As UK police launch the latest nationwide speed enforcement blitz commencing 14 Jan (1), the ABD challenges the National Police Chiefs’ Council spin and deliberate…
Chris Ward2019-01-11
The Alliance of British Drivers proposes a more realistic approach to reducing road casualties (1) The Vision Zero concept has been adopted in several countries…
Chris Ward2019-01-06
Journalists and Politicians continue to mislead the public with discredited statistical constructs according to the Alliance of British Drivers (ABD). In their 2008 Report, The…
Chris Ward2019-01-04
There have been many scare stories published about how air pollution in London and other major cities is shortening lives. London Mayor Sadiq Khan certainly…
Chris Ward2018-12-13
The ABD reveals that modest three years old ‘eco branded’ family hatchbacks will soon be effectively banned from inside the London North and South Circular…
Chris Ward2018-12-07
The Department for Transport (DfT) recently published the most authoritative study to date on the impact of wide-area signed-only 20 mph speed limits. It showed…
Chris Ward2018-12-05
The ABD has covered several examples of money generation by local Councils from PCNs. For example, for illegal turns, infringement of yellow box junctions, infringement…
Chris Ward2018-11-29
The French government have swiftly reacted to recent riots and scrapped plans to introduce urban tolls or congestion charges as we know them (1). It…
Chris Ward2018-11-29
The Governments agenda for continued aggression and harassment on those choosing to drive, has prompted further steps to make driving more unpleasant and without doubt…
Chris Ward2018-11-28
The Department for Transport (DfT) have released a report that shows there is no road safety benefit whatsoever from signed-only 20 mph schemes. In addition…
Chris Ward2018-11-23
Have you ever received a PCN from a Local Council? Did you believe the penalty was unfair? Did your appeal fail? I am currently fighting…
Chris Ward2018-11-03
UK ROED, the company which operates the NDORS driver education scheme, recently published its accounts to the end of March 2018. UK ROED Ltd is…
Chris Ward2018-10-24
The Highways Agency have been developing plans for a new Thames crossing east of the Dartford Crossing. This will relieve traffic at the Dartford Crossing…
Chris Ward2018-10-19
Traditionally, speed limits in the UK were set at levels that most drivers considered reasonable, and the police enforced them, for the most part, with…
Chris Ward2018-10-17
The likely proliferation of Clean Air Zones (CAZs) in many of the UK’s cities with many of them introducing charging systems for non-compliant vehicles will…
Chris Ward2018-10-08
The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) has been very concerned of late with the misinformation that has been spread by the national media about the…
Chris Ward2018-10-03
This came in today: ‘Such a serious issue is always going to be handicapped by emotive language, when it should be more evidence based and…
Chris Ward2018-10-02
One ABD correspondent has written to the ABD about the fact that he received a Notice of Intended Prosecution about a claimed offence of passing…
Chris Ward2018-10-01
Last week Chris Grayling, Transport Secretary, announced a review of the privatised rail system. That follows the recent problems with new timetables where the regulator…
Chris Ward2018-09-22
