Road Safety
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Spend parking fine income on fixing potholes, councils told
A cut in spending on Scottish roads is being blamed for an increase in potholes and roads in dangerous condition, claims the AA. Spending in the country has been cut by almost £150 million over the last seven years, falling from £691m in 2010-11
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Drink-driving deaths rise by 20 per cent - the biggest increase since 2000
Department for Transport statistics suggest that the number of people killed in drink-driving incidents on Britain's roads is on the rise. The latest figures show that around 240 motorists were killed in incidents involving motorists over the
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Proposed Major Road Network will see investment rise for Britain's busiest roads
Key roads across the country could benefit from up to £100 million in extra funding, according to plans released by government. Up to 5,000 miles of A roads could be reclassified on a new "Major Road Network", which would see them
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Proposals to make pedestrians and cyclists wear mandatory high-vis vests are ‘ludicrous’
Recent plans put forward in Ireland to force all pedestrians and cyclists to wear high-visibility jackets have been branded as 'ludicrous' by a cycling campaigner. Mike McKillen of the Dublin cycling campaign said that to introduce such
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Research reveals motorists unable to read road signs
A staggering three-quarters of drivers did not know the meaning of road signs, research has revealed. One of the worst-performing age groups are those under 24, with just 14 per cent able to correctly name all of the road signs and what they
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New Zealander paints his own parking restrictions in a protest against ‘gentrification’
An activist in New Zealand has been running a campaign against careless car parkers in his street – by painting unauthorised yellow lines on the Tarmac. Russell Taylor said he had painted the markings to improve road safety and as a
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Speed bumps may disappear in bid to cut pollution
Speed bumps may soon be no more on British roads as part of the government's plan to cut pollution. It has emerged that the unpopular bumps are actually bad for the environment as they create higher levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Councils