, failed the £31 theory test, [...]
Panic at the fuel pumps
Petrol queues at Sainsbury’s Archer Rd Published on Friday 30 March 2012 06:00 PANIC buyers have been queuing at petrol pumps across South Yorkshire – with staff forced to act as forecourt marshals to prevent tempers fraying. Motorists flocked to the pumps ignoring calls not to queue after the Government told drivers to fill up [...]
Drivers fined for parking fraud
TWO motorists have been fined after admitting using blue-badge parking permits designed for disabled drivers. Debbie Sommerville, aged 38, of Beech Grove, Dinnington, was fined £200 and ordered to pay costs of £309.02 after using her son’s blue badge to park in a designated disabled bay on Drummond Street while her son was at school. [...]
Calling all South Yorkshire Bikers!
Every year thousands of people are killed or seriously injured on the road. Motorcyclists suffer disproportionately. They represent less than 1% of the traffic on the road but account for almost 20% of deaths and serious injuries. South Yorkshire Police, as a member of the South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership, is running a series of [...]
Think Bike – Think Biker
A fire-fighter, a dental nurse and a doctor from Somerset are starring in a new campaign to reduce accidents involving motorcyclists, and save many lives. The ‘real’ lives of people who ride mopeds, scooters and motorcycles are the focus of a new ‘Think Bike, Think Biker’ campaign by Somerset County Council, starting at the end [...]
Nearly half of motorists admit using a phone while driving, despite risks
DRIVERS are being urged to put their mobile phones “out of sight and out of mind” after nearly half admitted still using them behind the wheel. Road safety charity Brake said the high level of motorists using phones came despite the offence being introduced nine years ago. Drivers caught using a handset face three penalty [...]
Make our cities safer for pedestrians and cyclists
Dear friend Do you have a few minutes to write to your MP and ask them to support our campaign to make our cities safer for pedestrians and cyclists? On 5th February RoadPeace launched a new website called SeeMeSaveMe dedicated to reducing lorry danger and saving lives. See Me Save Me’s key call is to eliminate lorry blind spots through [...]
Is a text message worth the risk?
Picture posed by model to illustrate texting whilst driving Published on Tuesday 21 February 2012 09:36 Texting while driving resulted in tragic consequences for an innocent motorist, the Evening Telegraph reported last week. Features editor Joni Ager finds out how sending a text from behind the wheel can be more dangerous than drink driving. Lorry [...]
Mixed reaction to learner drivers on motorways
All drivers remember the first time. That excited, nervous feeling as you head down the slip road, speeding up to 50… 60… 70mph, indicator on, a final check the coast is clear. And as you join the left-hand lane you enter a whole new world: motorway driving. It soon feels like second nature but that [...]
