Councils across England yesterday learnt how much they will receive from the £183.5 million the government has made available to help repair local roads damaged by severe weather. This is an emergency payment from the government to help with road repairs following the wettest winter on record, and will pay for the repair of a […]
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Autonomous driving is a hot topic at the moment with just about everyone testing various ways of achieving driverless cars. It therefore makes sense for legislators to define what categories and levels of autonomy there are so that vehicles fall into different categories. In no particular order, Ford, Google, Nissan, Tesla, Toyota, Volvo, BMW, Volkswagen
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The Department for Transport has published a ‘door to door action plan’ for the new year, which aims to describe the governments vision for what they call ‘integrated sustainable journeys’. It sets out what they want from transport providers and what the government are doing across departments to support door to door journeys. The action
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As motorists, we all come across things in the road that obstruct, hinder or just get in the way of our journeys progress. As such, keeping an eye on every single sign, curb and street furnishing is a full time occupation when behind the wheel. So, when you come across a pot-hole that is often
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With Christmas day upon us tomorrow, we wanted to wish everybody a Merry Christmas. We know that everyone will be full of cheer, but we felt it our obligation as an automotive magazine to reiterate the THINK! anti-drink drive campaign’s message as shown in the video: “To your body, the morning after is still the
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Unfortunately, many people, particularly over the Christmas period, lose their lives due to drink driving. The issue is serious. It is a sad fact that the statistics are despite numerous anti-drink drive campaigns pushed out year upon year at Christmas time, but despite these campaigns aiming to educate, the statistics for drunk driving are still
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Euro’s NCAP scoring gives the newest small BMW a rating of four stars. Chief amongst the reasons for missing out on a coveted five stars was due to pedestrian safety with the front edge of the bonnet scoring zero. However, despite the disappointing pedestrian safety, the i3 scored excellent results in occupant safety with good
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Euro NCAP releases the first results of rear-end crash avoidance systems tested against the upcoming 2014 rating protocol. Eight vehicles have been compared with respect to their performance on the test track. Real world claims data suggest that Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) systems can reduce rear-end crashes by one quarter or more and lead to
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A campaign which has blazed a trail to raise awareness of cycle safety in London is being rolled out in cities across the UK, Road Safety Minister Robert Goodwill has announced. The poster campaign which aims to cut the number of cyclists killed or injured will target road users in five cities – Leeds, Manchester,
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