Road safety news
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Time to end Tarmacgeddon, says DIAmond
28/01/2011 DIAmond Advanced Motorists is calling on the government to make the necessary funding available to restore the...
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Half of drivers risk deadly head-on crashes
27/01/2011 Almost half of drivers are overtaking at lethal speeds on single carriageway rural roads with disregard for...
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Half of speed cameras don’t work at any one time
27/01/2011 More than half the fixed speed cameras in England and Wales don’t work at any one time,...
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New guidelines on Irish speed limits
19/01/2011 The setting and display of speed limits on roads in the Republic of Ireland is to be...
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Suffolk to leave safety camera partnership
17/01/2011 Suffolk County Council is to withdraw from the Suffolk Safety Camera Partnership partnership on 1 April in...
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Platooning - a new way of travelling on motorways
17/01/2011 Volvo has successfully completed the first demonstration of vehicle ‘platooning’. The company says platooning may be the...
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Boxing clever – box trailer drag reduced by 30%
06/01/2011 Aerodynamics experts at MIRA have developed a unique design for box trailers that, alongside subtle aero enhancements...
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Northern Ireland road deaths at a record low
05/01/2011 The number of road deaths in Northern Ireland last year was the lowest since records began in...