'Motoring' Category
Raise UK Driving Age to 25 and Retest Every Five Years
A report in last week’s Guardian newspaper highlighted how an alarming number of drivers on Britain’s roads don’t know the meaning of various common road signs. Motorists fail to recognise road signs.
Apparently around two thirds (67%) of drivers were unable to identify the sign indicating a zebra crossing. Apparently only 12% of the 2000 motorists [...]Who Can You Trust with Your Personal Details
Two MPs, Gordon Prentice (Labour) and Norman Baker (Liberal Democrats) have publicly condemned the DVLAs practice of selling driver details to parking enforcement companies. Their condemnation has been welcomed by the Association of British Drivers.
The parking companies concerned were described in the house of commons as ’shady operators and crooks’ who will fine those who [...]Amber Means Stop
A recent incident at traffic lights in Brighton has prompted me to write this post. It would appear that there is some confusion over the meaning of our UK traffic light system.
The incident occurred on the busy Lewes road. I was approaching one of the many sets of traffic lights on this road when they [...]
