(Reviewed by Roger Lawson) “Demotorized” is a new book by experienced motoring journalist James Ruppert. As he describes it himself, it “is partly a giant…
Ian Taylor18th February 2020
The Government plans to ban sales of new hybrid cars from 2035 along with all petrol and diesel cars. That has been brought forward from…
Ian Taylor5th February 2020
Better late than never, the climate model scenario known as RCP8.5, which equates to 6C warming, is finally being abandoned after years of misuse by…
Brian MacDowall4th February 2020
Politicians are constantly exhorting us to get out of our "polluting" cars and onto "clean" public transport - and criticising us - from the comfort…
Brian Gregory4th February 2020
Following the recent dismal new car sales figures , the ABD calls for an urgent but simple commitment from the government. ABD spokesman Nigel Humphries…
Ian Taylor31st January 2020
The ABD has been campaigning against the money generating industry of police waivers and speed awareness courses for some time. See link below for campaign…
Ian Taylor24th January 2020
Road Safety: Wide area 20mph limits have been shown to deliver no casualty reductions . Instead, they increase pedestrian death and serious injury risk; through…
Brian Gregory22nd January 2020
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
In any other large industry, falling sales for the fourth year in a row would be a serious cause for concern. When its new car…
Alister Watt13th 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