The ABD welcomes so called ‘weakening’ of the government’s stance against petrol and diesel engines (1). Despite much media hype the vast majority of petrol…
Andy10th July 2018
Get the Limits Right and Arguments About Speed Enforcement Could Vanish It is very easy when we hear people complaining about speed limit enforcement, to…
Andy27th June 2018
With the approach of summer it is interesting to see how different councils approach grass cutting and the effects that unattended grass can have on…
Andy6th June 2018
The Department for Transport (DfT) have, after a long delay, published the Ipsos-MORI report that they commissioned into the effectiveness of speed awareness courses. This…
Andy14th May 2018
Today’s new car registration figures show that last year’s changes to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) have now led to a whole year of declining new…
Andy5th April 2018
Why, after over four-and-a-half decades of dramatically declining vehicle emissions (typically having fallen by some 70%; see Fig.1 below ), do we have urban vehicle…
Andy24th February 2018
Highways England are planning to put a variable speed limit in place between J8-J10. This will involve ‘stealth’ cameras. They were asking for comments from…
Andy23rd February 2018
It has recently been announced that the outdated and discredited 70mph motorway speed limit is now to be rigidly applied on so-called “managed”, or “smart”…
Andy31st January 2018
The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) has said before that we are suspicious about the reasons given for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in…
Andy25th January 2018
In June 2016 Britain voted to leave the EU, but the British government decided that it will continue to impose EU motoring laws, without any…
Andy17th January 2018
Around 1,800 people die on the roads per year and around 24,000 are ‘seriously injured’. It is well known that around 15% of fatal and…
Andy2nd January 2018
The ABD calls for a firm regulatory framework for the UK speed enforcement industry. For many years now, the Alliance of British Drivers has become…
Andy24th December 2017
Figures published by the Department for Transport (DfT) show that recorded speed limit offences hit a record high in 2016. With 2.1 million offences, they…
Andy7th December 2017
The average driver doing 8,000 miles in a new 40mpg hatchback pays around £900 per annum in fuel tax and VED. Drivers of older cars…
Andy17th November 2017
Press Release Published 6/9/2017: In June 2017, London Mayor Sadiq Khan opened a crucial consultation that will decide the future of transport in London. The…
Andy6th September 2017
Scare Stories About Emissions are a Lie So, diesel and petrol cars will no longer be on sale after 2040, politicians have decided. They would…
Andy20th July 2017
