Zero Tolerance for Cyclists
I have mixed feelings about this one. Police have begun a “zero tolerance” crackdown on cyclists using pavements in parts of Cardiff. On the one […]
Driving Instruction
More Blame the SatNav
We have some “research” that is apparently telling us that satnavs impair our driving ability. Sat-nav systems can not only sometimes send motorists the wrong way but […]
Blame the SatNav
Another blame the satnav story. Lauren Smee, who passed her road test three months before the accident, was driving in the dark when she approached […]
Bye Bye Traffic Lights?
Martin Cassini asks the question, could we get rid of traffic lights? From then on I started thinking: “Are we better off left to our […]
The Blindingly Obvious
Using a smartphone while driving is dangerous, apparently. Well, whodathunkit. The TRL has been researching something that we already knew. And Brian Milligan does a […]
That’s the AA off My List of Insurers
The AA is embracing Big Brother. The AA is set to launch a new insurance policy which uses sat-nav technology to track driver performance. The […]
Sorry, But No
As a general rule, I tend to avoid petitions. Usually they achieve nothing – their only real benefit being to vent one’s spleen publicly. From time […]
Scare Story Du Jour
Scooters are dangerous. In a typical “biking is dangerous” article we get the usual scary stuff. It’s easy to hop onto a scooter and kill […]
RoSPA Responds
RoSPA has been reading this blog… In response to my comments yesterday, Jo Bullock (for it was she who spake on the BBC – I […]
More Anti-Car Nonsense from the Groan
As is usual we get the “more regulation” brigade demanding, well, more regulation in the wake of the M5 crash. What happened was awful and […]