Archive for February 22nd, 2012
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 [...]
South Yorkshire Police runs cycle lights initiative
Cyclists riding after dark without lights are a hazard on the road according to the South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership and as a result Police in Doncaster and Barnsley are clamping down on cyclists riding illegally on footpaths or without lights. Nationally around 17,000 cyclists are involved in reported road collisions each year, including around [...]
Rotherham Council’s snow response criticised in report
A council in South Yorkshire has been criticised for the way it handled the heavy snowfall last winter. Rotherham Borough Council has published a report by a scrutiny panel which has 47 recommendations for improvements. The council said it had already made changes to its provisions following the snow in 2010/11. Karl Battersby, from the [...]
