Monthly Archives: September 2011

Some very welcome news from Northern Ireland this week: plans were announced to lower their drink drive limit and give police extra powers to carry out random breath tests. It doesn’t go quite as far as we’d like (they’re lowering … Continue reading →

Hilda Laffey, 81, was a passionate road safety campaigner. She fought tirelessly for a pedestrian crossing on Moorside Road, near her home in Urmston, Manchester. It’s a road known for heavy traffic, but it’s also a road where lots of people live; … Continue reading →

Guest blog by Ellen Booth, senior campaigns officer at Brake Today I travelled down to sunny South Yorkshire to meet Judith, a local campaigner for 20mph limits, at the Jet petrol station she runs in Mexborough. In just three weeks, … Continue reading →

Last week Ford announced new technology to enable parents to restrict some aspects of their teenage children’s driving. MyKey enables the top speed of a car to be limited to 80mph, and can be set to give warnings at points … Continue reading →