Professional drivers will tell you that, in general, there has been a deterioration in working conditions over the past several decades in terms of traffic pollution, traffic congestion, noise pollution, and the demand to meet schedules. Bus drivers find it…
Much is made of health and safety in the workplace for Approved Driving Instructors and it’s primarily to do with having a safe car and not putting students at risk. The problem is that many ADIs are not aware of…
If you take a trip over to Mountain View, California, you might see a Lexus like this roaming the streets. It’s one of Google’s autonomous vehicles and they have racked up over 700,000 miles – that’s a million kilometres in…
A £168 million Pothole Fund has been established to help tackle some of the more than one million potholes on the UK’s road network. Despite having sealed roads for well over a century, we are unable to cost-effectively lay a road…
Lorries have blind spots that leave cyclists and motorcyclists vulnerable. While blind spot technology is now becoming common on cars, HGVs are lagging behind. On many cars, there are sensors in the side of the bumpers to detect other motorists…
The Highways Agency has commissioned Transport Research Limited to investigate the effectiveness of decals (stickers) on influencing tailgating, and it needs the help of organisations who are willing to stick stickers onto their vehicles. The stickers, which are 19x47cm, are…
We have been well-schooled on the alcohol limits and how alcohol affects our driving, but less so on driving under the influence of drugs. In March 2013 the Department for Transport published new research that demonstrates the effect drugs have…