Birmingham City Council continued its war against motorists by announcing a ban on drivers using city centre roads The Vital A38 arterial route is under…
Ian Taylor17th January 2020
The Alliance of Better Dwellings (ABD) is proud to launch Home Safety Week, 25th November - 1st December. According to RoSPA, more accidents happen in…
Roger Lawson23rd November 2019
With a general election on the 12th December; what are the politicians promising for drivers and families in the future? Their past record does not…
Roger Lawson22nd November 2019
Sporadically politicians (typically when bolstering re-election prospects) propose increasing the archaic UK motorway speed limit to 80mph. With nowadays 50% of vehicles typically exceeding 70mph,…
Roger Lawson18th November 2019
How much do you value your freedom of movement; the ability to go where you want, when you want and by your preferred transport mode?…
Roger Lawson7th November 2019
New Euro VI diesel cars producing near zero harmful emissions, some of which are cleaner than the equivalent petrol version (Reference 1 below), will be…
Roger Lawson7th November 2019
Highways England is said to be trialling cameras that look down from above to spy on car occupants, on the pretext of detecting mobile phone…
Roger Lawson7th November 2019
Transport for London (TfL) have released some figures for the first six months of the ULEZ scheme (for April to September 2019). The bad news…
Roger Lawson5th November 2019
Will Electric Vehicles ever be ready to power the Caravan and Motorhome Industry? The unsuitability of EVs for heavy vehicles highlights the need for continued…
Roger Lawson13th October 2019
Paris 'smog days' have increased from 5 to 22 per year in the past 4 years as a direct result of the Mayor's anti-car policies…
Roger Lawson9th October 2019
Emission Impossible and Climatically Irrelevant as Global Fossil Fuel Use Continues to Increase. The government has embarked on a unilateral policy of reducing the UK's…
Roger Lawson6th October 2019
ABD Argues The Focus Should Be On 85th Percentile To Maximise Safety. The ABD have long called for an overhaul of speed limits. The current…
Roger Lawson3rd October 2019
The USA is traditionally where the motor car is king as public transport has been sparse while roads have been built to cope with demand.…
Roger Lawson23rd September 2019
In a modern 24/7 society denying drivers the use of roads for spurious reasons is unacceptable.The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) has become increasingly concerned…
Roger Lawson19th September 2019
The Alliance of British Drivers has submitted evidence to Parliament’s Transport Committee inquiry into road safety. Subsequently, the Committee expanded the inquiry to seek evidence…
Roger Lawson16th September 2019
UK pedestrian road traffic accident causation statistics consistently indicate that 65% of pedestrian fatalities and serious pedestrian injuries are precipitated by the pedestrian "jumping, running,…
Roger Lawson15th August 2019
There has been much hysteria about hands free phone use in the media. Whilst we are being presented with much evidence of phone use being…
Roger Lawson14th August 2019
The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) has launched a campaign against blanket 20 MPH speed limits under the name “20s Senseless” – see www.20ssenseless.org The…
Roger Lawson12th August 2019
Vision Zero is a multi-national road traffic safety project that aims to achieve a highway system with no fatalities or serious injuries involving road traffic.…
Roger Lawson6th August 2019
